Metasearch & Paid Ads

Feed your direct channel.

Google Hotel Ads, metasearch, and brand-term defense put your direct rate in front of high-intent travelers — and stop the OTAs from intercepting guests searching for your own hotel.

Feed your direct channel with high-intent demand

A great website converts the demand it receives. Metasearch and paid ads make sure it receives the right demand — travelers actively comparing rates and ready to book.

Where we focus

  • Google Hotel Ads & metasearch — your direct rate shown alongside the OTAs at the exact moment of comparison.
  • Brand-term defense — stop the OTAs from buying ads on your own hotel's name and intercepting your guests.
  • High-intent search campaigns for the terms that convert, not just the ones that get clicks.
  • Retargeting that brings back the researchers who didn't book on visit one.

Every campaign is measured against direct revenue and channel cost — not impressions. The goal is always a cheaper, more profitable booking than the OTA would have delivered.

Questions

Metasearch & Paid Ads: Common Questions

The rate-comparison surfaces travelers see on Google, Tripadvisor, Kayak, and Trivago — the box that shows your hotel with prices from Booking.com, Expedia, and (if you participate) your own website. Metasearch ads put your direct rate in that comparison at the moment the guest chooses where to book.

Google shows organic (unpaid) booking links in its hotel results alongside the paid ones. A correctly connected booking engine can list your direct rate there at no per-click cost. It's one of the best free wins in hotel marketing, and we set it up as standard — more in our Google Hotel Ads guide.

Because the OTAs already do. Search your hotel right now and count the ads above your website. Brand-term defense is usually the cheapest, highest-converting campaign a hotel can run — you're buying back guests who already chose you, at a cost per booking far below the commission the OTA would have charged.

Smaller than most owners assume, because we start narrow: brand defense and metasearch on your live rates, where intent is highest. Budgets scale only when the numbers prove out. Every campaign reports cost per booking against the commission it displaced — not clicks.

The OTA advertises to book the guest onto its platform, keep the guest relationship, and charge you commission — forever. The same click driven to your own site books commission-free and gives you the guest's email for the next stay. Same demand, different owner.

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