5 Travel Review Sites Your Hotel Needs to be on in 2020

Reviews are an important traffic source for those in hospitality industry. Online reviews have taken over as one of the most important factors a potential guest looks into when making a booking decision. If your hotel doesn't stand out with stellar reviews, you may quickly be overlooked and send your potential guests to your competition. There are many generic and hospitality centered review sites out there and BlueJay Reviews is featuring the top 5 hotel review sites you need to be on in 2020.

1. Expedia (Orbitz, Hotels.com, Travelocity)

The Expedia Group includes sites like Orbitz, Hotels.com, and Travelocity. These sites together represent a large chunk of the travel review ecosystem. To get your business listed on these sites, visit the Expedia Group’s Lodging Partner Services page.

2. TripAdvisor

While TripAdvisor may have been eclipsed by sites like Google and Facebook in recent years, the site is still relevant. TripAdvisor contains 25% of all hotel reviews. Check out our in-depth guide to TripAdvisor reviews.

3. Bookings (Booking.com, Kayak, and HotelsCombined)

If you’re a property owner looking for bookings- Booking.com is one place where you need to get listed. Booking.com boasts over 29 million listings, including hotels, apartments, and vacation homes.

Booking.com also owns Kayak and HotelsCombined, two more travel sites that allow travelers to compare rates of different hotels and find options for transportation.

4. Airbnb

While Airbnb is primarily a booking platform, it also contains guest reviews. If you have a listing on Airbnb, it’s important to keep track of what your guests are saying on this platform. Check out our guide to Airbnb reviews.

5. Hostelworld

As you might guess from the name, Hostelworld allows travelers to find and book hostels, hotels, and bed & breakfasts all over the world. Start listing your business on Hostelworld to start getting bookings from more travelers all around the world.

Location, online reputation, and amenities are often the top 3 factors considered when a consumer is deciding where to stay. That means online reputation management is vital to the success of your hotel. It's important to keep your current guests happy and help draw in new guests each and every day. Monitoring your online hotel reviews can help your hotel stand out as the best place to stay! A higher online review rating will likely get your hotel featured above your competitors not only on hospitality related review sites, but generic online searches, as well!

It's evident that online reviews are vital to success in the hospitality industry in this day and age and BlueJay Reviews can help keep your online reputation on point. Now's the time to start focusing on your online reputation in 2020. Our online reputation management service works strategically to help your hotel gather new reviews, monitor online reviews, and respond to reviews...all from one easy to use online dashboard! If you want to take your online reputation seriously in 2020, contact BlueJay Reviews today!

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