The Benefits of Booking Direct
When you book directly with Canyon Services, rather than through an OTA (Online Travel Agent), you gain many benefits. Booking directly with us allows for more personalized service, as you can communicate directly with our team to request specific accommodations or inquire about amenities. More importantly, you save as much as 15% off your stay!
An OTA (online travel agent) is a digital platform that facilitates the booking of travel-related services, like flights, hotels, vacation rentals, and car rentals. In our specific case, these platforms act as middlemen between you – the traveler – and us – the vacation rental provider – to book vacation rentals online and communicate through their customer platform. Some popular examples of OTAs include Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com, and Expedia.
OTAs charge property owners/managers a commission fee, sometimes ranging upwards of 15% of each reservation! As a result, the nightly rent of the properties that you are booking on these sites is raised to offset this cost. Certain websites will also charge you additional fees that our company does not, and has no control of. When you book directly, there are no extra fees, so you get the best price. For example, if you were to book a five-night vacation rental directly with us for $500/night, you could be saving upwards of $375 compared to an OTA site for the same rental, which makes a big difference in your budget!
- Know Who You’re Dealing With: Our reservations team is made up of two people, so whenever you call our reservations office with questions or concerns, you know you’ll be talking to either Wendee or Meagan.
- Our Friends are Your Friends: Skip the headache of searching for reputable shuttle service or ski rental companies, our partnerships with excellent, locally owned companies make planning your trip a breeze.
- More Control Over Your Booking: When you book directly with us, our team has greater control over the details and edits made to your reservation. If you booked through an OTA, any changes are often required to go through the OTA service team. If you book directly, all it takes is a quick call or email and we can immediately get to work on helping with any edits or special requests for your reservation.
- More Sales and Savings: We always want to give our guests more ways to make their vacation budget go further, and our direct booking website runs specials and seasonal discounts that will only apply when booking directly.
- Protect Your Personal Information: When you book with an OTA site, you give them the right to use your personal information in whatever way they’ve outlined in their terms and service agreement. When you book with us, we give you the guarantee that we will NEVER sell your personal information, ever.
We have the same team each year to book our reservation at Village at Sugarplum Unit N and everything goes like clockwork!