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Tripadvisor hostel reviews and booking

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Josh started this discussion 16 years 3 months ago

Has anyone noticed an increase in bookings through Tripadvisor?

Tripadvisor.com is ranking higher in Google for hostel-related keywords, and they are offering hostel bookings through Hostelworld.com and Hostelbookers.com.

Here's an example, where Tripadvisor ranks higher than a hostel's website:

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You can book through Hostelbookers on the destination page:

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Or click the link that says "Click here for best prices..." to get a choice of Hostelbookers or Hostelworld:

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Josh Hostels

14 years

Here's the first traveler I've seen who recommends checking Tripadvisor as the first place to go when looking for hostels:

Like many I use TripAdvisor.comHow to find a cheap hostel online a lot. It has probably the largest number of hostels in it with a huge number of reviews on each place. It also has a great range of types of hotel, hostel (or special lodgings as they like to call it). It’s a great place to start although of course there are other websites worth checking out. Also check How to find a cheap hostel onlineout Hostel Bookers and Hostel WorldHow to find a cheap hostel online who have pretty reliable results.

My first piece of advice would be to go on TripAdvisor.com and search by city or town. Then If you’re after a hostel click on “specialty lodgings”. I ignore the bottom 50% of the results.

Full article: How to find a cheap hostel online

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Josh Hostels

14 years

It looks like Tripadvisor has been actively optimizing their pages to show up in Google for "hostel reviews"...

See the screenshot for an example of element optimization:

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(The hostel's name is obscured.)

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Scotch Argus

14 years

Maybe one day they'll list us as hostels rather that "speciality lodgings". They are certainly rising higher in the rankings for us than they were a year ago, but this is inevitable. They used to have a HB link for us, but now have nothing since we left HB. There is no HW link.

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Josh Hostels

14 years

Maybe one day they'll list us as hostels rather that "speciality lodgings".

That's possible... here are some more examples of their very-deliberate search engine optimization:

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