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Carefully consider the costs when using any of the services mentioned for a booking engine on your hostel website. For example, we have heard independent reports that Hostelbookers charges at least 5% commission to the hostel, while HostelWorld starts each day with one booking for 10%, and then 2.5% for bookings after that (equating to an average commission cost of maybe 5% or more, depending on the volume of booking). These rates are based on objective reports we have heard from hostels around the world, and if anyone has corrections or more accurate information, please feel free to correct us on this.
HostelTraveler.com (www.hosteltraveler.com) offers fully integrated bookings from a hostel's own website for an industry-low cost of only 1.9%. This is for a high-end booking engine with advanced integration methods. Why even think of paying more? Hostel managers need to maximize every bit of their profit margins these days.
If you want to accept credit cards but can't because of your location, cost or regulatory restrictions, HostelTraveler.com also offers a service the other booking engines do not, full credit card acceptance from your website.
For more information about HostelTraveler.com services, please see the page on this website:
http://www.hostelmanagement.com/service/hosteltraveler.html
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