hotel / car rental / airfares affiliate programs

I need your opinion

[The_Hat]

I am looking for an affiliate for hotel/motel, car rental and airfares. Would be great if they were all served up by the same company. Needs to have code for the little "sign up" boxes available. Check in time drop down menu / check out time, city and all that jazz. So my users can sign up directly from my site. (like hotelsbycity.com) Would ask them if they would like to help me out but there is no way to contact them with such a question.

Commission would be best but I would almost just send those surfers away for free just because having that function available on my site would complete it so much.

Who best? Anybody have one that they use and like? I am new to this sector.

[The_Hat]

Anyone have an opinion?

[Redfisher]

I think almost all of the travel sites (travelocity, orbitz, etc.) have affiliate programs, but I don't think they pay very well. I'm an affiliate with travelnow, which is hotels.com, they have all that you are looking for, and IMHO pay OK. I also have a site with lodging.com, they only have hotel reservations, but pay better than hotels.com and have a more user friendly web site.

[gamiziuk]

If you contact the affiliate manager at Lodging.com, she can set you up with a link to offer airfare and car rentals. I hear they are working on cruises too.

[The_Hat]

Thanks, I will into lodging.com as well.. The cruise thing sounds like it would be sweet, it just wouldn't make any sense on my site that targets traffic interested in a landlocked state. lol

[olgerdviz]

expedia.com/co.uk
I've signed up through BFAST and CJ. Good convertion ratio (especially Expedia.co.uk).

[jk3210]

Anyone know Expedia's commission rate is on hotels?

[olgerdviz]

Expedia.co.uk - $15 flat rate
Expedia.com 5% - Expedia Spetial Rate (ESR) Hotels - most of them are ESR.
Expedia.com 3% - Expedia Hotels

[jk3210]

Thanks much.

I'm currently an aff-ing with another provider, but recently a few of the hotels in my target areas have dropped this provider and are only available through Expedia, which is why I'm thinking of doing an additional Expedia account.

Is there any way to determine from a hotel's url string whether or not it's an "ESR" property?

[olgerdviz]

>Is there any way to determine from a hotel's url string whether or not it's an "ESR" property?

No idea. I think it depends on the current offer. 90% of my sales are ESR Hotels

[gamiziuk]

Lodging.com pays 6% on their "Netrate" contracted hotels. They pay 4% on GDS hotels.

Hotels.com (IAN) pays 5% on "Netrate" contracted hotels and 50% of the commission on GDS hotels (the contract rate varies on the GDS hotels, so they will pay "half" of it to you).

[Kewe]

I'm also active in the hotels en travel business.
And I'm affiliate by Bookings.net

0 - 50 = 2,5 - 3,75%
51 - 150 = 3 - 4,5%
151 - 500 = 3,5 - 5,25%
501 - more = 4 - 6%

They pay always on time.
For Europe they are perfect. (7000 Hotels)

Kewe

[ligel]

ANd what do you thing about www.viator.com

[cornwall]

Viator looks a bit unprofessional to me - links off their from their front page to "about us" and "affiliate program" do not work (I am using Firefox)