Hotel Affiliate Program. - Any Pointers?

10% commisions on hotel resrvations from affiliates!.

[theposter]

I recently came across <url snip>, according to their site and i quote - "we provide "CLICK BACKS" and "RESIDUAL FEES" on a continued basis when customers return." They also mention that they pay 10% commissions on transactions.

They also claim that,
"The network contains over 3,700 hotels in more than 1200 cities, spanning the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Europe."

I had previously posted questions on other hotel rez affiliate programs here, and from what I see, these chaps seem to offer the best commission structure for the hotel reservation industry.

Any pointers anyone?.

[edited by: WebGuerrilla at 11:01 pm (utc) on Oct. 11, 2002]

[cornwall]

They also mention that they pay 10% commissions on transactions

You have not read the small print on their web site

We pay you up to 100% of what full service travel agents earn - 10% commission.

note "up to 10%" Their example of a commission statement is closer to 5% than 10%.

Logically it must be around 5% as hotels offer around 8% to travel agents, and HotelQuest must make their cut from that.

[theposter]

cornwall, do you say this from experience or is it just a hunch?. A firend of mine who's an affiliate, says hat he gets 10% on each transaction. Well i wanted more feedback on their program, thats why i asked the question.

[cornwall]

Hi

From experience :)

And I have now looked deeper into HotelQuests web site. If you go as if to sign on as a new affiliate (click "I agree" to their conditions) it leads you to a page with the different sorts of commission they offer, and what you have to do to get that level

All hotels pay them the same amount (they do not say what it is) and they offer to pay affiliates 5% under "normal" circumstances ranging up to 10% if they in fact have very little to do with your site (you appear to have to offer your own telephone support for bookings to get the 10%)

You will note also that the actual bookings are made through another company (make a dud enquiry and look at where your browser ids pointing. Checking "whois" shows both HotelQuest and the discount company to have the same address. I am not clear why they have the two sites.

If I were you I would also look at the hotel side. See what commission a hotel has to pay to belong. You can then see what HotelQuest's margin is. I had difficulty finding this fairly basic information.