How do I get direct hotel bookings in Nepal without paying OTA commission?

Online travel agencies are good at finding guests who have never heard of you. The trouble is that they also take a cut from guests who already know your name — returning guests, word-of-mouth guests, people who found you on Google Maps.

What the commission really costs

An example: a room at NPR 4,000 a night, 100 room nights a month through an OTA at 15% commission, is NPR 60,000 a month — every month. A few of those bookings moved to your own website pay for a year of the Starter plan.

What SajhiloStay's booking website gives you

• Live room search against real availability — not a contact form.
• The same rate the front desk would quote, festival pricing included, because both read one pricing engine.
• No commission from us on any booking made there.
• Pay by link: the confirmation email carries the guest's own payment page with a Fonepay QR — full amount or part — and the money lands on the booking.
• 15 homepage themes and 3 booking-flow designs, changed from your own CMS.

Five ways to move guests to booking direct

1. Put your website link on your Google Business Profile, so Maps searches book you directly.
2. Use it as the link in your Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Business profiles.
3. Hand returning guests a card with the website at checkout.
4. Send enquiries that arrive by phone or WhatsApp to the booking page rather than taking details by hand.
5. Keep your OTA listings — their bookings land in the same calendar — but let the guests who already know you book without the cut.

Every plan includes the website and CMS; online booking and Fonepay pay-by-link are in Basic and above. More: your own booking website and the 15 website themes.

See it yourself: try this live as Front Desk or Manager — no signup, or compare plans from NPR 15,000 a year.