“After the past 20 years in Regional Tourism, as an Adventure Tour owner/operator including 13 years as marketing initiative founder (52+ Things to do in Greater Port Macquarie), I have seen the fast-paced change of how operators get themselves found (or not!) through good and bad advertising means.”
Welcome to BookitDoit
What to do next?
- Claim your listing* and categorise your experience/product. Free & Premium (paid) listing available. * If your listing, region or town isn’t listed let us know!
- Let us know if you want to offer live rates and direct bookings for your experience/s at just 10% commission.
- Connect with Tourism Exchange Australia (TXA) for live rates & bookings, or let us know your current booking platform for us to connect with you as a reseller.
- Ensure your ATDW listing is current and up to date. To update it Click here
- Let your peers know in your region to get onboard with BookitDoit to increase your region’s desirability for the road trippers on the move!
Why is BookitDoit needed?
All ATDW connected regional tourism operators will be listed on BookitDoit for free with your business name, description, photo and location. Once you ‘Claim’ (still for free) your listing you can display your contact details, social buttons and video links. When you upgrade to a Premium Partner membership your listing with be featured on the website, at the top of category searches and areas. We will promote your business on our social platforms, you receive rotating ad space on the website plus you have the opportunity to join or list an itinerary delivered via the RIyo platform (a digital tour guide).
How does commission work – why pay it?
Commission is a fee for a service we provided for your business.
- It takes the hassle out of marketing, promoting and advertising your business
- It Introduces new business not previously had {we connect new customers to your business}
- This gives you more time to focus on running your business {time = money}
- “Can you afford to give away sales”? You may not think that you can afford commission with your current sales, but the way commission works is that it is directly linked to your sales so if your sales go up {which they will when you sell your experiences through a third party} you can afford it. This works the other way also if sales decrease so will your commission payment (because commission is only paid if you sell something) .
- Commission gives you more avenues for sales and does not limit current sales of your business.
- You can build a portion of the cost of commission into the sale price of your experience sold on BookitDoit e.g Sell an experience on BookitDoit that you don’t normally sell on your own website, provide “add-ons” that are low cost to you but build into your sale price at a good profit which absorbs the commission of the sale, you can get creative (ask us how?)
- Commission sales will also likely lead to more non – commission sales as you will get more promotion through us marketing your experience, reviews and word of mouth of customers by the commission sales will mean a greater awareness of your business. And therefore more sales overall.
The content on this website is supplied by Australian Tourism Data Warehouse, Australia’s government recognised central source of Australian tourism content.
TXA Acknowledgement
This website uses the Tourism Exchange Australia (TXA) booking platform. TXA is an alliance between ATDW, Australia’s government recognised national tourism database and their technology partner, V3.
What is Tourism Exchange Australia (TXA)?
TXA is Australia’s national tourism online booking platform. TXA is an alliance between the State and Federal Government’s Australian Tourism Data Warehouse and technology company, V3. TXA provides all Australian tourism businesses the opportunity to access to the broadest possible online exposure.
TXA delivers more exposure for your business by making your products both visible and bookable on a multitude of regional NSW websites and Visitor Centres, including BookitDoit, plus State, national and international websites, and niche ‘alternative’ distributors.
There is an animated video that explains how TXA works on our website: http://www.txa.com.au/
Why join TXA?
Customers are increasingly finding products like yours through ‘catalogue style’ listings on destination sites like BookitDoit and want to book either there and then or they then come to your website to book. It’s called the ‘billboard effect’ and TXA helps you capture and convert these customers with industry leading booking pages.
Connecting via TXA for the BookitDoit website:
- Increases your opportunity for more online bookings.
- Delivers more unique channels like BookitDoit.
- Puts money in your bank at time of booking. Directly and securely from the customer’s credit card when they book.
- De-risks heavy reliance on the high commission, big OTAs like Airbnb, Stayz/Homeaway, Booking.com and Expedia groups helping to bring down the overall rate of commission you pay for third party bookings.
- Automates distribution through your sales channels, ending the need for manual management of distribution.
- Provides you with a free secure bundled ecommerce package that makes managing booking payments and settlement easier.
- Provides access to a low cost easy to use an electronic booking system to minimise manual management of bookings.
- Improves your total online exposure through a multitude of alternative regional and international channels. You choose the ones you want. You’re in control.
- You set it up once, and that’s it for as long as you have availability. You control where you’re sold and the commission you’re willing to pay.
- Industry best booking conversion.
- No risk – only pay when you get a booking. No installation or set up fees, no monthly fees just 2.8% ‘success’ fee for TXA online bookings.
Listing Disclaimer on BookitDoit
“While BookitDoit takes every care to ensure the accuracy of the content on this website, to the extent permitted by law, BookitDoit does not accept any responsibility or liability for any statement in the material on www.bookitdoit.com.au or for any loss caused as a result of your doing, or not doing, anything as a result of viewing the material. You must not rely on any statement we have published on www.bookitdoit.com.au without first taking specialist professional advice.”