Short conversational advice from a YouTube video ("Boost Direct Bookings: The Power of OTAs") recommending that most accommodation hosts use Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) to build a customer base, capture emails, and grow direct bookings over time. Speaker acknowledges rare exceptions (e.g., an a-frame treehouse relying solely on direct bookings) but frames them as uncommon for typical homes.
Some people try and avoid going on the OTAs altogether, and we're like, no, do go on the OTAs, because ultimately that will bring you a customer base that you can then get emails from and you can then build your direct bookings from that. Don't get me wrong, there are people, there's somebody we know with like an a frame treehouse who is just all direct bookings, and she's not been on OTAs. And it's amazing. But it's a rare story for, for most of us who have regular homes, you do need to start at least, as you say, on those portals.
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