Get to know WebOracle, and how we use our knowledge and expertise to create a positive and lasting impact in everything we do.
WebOracle offers a comprehensive suite of digital solutions to help your brand succeed online. From seamless development to effective SEO, check out our range of services here.
Get to know WebOracle, and how we use our knowledge and expertise to create a positive and lasting impact in everything we do.
WebOracle offers a comprehensive suite of digital solutions to help your brand succeed online. From seamless development to effective SEO, check out our range of services here.
When travellers plan trips, compare experiences, and search for authentic adventures, your business should dominate the results. Turn travel inspiration into confirmed bookings through SEO that positions you as the trusted authority in your destination or niche.
Depending solely on OTAs and paid advertising means giving away margin and customer relationships. Tourism SEO puts you in direct contact with travellers ready to book.
Purpose-built SEO strategies for tourism businesses that need bookings and revenue, not just website traffic.
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Specialised strategies for every type of travel and tourism business.
Let’s address the elephant in the room: OTA commissions are destroying tourism business margins. Booking.com takes 15-25%, Expedia takes similar cuts, and Airbnb charges hosts up to 20% combined fees. For every $1,000 booking, you’re handing $150-250 to platforms that own the customer relationship and can increase fees whenever they choose. Scale that across your annual bookings, and you’re probably paying $50,000-500,000 in commissions depending on your size.
SEO fundamentally changes this equation. Yes, quality tourism SEO requires upfront investment (particularly for technical optimisation, content creation, and travel media outreach), but unlike OTA commissions that scale with your success, SEO costs decrease per booking as your visibility compounds. Content you publish today generates direct bookings for years. Rankings you achieve this season continue driving revenue every subsequent season. You’re building an owned asset that appreciates rather than paying rent to platforms that depreciate your margins.
Consider the customer relationship difference. When travellers book through OTAs, those platforms own the data, control communication, can offer your competitors to “your” customers, and extract value at every interaction. When travellers find you through organic search, visit your website, and book directly, you own that relationship completely. You can nurture loyalty, encourage repeat visits, gather email addresses for remarketing, and build lifetime customer value without middleman interference.
SEO solves the differentiation problem inherent in commoditised tourism listings. On OTAs, you’re competing purely on price, review scores, and thumbnail images with dozens of similar offerings. Through your own SEO-optimised website, you can tell your story, showcase your unique value, explain your sustainability practices, highlight what makes you special, and justify premium pricing.
SEO also captures travellers throughout their entire journey. Someone searching “best time to visit Tasmania” isn’t ready to book today, but appearing in that search with valuable content means you’re building awareness and consideration. When they do start searching “accommodation Hobart” or “Tasmania tours” weeks or months later, you’ve already established trust and preference. OTAs only capture active bookers; SEO captures dreamers, planners, and bookers across the full travel planning cycle.
Most critically for tourism businesses, search visibility creates pricing power. When you dominate rankings for your destination and experience type, when travellers discover you through inspirational content and media features, and when your brand appears authoritative and established, you can command premium pricing. Businesses buried on OTAs compete on price. Businesses ranking organically compete on value and earn higher average booking values.
A $5,000 booking through Airbnb costs you $750-1,000 in commission. That same booking direct through your website costs you nothing. Our SEO services help travellers find your property in Google search results and Google Maps, book directly through your website, and put that commission money back in your pocket. Holiday rental SEO pays for itself many times over: every direct booking is 15-20% more profitable. Let us help you take control of your bookings and your revenue.