The Big Online Hotel Booking Survey

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IMPROVING ONLINE BOOKING FORMS Make it really easy for your customers to enter their data with Checkout+ from PCA Predict, a smarter way to validate address, email and phone details and improve your online booking rates. TOP 5 TURN-OFFS WHEN BOOKING HOTELS ONLINE: Our survey polled U.S. consumers about their hotel reservation habits and experiences, including a list of frustrations consumers have when trying to book online. TOP 5 U.S. HOTEL WEBSITES VOTED FOR ONLINE BOOKING EXPERIENCE 80% of consumers abandon the online booking process due to form usability issues Facilities Listed Secure Payment Simple Forms WHAT FEATURES DO HOTEL-BOOKERS EXPECT WEBSITES TO HAVE? CONSUMERS EXPECT LUXURY HOTELS TO PROVIDE A QUALITY ONLINE EXPERIENCE Hidden Prices 28% 24% No Reviews 13% Complicated Forms 16% No Photos 13% Mobile Unfriendly BOOKING SURVEY THE BIG ONLINE 1 Hilton Hotels & Resorts 2 Marriott Hotels 3 Holiday Inn Hotels 4 Hampton Inn & Suites 5 Wyndham Hotel Group 74% of consumers would prefer to receive their booking by email High-res and aspirational photography is a must User experience should be second to none 15% of 25-34 year olds prefer to receive confirmation by SMS Women find reviews more important than men do when booking a hotel online Reviews *This survey was conducted by PCA Predict in December 2015.

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IMPROVING ONLINE BOOKING FORMSMake it really easy for your customers to enter their data with Checkout+ from PCA Predict, a

smarter way to validate address, email and phone details and improve your online booking rates.

TOP 5 TURN-OFFS WHEN BOOKING HOTELS ONLINE:

Our survey polled U.S. consumers about their hotel reservation habits and experiences, including a list of frustrations consumers have when trying to book online.

TOP 5 U.S. HOTEL WEBSITES VOTED FOR ONLINE BOOKING EXPERIENCE

80% of consumersabandon the online

booking process due to form usability issues

Facilities Listed Secure PaymentSimple Forms

WHAT FEATURES DO HOTEL-BOOKERS EXPECT WEBSITES TO HAVE?

CONSUMERS EXPECT LUXURY HOTELS TO PROVIDE A QUALITY ONLINE EXPERIENCE

Hidden Prices28%

24% No Reviews

13% Complicated Forms

16% No Photos

13% Mobile Unfriendly

B O O K I N G S U R V E Y

THE BIG ONLINE

1 Hilton Hotels & Resorts2 Marriott Hotels3 Holiday Inn Hotels4 Hampton Inn & Suites5 Wyndham Hotel Group

74% of consumerswould prefer to receive their booking by email

High-res and aspirational photography is a must

User experience should be second to none

15% of 25-34 yearolds prefer to receive confirmation by SMS

Women find reviews more important than men do

when booking a hotel online

Reviews

*This survey was conducted by PCA Predict in December 2015.