Direct Booking ROI Calculator
Will your own booking engine pay off? Find out in 60 seconds.
Crunch the numbers on whether installing your own booking engine pays back — including the engine cost, OTA commissions today, and your realistic direct booking share.
Learn more → Booking HubHoteliers ask the same question over and over: "Is it worth setting up my own booking engine, or do I just stick with Booking.com?"
This calculator answers it with your numbers — number of rooms, ADR, occupancy, current OTA share, average commission, and the cost of a booking engine. The output: net annual gain and how many years until the engine pays for itself.
For most independent hotels with 15+ rooms and a decent OTA share, the answer is months, not years.
How to Use
- Enter rooms, ADR (average daily rate) and occupancy.
- Estimate your current OTA share and commission rate.
- Enter the annual cost of the booking engine you\'re considering.
- Read the net gain — and the payback period.
Tip: even a modest 25% OTA share at 18% commission usually pays back a €2 000–€4 000/year engine in well under a year.