142 sats \ 1 replies \ @Hopeful_Sat OP 6h Thanks for the input! I would like to address some points made to clarify some statements made in my post:

your mention about leveraging the third party's marketing tools to help boost occupancy: I 100% agree. For this particular client, most of their revenues come from bookings made through the third party, so I didn't recommend they stop using them at all, I was trying to put more focus on recurring customers and trying to systematically increase the number of international customers that book directly, rather than cease using the third party, which wouldn’t be an option for them. For example, they have a large group of people from Germany that come every year, but they always book through the third party. If they could incentivize them to book directly and pay with Bitcoin, they would increase their margins for the group (and they have many recurring, international customers like this that have their contact details, but can’t make a direct payment) the agency and upfront payment: that’s true, it is a convenience, but in my opinion the