What is TravelBook.ph?
In 2012, TravelBook.ph, under the management of Summit Media, started as an online catalog catering to more than 4,000 hotels and resorts in the Philippines. The company was established by Recruit Holdings Company, one of the biggest media conglomerates in Japan, and specializes in classified advertisements, publications, and human resources.
To date, TravelBook.ph is the fastest growing Online Travel Agency (OTA) in the Philippines and boasts more than 2,700 hotel listing all over the country. Over the past three years, the company has achieved a record-breaking 200% growth rate and an average of 3,900 bookings per month.
With various offline and online marketing efforts, TravelBook.ph has gained exposure through media partners such as TV stations GMA NewsTV through programs like PopTalk and Biyahe ni Drew, CinemaOne, and radio stations Love Radio, Monster radio, and Barangay LS.
TravelBook.ph also boasts increasing 1.6 million monthly page views, with 455,000 monthly unique visits, 52,000 registered members, and 299,000 newsletter subscribers.
Its social media presence also continues to grow: it has more than 540,000 likes on Facebook, while Twitter and Instagram accounts have about 2,900 and 10,300 followers respectively.
Why Book with TravelBook.ph?
TravelBook.ph aims to cater to the needs to accommodate the needs of the ever-growing market, which is why it continuously develops and expands its strengths through various customer-driven initiatives.
1. Convenient Booking
TraveBook.ph is focused on improving its offline booking through 24/7 Customer Care that offers competitive room rates, promo plans, rewards points, membership promos, and GetGo promos. It also has a user-friendly mobile app that offers double rewards for booking to make the service available for the growing number of smartphone users in the country.
2. Multiple Payment Options
TravelBook.ph has made sure that it has a variety of payment methods, whether it’s online or offline, to make booking hotels for every customer convenient since only about 5% of the whole Philippine population are credit card holders.
Aside from using credit cards, customers can also pay via online and offline bank deposits or over-the-counter payments. Payments are also accepted at 7-Eleven branches, Robinsons Department Store and SM Department Store branches, Bitcoin, and the newly launched Pay At Hotel, which allows the customer to pay upon check-in.
3. Corporate Partnerships and Alliances
TravelBook.ph has also partnered with top brands and companies in the Philippines to strengthen its presence in the business through various campaigns, including Cebu Pacific, Robinsons Bank, Sun Cellular, Toys R Us, JG Summit, Robinsons Land, Robinsons Department Store, and Universal Robina.
The company also has special partnerships with GetGo, BDO, Union Bank, Eastwest Bank, and Security Bank.
4. Tours
TravelBook.ph will be soon launching its 359 Tour Package Plans to cater the travel needs of its customers.
5. Affiliate Program
The recently launched Affiliate Program now has over 600 partner bloggers. Through this, both seasoned and new bloggers are able to earn income from the hotel bookings made in their websites.
6. Promotion of Philippine Tourism
More than just being an e-commerce company, TravelBook.ph aims to boost the Philippine tourism by encouraging everyone to travel more in the country. The company believes that traveling should become a lifestyle as it promotes education, quality time, and bonding with families and friends.
TravelBook.ph also comes up with various creative campaigns to promote local tourism such as the recently concluded #Juanderlust, an international competition where travelers all over the world participated to be the lucky “Chose Juan” who will embark on an 80-day adventure to 80 places in the Philippines. Mr. Dave Agbayani, the winner, traveled around the country to explore and experience the best things that the country has to offer.
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I haven’t tried booking or reserving a hotel in any booking platforms. I always call or email directly on the website of my chosen hotel. Does Travelbook.ph offers discounted rates like Agoda?
I haven’t tried this but will definitely consider on booking our hotel for our next family trip. Juanderlust campaign sounds a lot of fun! Thanks for sharing!
I am a wanderlust, and so are my family. We love to travel. I would like to consider that idea of having my own “travel agency” one day. 🙂 Hubby and I are both in the airline industry. I used to be a travel agent too so selling holiday packages is one of my forte.
Wow! Thanks for the info they do affiliate programs din pala 🙂 Love that they promote domestic tourism ♡
Ive been hearing good reviews of Travelbook..i would like to try it soon in my future travels.. 🙂
It’s good that they cater locally and promote our country as well, haven’t tried this one yet but will consider if ever we’d plan our next trip.
We really want to have an out of town trip. Wala pa kong experience magpabook pero in the future I’ll consider using this.
I first heard travelbook.ph here! It looks very helpful in terms of convenience. I might try this one for our trip to Baguio. Great one Cheryl!
That guy who won the #Juanderlust sure is a lucky one..I’m happy that Travelbook is promoting tourism in the Philippines. It is my belief that there is still a lot of tourism potential in the country that has been left untapped.
I use travelbook.ph for local travels too. The first time I used is was for a trip to Guimaras. My booking experience was very good, efficient and worry free.
Ive never tried travebook but ive been reading good reviews about it. Will check this out 🙂
Yes travel book should be every filipino travel buddy on searching the right place to have vacation
I have used Travelbook twice already and both time has given me no issues at all. I like this website.
Will definitely check this out. It’s the first time I heard about them,
I think I got an email from them a few months back but I never got the chance to go through it. I’ll keep this in mind when I need to book our next vacation next year. 🙂
So many wonderful travel apps nowadays. Good thing that this caters locally and also internationally. Haven’t tried this one yet, but hopefully soon.
Thanks for sharing this. Convenience is really a necessity these days, lalo na for busy moms like us 🙂
I really love that Juanderlust slogan! What an amazing company. I hope they achieve their goals of empowering the Filipinos to travel and enjoy our country more! 🙂
Haven’t tried that! Will check it out soon.
The fact that we can pay through 7-Eleven is a very big plus factor for TravelBook! Such an awesome program! 🙂
Travelbook.ph is really a nice platform for the wanderlust peeps out there! I would love to consider this when we start to travel as a family na rin.
Heard so much about Travelbook. It is.nice.to. check on this kind of service and at the same time have big savings.
I’ve never tried travelbook yet but since it gives an option that I can pay at the hotel, I might try this one for our next staycations.
Will check out their prices, thanks!
Thanks for this insightful post sis, my tita and I are looking for a site that provides this service
glad that there are a lot of options to choose from and help us in booking for our next trip.
I’ve been hearing about this but haven’t tried it yet. I suppose it’s like expedia or agoda, right?
Ahhh, Summit Media pala ang Travelbook.ph, I won’t be surprised if they release a Travel Book Magazine in the future 🙂
To be honest, I don’t really plan our travels. If I need to make a reservation, I usually go straight to the hotel :)) Nonetheless, what I like about these services is that it is convenient since you can make comparisons narin with other hotels 🙂
I recently joined their affiliate program. Will definitely check their deals if ever we’re going to travel this year. 🙂