Little America is a European Travel Agency that Brings Hoteliers More Bookings

Little America is a European travel agency focused on the United States and Canada, selling custom self-drive travel itineraries of 3-7 weeks for clients out of the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Belgium, Austria, and Switzerland.

Little America travel consultants meet their customers in person and provide traditional hands-on travel advice, sitting down with them for several hours to create their holidays for them. Little America (and its mother company TravelEssence) has 15 years of experience working with small-scale hospitality businesses and sending thousands of customers to their destinations in Australia, New Zealand, United States and Canada.

Little America operates in the mid- to high-end market and their travelers are mostly solo travelers, couples, families, and small groups. Their clients are well-traveled, interested in nature and culture, and travel slowly, staying multiple nights in each location.

Little America clients all drive themselves with a rental car and enjoy staying at small-scale accommodations because it lets them truly experience their destinations the way the locals do it.

Little America agrees with their accommodation partners to a commission percentage from your advertised rates, and will pay you the net rate after commission before your guests arrive via an automated bank transfer. You will receive a payment notification in advance and there is no need to send Little America an invoice. 

Little America pays your property 7-14 days before the guest arrives.

ResNexus makes it simple to increase reservations and revenue by allowing you to manage your marketing channels in one easy place.

So whether your booking comes from Little America or a commission-free reservation through your ResNexus booking engine and website, all you need to connect and stay in sync with your guests is at the touch of your fingertips. 

Little America is a great tool to get discovered and booked by European travelers. But just like other OTAs it is not as effective for repeat bookings from the same guest.

What should your business do? Once you have received a new guest booking from Little America you have a new potential repeat customer–including all their contact information. After they leave, you can market to them directly in the future and increase your return guest rate. That means more commission-free bookings for your business in the future.