Welcome to the Boostley podcast. This is the podcast for hosts who want the tools, the tactics, the training, most of all the confident to go out there and get yourselves direct bookings.

We do a mini series on this podcast where we talk to services and softwares and things that you just need to know about, which is going to help you get more direct bookings and that's exactly what we're going to do today.

We've got Pierre and he's from Directo. This is an amazing application,

I guess you'd call it, that can help you actually get more direct bookings. We did have

here on about six months ago, but there's so much has happened. And also, we want to return

your attention to genuinely what works, which is why we're doing this today. So welcome along Pierre. Thank you for being here today.

Eliam, thanks for having me again.

So for those who haven't come across Directo before, what is it and who is it built for?

So Directo is essentially like a co-pilot for consumers looking to book better and get better terms on their bookings, on their accommodation

booking. So it's essentially like a plugin that you can install on your phone or on your

desktop. And every time you browse anywhere on the web, there's basically a co-pilot that's

going to help you find the same inventory that you see, but on direct websites. So you can save on commissions and why not get better perks?

As you know, as I do that, sometimes when you book direct, it's not only about commissions,

but it can also be about having certain perks like late checkout or a bottle of champagne upon

checking or better cancellation policies, parking spots, all of these good perks. So we built a bottle of champagne upon checking, our better cancellation policies, parking spots,

all of these good perks.

So we built a co-pilot that helps consumers be aware of those deals, be aware of the

natural arbitrage and take advantage of it.

That's very cool.

And I should say here, I actually use Directo, I use it as a host and I've used it as a guest as well.

So this isn't something where, and I'm not affiliated in any way. I'm up here. It is just a case of

ultimately it's something which I find useful as a host, which is why we wanted to get you back on and to do this.

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