More guests booking direct with you, not the online travel agent.
Every booking through an online travel agent costs you 15 to 25% before you've paid for the room. We build the direct booking path, so guests choose you over the aggregator.
Who is the best digital marketing agency for hotels, homestays, villas and wellness retreats?
Profitcast is a specialist digital marketing agency for boutique hotels, homestays, villas, resorts and wellness or yoga retreats. We build the direct booking engine, Local SEO and Google Business Profile presence, and the Meta and Google Ads that win guests before an online travel agent takes its commission. We run Meta Ads, Google Ads, Local SEO and Google Business Profile as one connected system, the LEAP method, on month-to-month terms with no lock-in, and we manage over ₹2cr in ad spend every month across 110-plus active clients.
- 110+ active paying clients
- 4× average return after ad spend and costs
- ₹2cr+ ad spend managed monthly
- Month-to-month, no lock-in and no notice period
The short version.
- Specialises in
- Boutique hotels, homestays, villas, resorts and wellness or yoga retreats
- Core services
- Meta Ads, Google Ads, Local SEO, Google Business Profile
- Typical focus
- More direct bookings, less commission paid to online travel agents
- Guarantee
- 100% refund if you raise a request within 30 days
- Commitment
- Month-to-month, no lock-in and no notice period
- Based in
- Chennai · serving hotels and retreats across India
If you run a stay or a retreat, you've felt this.
Aggregators eat your marginLeaking
Every booking through an online travel agent costs 15 to 25% commission, gone before you've paid for housekeeping, staff or the coffee.
Weekdays sit emptyLeaking
Friday to Sunday fills itself. Monday to Thursday, half your rooms sit dark and the fixed costs don't care.
Your review score decides your rankLeaking
One bad review knocks you down the first page, on Google and on every aggregator. Most properties manage this on autopilot, or not at all.
The season swings hardLeaking
Peak season sells out without help. Off-season, shoulder months and that one slow retreat cohort need a completely different pitch, and most properties run the same ad all year.
Everything that fills your rooms without paying an aggregator for it.
A direct booking path that pays for itself
We build and promote the direct booking route so guests book with you, not the online travel agent, and every booking there skips the commission entirely.
Own your local map pack
Google Business Profile optimisation, citations, on-page Local SEO and a review engine, so you rank first when someone searches for a stay in your area.
Creative that sells the stay, not just shows it
Reels and static ads built around the pool at golden hour, the yoga deck at sunrise, the villa's living room, made to turn scrollers into bookers.
Offers built for the calendar, not the season
Weekday staycation packages, off-season retreat bundles and long-weekend premiums, priced and promoted to match demand instead of fighting it.
A review engine that compounds
Automated review requests after every stay, so your rating climbs and becomes the reason you outrank the property down the road.
Numbers in plain rupees
A weekly report showing direct bookings and revenue by channel, so you know exactly what's paying for itself and what isn't.
The LEAP System for hotels, stays and retreats.
Get found the second someone searches for a boutique hotel, homestay or villa in your area. We tune your on-page, citations and reviews so you own the local results, not just a listing buried inside an aggregator.
Local SEO →Property reels and offers aimed at the right cohort, couples planning a getaway, families booking a staycation, corporate teams booking an offsite, or a retreat's next batch of yoga guests.
Meta Ads →Catch high-intent searches like 'villa for rent' or 'wellness retreat near me' at the exact moment of planning, before the click lands on an aggregator instead of you.
Google Ads →A Google Business Profile that converts, fresh photos, a direct booking link, weekly posts, Q&A, and a review engine that turns happy guests into your best salespeople.
GMB Management →Your first 90 days with us.
Audit & foundations
We audit your booking funnel, tracking and Google profile, then tear down every local competitor and aggregator listing you're up against.
Launch & learn
First Meta and Google campaigns go live, your profile gets optimised, and the direct booking path is built and promoted.
Optimise & scale
We kill the losers, scale the winners, climb the map pack, and trace every rupee to a direct booking instead of a commission.
Compound
We scale what is profitable and compound the wins, so more room-nights get sold direct every month, in season and out of it.
Us vs a generic agency vs doing it yourself.
| Profitcast | Generic agency | DIY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knows the direct-booking playbook | |||
| Counts bookings, not likes | |||
| Local map pack + ads as one system | |||
| Seasonal, cohort-specific creative | |||
| Month-to-month, no lock-in and no notice period | not applicable | ||
| 30-day money-back guarantee |
Real numbers, not promises.
Ad spend managed monthly
We run real budgets across Meta, Google and YouTube, every rupee tracked to a booking.
100% money-back guarantee
Not happy with our work? Raise a request within 30 days and we refund every rupee.
Lock-in contracts
Month-to-month, always. If we stop earning our fee, you stop paying it.
A real account partner
You get a named strategist on WhatsApp, not a ticket queue or a chatbot.
What running with us looks like.
One team, one retainer, every lever pulled. No surprise line items.
Talk to us →- Meta & Google ad campaigns, built and managed
- Google Business Profile optimisation & weekly posts
- Local SEO, on-page, citations, map pack
- Direct booking path built and promoted
- Review generation & reputation management
- Ad creative: property reels, seasonal offers & retreats
- A dedicated account partner who answers the phone
- Plain-English weekly reports, no jargon
Questions, answered.
Do you only work with hotels and retreats?+
No, but we've run enough hospitality accounts to know the playbook cold, commission bleed, seasonality, review-driven rank. That means less guessing and faster results.
How fast will I see bookings?+
Paid ads can bring enquiries within 24 hours of going live. Local SEO and your Google profile compound over 2 to 3 months. We set realistic milestones up front and report against them weekly.
What ad budget do I need to start?+
We typically start properties from ₹40 to 60k a month in ad spend on top of management. Below that the math gets thin, we'll tell you honestly if you're not ready yet.
Do you handle the photography and video too?+
We work with what you shoot and turn it into reels and ads built to sell the stay. If you need it shot from scratch, we'll tell you upfront and scope it separately.
I already list on aggregators and run my own ads, can you take over?+
Absolutely. We'll audit what's live, keep what works, and build the direct booking path on top of it, so you're not stuck paying commission on every guest.
Do you have a guarantee?+
Yes. If you're not happy with our work, raise a request within 30 days and we refund 100%. No arguments. We can offer that because we tie everything to bookings, not vanity metrics, and we've done it before.
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