Booking.com vs GGNomad
Stop paying 15% commissions to a global OTA. Run your own branded travel workspace with stays, tours, events, and transport in one place.
2025 revenue
~$26.9B
Gross bookings
~$186B
Host commission
10–25%
Headquarters
Amsterdam
Booking.com helps travelers find rooms. GGNomad helps travel businesses own the trip.
Booking.com is the default for accommodation search. But every booking happens on their brand, their terms, and their 10–25% commission. GGNomad gives agencies, DMCs, and hotel groups a branded workspace where stays, tours, activities, and event tickets live in one connected model — with a lower effective take rate and direct customer relationships.
Feature comparison
How GGNomad stacks up against Booking.com across the capabilities that matter for travel businesses.
| Feature | GGNomad | Booking.com |
|---|---|---|
| Lodging | Supported | Core |
| Tours & activities | Core | Limited |
| Events & tickets | Core | Limited |
| Day-by-day itineraries | Core domain | Wishlists only |
| Unified checkout | Planned | Separate bookings |
| Multi-tenant workspaces | Native | No |
| White-label storefront | Planned | No |
| Sustainability fields | Partial | Eco-labels only |
| Accessibility filters | Live | Limited |
Pricing comparison
GGNomad replaces high per-booking commissions with a predictable subscription plus a sliding platform fee.
GGNomad
| Tier | Price | Listings | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 15 | 10% → 6% |
| Starter | $99/mo | 50 | Sliding |
| Growth | $399/mo | 250 | Sliding |
| Business | $999/mo | 1,000 | Sliding |
Booking.com
| Offer | Price | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Host listing | Free to list | 10–25% commission Plus 1.1–3.1% if using Payments by Booking.com |
| Visibility programs | Optional | Variable Preferred / Genius placements can increase take rate |
| Dimension | GGNomad | Booking.com |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing basis | Subscription + platform fee | Commission per booking |
| Typical host cost | 6–10% + subscription | ~15% + payment fees |
| Brand ownership | You own the traveler | Booking.com owns the traveler |
| Enterprise pricing | Per-listing contracts | Limited |
Why GGNomad wins
Four reasons travel businesses choose GGNomad over Booking.com.
Multi-vertical inventory in one connected model (shipped)
Stays, tours, activities, and events are first-class domain types with full create/read/update, provider linkage, and detail pages. Booking.com is accommodation-first with only limited experiences.
Day-by-day itinerary builder (shipped)
Trip plans schedule properties, tours, events, and activities by day with running price totals — a bookable domain model, not the saved-property wishlist Booking.com offers.
Multi-tenant operator workspace (shipped)
Every listing, provider, booking, and analytics view is workspace-isolated with role-based access control, SSO, and audit inherited from the platform. Own-domain white-label storefront is on the roadmap.
Subscription + sliding platform fee (positioning)
A subscription plus a sliding 6–10% platform fee targets a lower effective take rate than Booking.com's 10–25% host commission. Payment settlement runs through the platform's built-in payments and billing.
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