Here at Royal Gorge Cabins, we’re honored to provide our guests from near and far with an unbeatable perch in one of the most scenic and adventure-rich corners of Colorado. Our vacation cabins and luxury glamping tents serve as your immaculately situated, well-appointed gateway to the dazzling beauty and limitless fun of the Royal Gorge Region—and there’s no better way to enjoy them than by booking directly with us.
In this post, we’ll spell out the very real direct booking benefits you can reap as you plan your Royal Gorge Cabins getaway!
OTA vs Direct Booking With Royal Gorge Cabins
These days, many travelers book vacation accommodations via an online travel agent (OTA) rather than directly through the lodging company. We likely don’t have to tell you that such OTAs not only abound but aggressively market their services. Indeed, it’s all too easy at this point to forget you can do things the old-fashioned way: that is, make your reservations straight through us, using our website, or calling us, rather than going the third-party route.
We say third-party, but, in fact, we’ve found that big online travel sites often work with their own booking partners, which can mean you’re effectively making accommodation arrangements through a fourth-party.
Direct Booking Benefits
Let’s be clear: Here at Royal Gorge Cabins, we work with a handful of third-party booking platforms. It’s simply a reality of the business. The “big guys” boast such a bigger budget that many of our wonderful guests wouldn’t even be able to find us if it wasn’t for those relationships we dutifully maintain.
That said, we highly recommend that travelers book their cabin or glamping tent directly through us. Here are some of the reasons why!
Cost Savings
There can be significant financial differences when considering the OTA vs direct booking issue in trip planning. Third-party booking agents often slap additional fees (some of them on the incomprehensible side) on you during the process, for one thing.
Furthermore, here at Royal Gorge Cabins, we regularly offer fantastic deals and discounts that translate to big-time savings on your end!
Communication Issues
When you book a vacation rental directly through Royal Gorge Cabins, you also get the benefit of clear, easy, and timely communication with our team. If you have questions or concerns—before your stay or during it—we make multiple channels available to get in touch, and we strive to keep you posted on your reservation and relay any pertinent information straight to you.
Third parties, unfortunately, routinely don’t get us your contact information, which, needless to say, makes touching base with you about your booking difficult. (All the more so when one of those aforementioned fourth-party businesses is involved.) Communication via OTAs commonly ends up funneled right into your spam folder, complicating matters further. In these situations, it can be hard even to know whom to reach out to if you need to make changes to your reservation.
This all very often shakes out to a whole lot of frustration, and also the potential to be saddled with an itinerary that no longer works for you, but which has proved—thanks to the challenges of managing a reservation made through an OTA—difficult or even impossible to modify or cancel.
It’s also worth emphasizing that the team here at Royal Gorge Cabins treats every guest with warmth and compassion. After all, hospitality is our trade and our passion. We wouldn’t be the successful small business we are if we didn’t always listen carefully, attend to your concerns, and do absolutely everything we can to make sure you’re completely happy and satisfied—even if, as inevitably happens now and again, you need to cancel a reservation with us. We’ll work closely with you and do everything we can to help resolve any sort of situation, including unexpected complications with your schedule or other logistical snafus.
Finding The Very Best Accommodations For You
Another plus of booking directly with Royal Gorge Cabins is that you can select the absolute perfect lodging setup for your needs and preferences: whether a one- or two-bedroom cabin or a Single or Double Queen glamping tent.
In our experience, third-party booking agents often present accommodation offerings in a confusing or misleading fashion, which can sometimes result in guests reserving lodgings that don’t actually match what they’re looking for or what they ultimately require in terms of capacity, amenities, accessibility, and other details.
A Dream Vacation Amid Colorado Splendor at Royal Gorge Cabins
The wonders of the Royal Gorge Region—not least the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River itself, among the most striking chasms in the Rockies and traversed by one of the highest suspension bridges in the world—are at your fingertips when you stay with us here at Royal Gorge Cabins. Book directly with us to enjoy maximum savings and land on the vacation cabin or glamping tent that best suits your needs.
We’re thrilled for you to experience our accommodations, breathtaking views, and exciting activities. If you have any questions about booking directly or special requests, feel free to contact our team, and we’ll be more than happy to assist you right away.
