HomeToGo debuts Travel Agency Hub gateway

Germany: SaaS-enabled vacation rental marketplace HomeToGo has announced the launch of Travel Agency Hub by HomeToGo_PRO Doppelgänger [Travel Agency Hub], a purpose-built gateway designed specifically for travel agencies to access its suite of white label solutions.

Travel Agency Hub marks the latest product within HomeToGo_PRO Doppelgänger, a comprehensive suite of software and redistribution solutions for travel industry players, first introduced by HomeToGo in December last year. HomeToGo_PRO Doppelgänger, part of the company’s B2B segment, leverages adaptable technology solutions, including white label and API integrations, to empower travel and tourism platforms with seamless access to HomeToGo’s vacation rental inventory and technology.

With Travel Agency Hub, HomeToGo’s trusted travel agency partners will be able to search and book vacation homes for their clients worldwide more easily, seeing competitive commissions on every booking. Travel Agency Hub offers the same intuitive experience as the HomeToGo B2C Marketplace, with exclusive features tailored to travel agency partners.

With a simple login, travel agents will gain access to a global selection of vacation rentals to enhance their offerings and benefit from insights into booking activity, as well as a tailored payment and invoicing process. It also unlocks support from HomeToGo’s dedicated in-house customer experience team.

Travel Agency Hub is currently being piloted with two of HomeToGo’s travel agency partners, FDM Travel and Fora, with plans to bring on additional partners in the coming weeks and months.

Dr Patrick Andrae, co-founder and CEO of HomeToGo, said: “With HomeToGo_PRO, we’re focused on creating technology solutions for the travel industry that make our partners more successful. This includes our Doppelgänger suite of redistribution solutions, which provide partners with easy ways to include vacation rentals into their offering.

“Today’s launch of Travel Agency Hub is the latest example of how Doppelgänger is changing the game: this powerful new gateway enables our travel agency partners to effortlessly integrate our unmatched selection of vacation rentals into their product, while also unlocking valuable new demand sources for us – a true win-win. We’re excited to unveil this latest advancement to HomeToGo_PRO Doppelgänger’s White Label solutions as another step forward in transforming travel,” he added.

Anders Iversen, CEO of FDM Travel, said: “HomeToGo’s new Travel Agency Hub provides FDM Travel with easy access to the world’s largest selection of vacation rentals, coupled with the high-quality experience HomeToGo is known for. This tool offers added advantages specifically tailored to travel agency partners, like competitive commissions, booking insights, dedicated customer support, and more.

“Partnering with HomeToGo to enhance our portfolio with their extensive selection of vacation rentals worldwide is a clear strategic choice for us,” added Iversen.

Jake Peters, co-founder and CPO / CTO of Fora, said: “At Fora, we’re constantly working to make the job of a travel adviser as seamless as possible. We’re excited to be part of the launch of HomeToGo’s’ new Travel Agency Hub that brings their selection of high quality homes to our global community of over 5,000 travel advisers who are interested in finding ways to book vacation rentals for their clients.”

Travel Agency Hub is available to travel agents in 27 languages and currencies for bookings to global destinations.

Last week, HomeToGo also announced a partnership with Flix, a global travel tech company in long distance bus and train travel solutions, to provide HomeToGo travellers with a ten per cent discount on FlixBus and FlixTrain.

This partnership, which is live in the UK, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Germany, will run until April 2025, and is designed to facilitate more easy, affordable and sustainable travel experiences.

Simon Matthews, director of technology, data & OSS at HomeToGo, will join other industry leaders on Tuesday 3 December for a STRz 2025 predictions webinar as they deliver their insights for the year ahead. Sign up now at no cost here.