Travellers Hotels BnB Creators Blog About List Your Property
Luxury hotel with pool
Host onboarding is open now.

Your guests show
your property honestly.
You pay 12%
only on completed stays.

The guest who reviewed your hotel gets paid for every booking they drive.

12% commission, only on completed stays. No upfront fee. 30% of Hookoom’s commission rewards the guest whose honest reel led to the booking. Your guests become your marketing team.

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0%
Commission, only on
completed stays
0%
Of Hookoom’s commission
rewards your guest
0₹
Upfront cost to
list & get Verified
2days
Working days to review
your listing
Your Guest Becomes Your Marketer
12% Commission, Only on Completed Stays
Hookoom Verified Badge
Reward Is Released After the Guest Checks Out
Real Photos • No Staging • No Photographer
Atithi Devo Bhava ✦
Your Guest Becomes Your Marketer
12% Commission, Only on Completed Stays
Hookoom Verified Badge
Reward Is Released After the Guest Checks Out
Real Photos • No Staging • No Photographer
Atithi Devo Bhava ✦
Har Hotelier Ka Dard: The OTA Problem

Every hotel owner in India knows this pain. Most just accept it.

Commission on every booking. Costly photoshoots. Reviews you don’t control. Hookoom is built to make all three simpler.

15.5%
Airbnb’s Standard Host Fee, Every Booking
Airbnb’s standard host fee is 15.5%. Hookoom charges 12% commission, only on completed stays. No upfront fee.
₹###
Annual Photography Cost, For Photos That Lie
Wide-angle lenses. Professional lighting. Retouching. You invest in an illusion. Guests arrive to reality. The gap creates 1-star reviews that kill future bookings.
★★★★★
Travellers Read Reviews. But You Don’t Control Them.
Staged photos set expectations you can’t meet. Disappointed guests write bad reviews. Bad reviews kill bookings. The loop continues, until Hookoom.

“Aapne khana pakaya. OTA ne bech diya. Commission unka. Review aapka.”

“The hotel paid the photographer. The OTA took the commission. The guest arrived to a gap. The hotel got the 1-star review. This is the loop Hookoom breaks.”

Luxury hotel room natural light
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Hotel pool
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Hotel authentic
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The Numbers That Matter

Same booking. Very different math.

On a ₹5,000 booking, here is exactly where every rupee goes.

OTA Standard
Other Listing Platforms
On a ₹5,000 booking, you lose:
₹775
Airbnb’s standard host fee is 15.5%.
Standard host fee (Airbnb)15.5%
Reviewer earns₹0
Hotel keeps₹4,225
Plus sponsored listing fees, price parity clauses, and staged photos that set expectations you cannot meet.
Staged photos that mislead guests
Zero control over your brand
Pay extra for visibility, always
No direct guest relationship, ever
Hookoom Verified
hookoom
Same ₹5,000 booking, you lose only:
₹600
12% commission, only on completed stays. No upfront fee.
Hookoom commission (12%)₹600
Guest reward, 30% of our 12%₹180 ★
You receive₹4,400
★ 30% of Hookoom’s commission rewards the guest whose honest reel led to the booking. Reward is released after the guest checks out.
Real guest photos, no photographer needed
Hookoom Verified badge, your highest trust signal
Reviewer reels driving continuous organic discovery
₹0 upfront. Pay only when you earn.
The Structural Advantage No OTA Can Copy

30% of Hookoom’s commission rewards the guest whose honest reel led to the booking.

12% commission, only on completed stays. No upfront fee. Reward is released after the guest checks out.

Guest Books
Your Hotel
Via Hookoom
→
Hookoom Earns
Commission
12%, only on completed stays
→
30% Rewards
the Reviewing Guest
Reward is released after the guest checks out.
→
Reviewer Posts
Again
More reels, more reach, more bookings
→
Your Hotel
Grows
Organic bookings compound. OTA dependency falls.

“Your next guest comes from your last guest.”

30%
Of Hookoom’s commission rewards the guest whose honest reel led to the booking
₹0
Marketing spend from you. The reviewer economy runs itself, for free.
12%
12% commission, only on completed stays. No upfront fee.
Ek Zaruri Sawal: One Critical Question

Hotel owners always ask us this.
Here’s the honest answer.

“Kya Hookoom meri kharab photos bhi dikhayega?”

We hear this from every hotel owner. And the answer matters more than anything else on this page: Real content is not negative content. Authentic photos show your property honestly, not unfairly.

“We check guest content for fraud, privacy and abuse, not for whether it is positive or negative. Hosts can always reply. Real content sets accurate expectations. Accurate expectations create satisfied guests. Satisfied guests leave 5-star reviews.”
Real content sets accurate expectations
Guests know what they get. They arrive satisfied. Satisfied guests leave 5-star reviews. Better reviews drive better bookings. The loop works for you.
Reviewers chose you. They want you to succeed.
Only verified guests who stayed can post. They booked with you. They earn when you earn. Their incentive is your growth, not decline.
You control your onboarding photos completely
Your first photos are the ones you upload, shot on your mobile, showing your best spaces honestly. Guest reels build on this foundation.
Staged photos are the real risk, not honest ones
Staged photos collapse at check-in. Honest photos build a reputation that compounds: returning guests, referrals, reels that keep working.
The Reviewer Economy

Your guests check in. They review. They earn. You grow.

The first hospitality model where marketing is built into the booking, and pays for itself.

01
Guest Books Via Hookoom
Books your Verified listing. 12% commission, only on completed stays.
02
Guest Stays & Experiences
Real stay. No scripts. No incentivised fake ratings. Just honest hospitality.
03
Guest Posts Authentic Review
Unfiltered photos and video review go live on your property page.
04
Reviewer Earns a Reward
When the next booking comes from that review, 30% of Hookoom’s commission rewards the reviewer. Reward is released after the referred guest checks out.

Your guest becomes your marketer.
Automatically For free.

Reviewer Earns Per Booking Driven
₹0

Example: on a ₹5,000 booking, Hookoom’s commission is 12% = ₹600. 30% of that, ₹180, rewards the guest whose honest reel led to the booking. Not your cost. Reward is released after the referred guest checks out.

Honest hotels attract honest reviewers.
Honest reviewers drive honest bookings.
Honest bookings build honest brands.
Booking Value₹5,000
Hookoom Commission (12%)₹600
Guest Reward, 30% of Commission ★₹180
You Receive₹4,400
Real vs Staged

Staged photos set expectations you can’t meet. Honest photos build the trust that brings guests back.

The expectation gap is the #1 driver of 1-star hotel reviews in India. Hookoom eliminates it by design.

OTA Standard
⚠︎ Professional Staged Shoot
Staged hotel room
Wide-angle lenses make rooms look larger than reality
Lighting hides maintenance issues
A yearly cost, with no guaranteed return
Gap = 1-star review: “photos were misleading”
Hookoom Standard
Illustrative image
Authentic hotel photo
Shot on real mobile, exact size, exact reality
No editing, no filters. Guests get what they see.
Costs ₹0. Reviewers create content to earn.
Expectations met. Satisfied guests leave 5 stars.
After You Start Onboarding

Exactly what happens, step by step. No ambiguity.

We review your listing within 2 working days after your documents are complete.

Step 01
Start Onboarding
Add your property on host.hookoom.com. About 5-10 minutes. We can do it with you on a call.
₹0 Cost
Step 02
Our Team Calls You
Our team calls, walks through your listing, helps upload real mobile photos.
30-min Call
Step 03
Go Live as Hookoom Verified
We review your listing within 2 working days after your documents are complete. You get the Verified badge after we check your ID, ownership and listing.
2 Working Days
Step 04
Bookings. Reels. Loop.
Guests book, stay, review. Each review drives the next booking. The engine is self-perpetuating.
Compounding Growth
Common Questions

Real questions. Straight answers.

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12% commission, only on completed stays. No upfront fee.
₹0
Upfront listing cost. Pay nothing until you earn.
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Of Hookoom’s commission rewards the guest whose honest reel led to the booking
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We review your listing within 2 working days after your documents are complete.
Is the 12% commission truly all-in, with no hidden charges?
12% commission, only on completed stays. No upfront fee. The guest reward comes out of Hookoom’s commission, not yours. No monthly subscription, no listing fee, no photography cost.
Can I stay listed on MakeMyTrip or Booking.com while using Hookoom?
Completely. Hookoom is additive, not exclusive. Most early hotels run OTAs alongside Hookoom and use the comparison to see exactly how much each channel earns versus costs.
What if a verified reviewer posts an honest but unflattering review?
Hotels with staged photos get 1-star shocks at check-in. Hotels with real photos get guests whose expectations match reality. Those guests are almost always satisfied, and satisfied guests leave fair reviews. Real content is not negative content.
Everything You Gain

All advantages. Zero compromise.

₹0
Zero Upfront Cost
List, verify, and go live for free. Pay commission only on bookings earned. No monthly fees, no subscription, ever.
12%
Only on Completed Stays
12% commission, only on completed stays. No upfront fee. 30% of Hookoom’s commission rewards the guest whose honest reel led to the booking.
Your Guest = Your Marketer
Guests create authentic content for your page at zero cost, driving your next booking as they do it. Automatically.
Booking Dashboard (Coming with Launch)
Track which reviews converted. See your funnel. Know your property week by week, with data not guesswork.
No Photographer Required
Save on photoshoots. Real mobile photos from verified guests convert better than staged shoots, because they’re believable.
Hookoom Verified Badge
A trust signal no OTA can give you. None verify the authenticity of content the way Hookoom does.
Host onboarding is open now.

Honest hotels deserve honest bookings.

Sahi hotel ko sahi bookings milni chahiye.

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