Tripr brings a new dimension to guest hotel reviews, allowing visitors to upload their video reviews. When someone books a room after viewing the video, the filmmaker receives a comission.
From their about page:
If you’re staying in the hotel anyway, you can put your video camera to use. There are a few requirements though to qualify: videos must have “good camera work”, good lighting, original sound, and the video clips should be a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 120 seconds long.
Because videos are created by the travelers themselves, you will get a good impression of the hotel before making a booking. Moving images are much more realistic than the often outdated pictures of hotels.
As a hotelier, you need to be aware your guests are probably already uploading videos about your hotel to sites like YouTube. I think Tripr’s revenue-sharing model will encourage more quality content being shared: a positive trend in user-generated content.
What do you think?
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