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About World Choice Travel (WCT)
How is World Choice Travel different than other travel affiliate programs?
Is World Choice Travel an established travel company?
Qualifications
What if my company is based outside of North America?
What criteria does my website have to meet in order to be approved for your travel affiliate program?
Is your travel affiliate program exclusive?
Can I have multiple travel affiliate websites?
Commission Structure
Are there any costs involved?
How much money can I make?
How are high-volume producers rewarded?
How can I maximize my profits?
How often do I get paid?
We Build Your Brand... Not Ours!
Will World Choice Travel market to my customers?
Does my website maintain its identity?
Can I choose which travel products to sell?
How are bookings and commissions tracked?
Travel Affiliate Program Features and Benefits
What kind of support do you provide?
What are the benefits to my customers?
What are the benefits of your XML Interface?
Can I promote specific destinations?
About our Hotel Booking Engine
Where does your hotel inventory come from?
How are telephone reservations handled? What are the call center hours?
How are customer service inquiries handled?
What is the difference between online and phone bookings?
Become a World Choice Travel Partner Today
How do I become a World Choice Travel partner?
How quickly can I get started?
How do I switch from my existing travel provider?
About World Choice Travel
How is World Choice Travel different than other travel affiliate programs?
WCT is dramatically different than our competitors. Many of our most successful
partners started out with other online travel companies, and have since selected
WCT as their long term Internet partner. Here are some of the reasons why we are the
best travel affiliate program to grow and prosper with:
 We pay higher commissions
We build your brand, not ours
We do not compete with you or market to your customers
Our advanced Partner Support Center (back office) is at your disposal
You can offer a wide range of travel products
Our Save Rate Hotels make up one of the world's largest proprietary discount hotel programs
Qualified partners may use our custom XML interface for hotel bookings
Utilize exclusive, flexible OPTI-FEES to make more money
Use our powerful e-marketing tools
We have a highly experienced tech support team
Experience less downtime with our database redundancy
Customers can call our toll-free 24/7 reservations center
24/7 toll-free customer service
Is World Choice Travel an established travel company?
World Choice Travel has been a leader in privately branded Internet travel programs for over
7 years. Our booking engines can be found on thousands of websites in 42 countries. WCT has
the experience and reputation you can trust.
Qualifications
What if my company is based outside of North America?
Websites based outside North America are encouraged to become WCT travel affiliates. WCT has
partners in 42 nations. Sites outside of North America can profit from our hotel and car rental
engines, destination content and flight tracker. Our hotel booking engine is
available in 12 languages. The hotel and car engines can display rates in multiple
currencies, and with Dynamic Currency Conversion, your customers can pay for their merchant rate hotel reservations in several different currencies. Air ticketing is limited to the Western Hemisphere, Europe and other selected destinations at present; transactions
are displayed in US currency. The hotel booking engine is available in both European and
North American date display formats. Once you become a WCT partner, these and other
international options can be configured in our Partner Support Center.
What criteria must my website meet in order to be approved for your
travel affiliate program?
In order to be approved for our travel affiliate program, we ask that your site meet the following criteria:
- You plan on implementing the WCT booking engines on your site within 30 days.
- You will not feature our competitors' booking engines on your site without WCT's authorization.
- You are confident your minimum sales will include no fewer than 40 hotel or airline bookings per month.
- You have experience with online marketing and driving traffic to your website, including Search Engine Marketing (SEM).
- You must submit proper tax documentation (W8 or W9 form) within 10 business days or the account will be automatically closed.
While our services are free, we do require that you have a business/marketing plan developed for us to better assist you. A member of our Partner Relations Department will review this with you upon contact.
Disclaimer: The above criteria are general guidelines for being accepted into our travel affiliate program. We reserve the right to approve, deny or terminate partner agreements at any time.
If your company does not meet the guidelines for a private-branded partnership with World Choice Travel, we highly recommend the branded affiliate program of our parent company, Travelocity. The Travelocity program lets you affiliate your website with the best brand in online travel - Travelocity - and earn a commission every time you refer one of your customers to them. With just a few clicks of the mouse, you can start selling travel in no time. No programming is necessary, and there are no startup fees involved.
For more details about the Travelocity affiliate program or to become one of their affiliates, please visit
Travelocity's affiliate program or send an e-mail to
affiliates@travelocity.com
Is your travel affiliate program exclusive?
Websites approved for our travel affiliate program may not contain travel booking engines that
compete directly with the WCT booking engines. However, occasionally we will work with sites
featuring multiple providers if approved in advance by our business development team.
Can I have multiple travel affiliate websites?
Yes. Some of our most successful partners have increased their monthly income greatly
by operating many travel-oriented websites.
Commission Structure
Are there any costs involved?
There are NO setup fees or membership charges for websites approved for our travel affiliate
program.
How much money can I make?
This depends solely upon how serious you are about growing your online travel business. WCT
provides the travel products and the marketing tools; we also have the highest payouts among
travel affiliate programs. It is up to you to utilize marketing strategies that include search
engine ranking, e-mailing newsletters, and other marketing tools to attract customers to your
website.
For more details on our payouts, please see our Commissions page. WCT handles all collections,
saving you and your staff time and money. Commissions are paid on average of 30 to 90 days after
checkout. SAVE RATES and OPTI-FEES can generate cash even faster. Electronic wire transfers will
be available in the future.
How are high-volume producers rewarded?
WCT partners producing a significant number of reservations every month may qualify for our
generous override program, in which we pay higher commissions for bookings. Many of our large
partners enjoy these higher commission rates, and consequently, sizable payouts each
month. Our goal is for our partners to make more money! High-volume producers may also be
eligible for their own private-branded toll-free telephone number serviced by our call center
personnel.
How can I maximize my profits?
One way of earning more is by promoting Save Rate (which pay a higher commission than Published Rate/GDS bookings, i.e. ones made through Pegasus or Sabre). Save Rates
have fewer cancellations and increase your cash flow because these bookings are prepaid.
The easiest way to increase profits and cash flow is with our exclusive OPTI-FEE program.
OPTI-FEES on hotel and car bookings give you the option of earning additional revenue through
service fees for travel services booked via your website. Please see our Commissions and
OPTI-FEE pages for more details.
How often do I get paid?
Checks are sent monthly. The minimum payout is $100. For those sites that do not earn enough
commissions in a month to total $100, the commissions are carried over until the next month.
We Build Your Brand... Not Ours!
Will World Choice Travel market to my customers?
No. Unlike other online travel companies, we do not compete with our own partners. Although
World Choice Travel started out with consumer-oriented travel websites, we have divested
ourselves of these sites and are strictly committed to building your brand... not ours.
Does my website maintain its identity?
Absolutely, as every partner site is branded with its own private label. You also have
the option of using our XML interface for hotels, which provides an even deeper level of
customization. We also brand e-mail hotel and car rental booking confirmations with your website
name.
As an added bonus, WCT brands each Save Rate hotel listing to reflect the name of your website or
travel business. When a customer selects a Save Rate hotel, the rate plan is labeled as
"Yoursitename.com Discount Rate." This is another example of an exclusive branding feature that other programs do not offer.
Can I choose which travel products to sell?
Yes! You can choose from a broad array of travel services, including hotel reservations, car
rentals, cruises, airline tickets, vacation packages, tickets to shows and attractions, and great travel
deals.
How are bookings and commissions tracked?
You can instantly monitor your hotel and car bookings, commissions and more in our Partner
Support Center, which serves as your own password-protected back office. WCT partners can
run reports on reservations, individual bookings, OPTI-FEES, commissions, client information,
statistics on visitors and bookings and much more. If you maintain multiple travel affiliate
sites, you can track them as a group or individually.
Travel Affiliate Program Features and Benefits
What kind of support do you provide?
At WCT, you have an entire team of experts at your disposal. As a WCT partner, you are
assigned your own tech support staff member. Our online Partner Support Center also serves as a
resource for helping you run and maintain your travel site.
WCT is an industry leader for MARKETING SUPPORT. We have developed exclusive e-newsletter technology
that enables you to create your own, private-branded newsletter in less than five minutes. We provide
ongoing consultation services at no charge and we furnish you with the means to collect opt-in
customers for your database. Aggressively build your business, and we'll stand ready to help you
prosper.
What are the benefits to my customers?
One of the greatest benefits to your customers is the number of hotels offered through our hotel
booking engine. Visitors can browse accommodations and rates at over 75,000 hotels worldwide in
nearly 10,000 cities.
Competitive pricing will keep your customers coming back. We feature over 50,000 Save Rate Hotels with deeply discounted rates. Our cruise engine offers some of the best deals in the world (from one of the largest cruise suppliers in North America). Our airline ticket engine allows extremely fast searches of most major airlines to get the best rates, with flexible dates and destinations as well as clickable seat maps. We also offer a prime
selection of special travel deals, with great combination rates on hotels, cruises, airline
tickets, and vacation packages.
Our well-designed and privately branded booking engines are fast, convenient and secure. All
credit card transactions are handled in a secure environment. Your customer will have peace of
mind knowing that they are dealing with a reputable, established travel company in good standing
with the Better Business Bureau, ASTA and IATA.
As a WCT partner, your site will be able to provide these comprehensive features:
- The widest array of travel services
- The ability to earn extra income from hotel and car service fees
- Hotels in thousands of cities, not just a handful of metropolitan areas
- The largest inventory of online hotel brochures
- Hotel videos, pictures, descriptions and ratings
- Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC)
- Innovative features such as "My Hotel List"
- Free interactive mapping and destination information
- Competitive rates for airline tickets and car rentals
- Attractive vacation packages such as CustomTrip and Last Minute Deals
- Selling tickets for shows, attractions and rides
What are the benefits of your XML Interface?
With our customizable XTra (XML for Travel) interface, you can turn lookers into bookers with an
attractive and sophisticated presentation of travel information. XTra/ XML is more flexible and
powerful than standard HTML encoding, and allows you to configure search forms and results pages
to your liking. With this deeper customization, your brand is strengthened. Increased
functionality and improved appearance provided by our XTra interface can gives you the
competitive edge that other travel booking engines cannot. Please note that before incorporating
XTra, your site must meet certain requirements, which are detailed on our XTra page.
Can I promote specific destinations?
Yes. You can program our hotel booking engine to feature hotels only in specific destinations,
making it perfect for sites specific to particular geographic areas. You can also specify which
hotels to promote.
About our Hotel Booking Engine
Where does your hotel inventory come from?
With a choice of over 75,000 hotels worldwide, our hotel booking engine has direct access to the
Published Rate hotel inventory databases of Pegasus and Sabre as well as our own extensive merchant hotel program. Our own merchant hotel inventory allows us to offer thousands of Save Rate hotels at discounted rates while paying a higher commission.
How are telephone reservations handled? What are the call center hours?
You can have customers make reservations directly with you, or you may direct them to our call
center. Our call center handles reservations 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Callers will be
asked for the particular promo code associated with your partner account, so that you are able
to receive your share of the commission. Larger partners may qualify for special privately
branded numbers that do not require the use of promo codes.
Please note that hotel reservations made to our call center pay 30% on gross commissions, whereas
calls made to you and online sales pay up to 60% commission, depending on the type of rate.
How are customer service inquiries handled?
Customer service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In the U.S. and Canada, customers may dial toll-free 1-888-254-0637. International callers may dial +1 210-507-5997 (toll call) from anywhere in the world or 00-800-84469370 (toll-free) from the following countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Singapore, United Kingdom.
What is the difference between online and phone bookings?
Published Rate bookings that are made online pay out 50% of the total gross commission to WCT. Published Rate reservations made through our call center (via telephone) pay out 30% of the total gross commission to WCT. Save Rate Hotel bookings pay a higher commission than Published Rates on both online and telephone bookings. In addition to commissions, payments for online bookings may also include your share of OPTI-FEES. OPTI-FEES on telephone bookings are not available.
Become a World Choice Travel Partner Today
How do I become a World Choice Travel partner?
Go to the Join Now section of our website. Review the terms and conditions, and fill out our
form, including your Payee information. Send us the online application. Once your application is submitted, a Partner Relations Manager will contact you to go over your marketing and development plans and give final approval. You can then log in to the Partner Support Center and start to configure the booking engines and layout of your
website.
If you are presently producing a high volume of hotel bookings with another provider, please
contact Rick Schneider, Vice President of Global Business Development at 561-227-2236 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 pm EST Monday through Friday to discuss opportunities with World Choice Travel
How quickly can I get started?
Implementation is easy. Your private-labeled travel products can produce revenue for your company
the same day you are approved to become a partner.
If you have a limited development budget and want to quickly launch an entire travel channel for
your website, check out our Ready-to-Use Travel Home Page. Simply select your color scheme,
customize the header and your travel site will be ready to launch.
How do I switch from my existing travel provider?
It's easy to switch. We can provide a helpful conversion spreadsheet to simplify the process for
converting codes etc. from other travel affiliate programs.
If you have any additional questions about our travel affiliate program, please feel free to
e-mail us at partners@wctravel.com or contact our Partner Relations Department at 561-227-2181.
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