🌍 Travel Management Systems (TMS) vs. OTAs: What Vacation Rental Managers Need to Know?

🌍 Travel Management Systems (TMS) vs. (OTA): What Vacation Rental Managers Need to Know?

For most vacation rental managers, platforms like Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com are familiar territory. These are known as Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) — consumer-facing marketplaces that serve millions of leisure travelers worldwide.

But there’s an entirely different world of travel that most managers haven’t tapped into yet — and it’s worth over $700 billion per year.

Welcome to the world of TMS and the leading corporate travel ecosystem!

🤝 Meet the TMS Platforms Powering Global Business Travel

These are the platforms global enterprises use to book all employee travel and responsible for $75B in annual bookings. 

These systems are how companies like Google, Pfizer, Deloitte, and others book hotels, flights — and now, vacation rentals. 

🚨 Why This Matters

Corporate travel isn’t just about suits and meetings anymore. The demand comes from traveling nurses, relocation clients, government contractors, production crews, and more — but at the core of it all are enterprise booking platforms used by Fortune 500 companies.

This segment of the travel industry is:

• 4X larger than Vrbo

• Focused on policy compliance, expense tracking, and traveler safety

• Inaccessible to individual property managers — unless you have the right partner

  
  
  

🧠 How Travel Management Systems Are Different

Unlike OTAs, these platforms are built for businesses, not consumers. Key differences include:

Employees cannot book on Airbnb or Vrbo for business trips if their company mandates bookings via a managed platform — which most do.

🌐 Livily: Your Gateway to $700B in Corporate Travel

Livily is one of the first platforms certified and integrated with the top business travel systems in the world:

✅ Amex GBT
✅ CWT
✅ Egencia
✅ Serko
✅ Booking.com for Business

We connect professionally managed vacation rentals to these networks, unlocking corporate demand that was previously out of reach for most managers.

❌ Why You Can’t Do This Alone

Corporate travel platforms do not onboard individual hosts or small operators.

They require:

• Platform-level compliance and certifications

• Data security and booking flow integrations

• Verified lodging partners

Even if you’re listed on Booking.com, that doesn’t give you access to Booking.com for Business, CWT, or Amex GBT. You need a partner like Livily to get in.

🎯 What This Means for You

If your properties are:

• Professionally managed

• In business travel markets

• Offer high-quality stays and reliable service

…you may be leaving serious revenue on the table.

With Livily, you can:

✅ Tap into Fortune 500 travel budgets
✅ Win bookings with 10–30% corporate discounts
✅ Get listed in portals used by enterprise travel teams worldwide

🔑 Ready to Join?

Livily handles:

• Integration with your PMS

• Compliance and credentialing

• Distribution across corporate travel networks

All you have to do is keep delivering amazing stays.

👉 List Your Properties