Kayak's Search App Will Soon Let Users Check in to Select Rentals and Hotels
Skift Take
Kayak is making a landmark departure from its current strategy. It will add a tool to its mobile app to let users who book select short-term rentals and boutique hotels through it check in and check out via its app. That moves the travel metasearch player beyond merely listing accommodations to actually providing extra services for guests at partner properties.
Everyone wants a slice of the short-term rental market. The latest sign that alternative accommodations have gone mainstream is that Kayak plans to promote a select set of professionally managed short-term rentals and boutique hotels in its travel search results. CEO Steve Hafner announced the new product, Kayak Premium, on Thursday at the Skift Short-Term Rental Summit in New York City.
Kayak Premium will launch on mobile starting next week for U.S. users. And in the near future, the search brand will begin to let signed-in users of its site check in and check out via Kayak's mobile app if they've booked their stay through Kayak. The move required Kayak to sync with the technology systems of rental property management companies and hotel property systems. The new service also includes promin
