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Why do you call them Smart Tools?

Our tools are smarter than other travel tools. In fact, they are crazy smart.

Great question.  Our founder has been in the travel technology industry since 1982 and literally wrote the book on global travel distribution.  When she formed Solutionz in 1996, it was to turn the industry on its head not only from the technology side of things, but also on the business model angle.  As a result:

Our tools are smarter than other travel tools.

  • We find lodging nearby your true destination, not just a city or an airport.  That saves time when the traveler gets to their destination.  #proximitymatters
  • We embed our tools easily into the sites and systems that travelers use regularly – where they realize that they need to travel #simplicitymatters
  • Did you know that 89% of all travel in the US is by car?  We give you the ability to calculate driving time and directions and even figure out the gas cost if you choose to drive.  You can also rent a car and drive from your starting point, versus every trip including an air ticket #choicematters
  • We save your team time so they don’t have to answer the question “where should I stay” when visiting you or attending your event.  #timematters

    Our business model is crazy smart.

  • Companies that give more, make more.  We give a minimum of 10% of our gross revenues to the charity or cause of choice of our clients.  #givingmatters
  • We also provide a royalty revenue stream to our clients, which is 10% of our gross revenues.  For our enterprise clients, there is also a bonus if they turn our product on for all of their clients. In addition to this, if they refer us to others, we provide a referral revenue royalty for the first year’s revenues to our channel partner.  #revenuematters
  • We guarantee the lowest price on lodging.  We are backed by the world’s largest inventory aggregator and we are confident that we will always have the lowest published price and we are willing to put our money where our mouth is.  #lowestpricematters