Try before you buy – an easy solution to trialling a hotel!

• Are you one of the many people who go back to the same resort or hotel every year? 
• Have you ever looked at the hotel next door and wondered what it’s like?
• Do you book what you know out of fear of making the wrong choices?
• Would you like a simple cost-free way of changing this routine?

Then read on Holi-swAP aims to give you more choice.

About Holi-swAP

I am like a number of people who work long hours each week. A regular family man, someone who looked forward to their well-earned annual holidays. 

During a family holiday, I had an idea! That was transformed into a mission. This mission was to enable us to have more choice when choosing our next vacation. 

Generally, my family and I stayed in nice enough hotels at decent resorts. After a few days of an all-inclusive stay, I couldn’t help feeling a bit trapped and that repetitive boredom had crept in. 

As my family had already paid a considerable amount of money upfront for our holiday, I felt reluctant to spend even more money outside the hotel to get away from the repetition. 

Holi-swAP doesn’t mean you have to pack your bags, it’s not about swapping hotels. It’s about sampling what different hotels facilities can provide.

If you love a specific resort but your regular hotels become a bit shabby or dull, then Holi-swAP will let you visit a new hotel and sample something new in the area.

By seeing for yourself it will let you see first hand if this hotel could be in consideration for a future booking.

After my idea I set about visiting local bars and restaurants, I spoke with many people who I learned were in a similar situation. They begrudgingly had spent additional money to get a change of environment and experience for a couple of hours.

During many conversations, I discovered that it wasn’t just the food or entertainment that people wanted to swap. But things like beach access, swimming pools, daily activities, and to meet friends all scored high as reasons people would have swapped a hotel experience.

It got me thinking… What if there was a simple solution to enhance a holiday and give people the ability to have new experiences. Technology is moving rapidly and we can connect so easily.

The idea to create a simple to use app was born. Holi-swAP is going to provide you with a new experience and broaden your horizons.

Would you buy a car without test driving it first? Probably not but we book hotels at high expense without really seeing what they can offer.

This is where the Holi-swAP exchange comes into its own.

This is the Worlds only app that connects people and hotels to get a trial.

If you would like to subscribe and receive a notification of when the app is available to download then please sign up here.

This app could save you from making the wrong choices!

Thanks for joining the Holi-swAP community.

Francis Barrett
Founder and Director of Holi-swAP Limited.