Pop in Hotel

What Pop in Hotel does

Pop in Hotel, operated by the French SASU Easy Pop Up (registered in Montpellier, capital €5,000), is a consumer-facing booking intermediary that monetizes the commission differential between online travel agencies and direct hotel bookings. Its core product is a Google Chrome browser extension, later complemented by an Android mobile application, that monitors booking flows on major OTAs such as Booking, Expedia, and Hotels.com. When a user selects a hotel room on their usual platform, a Pop in Hotel overlay opens, offering a guaranteed lower price (up to 20% less), after which the company contacts the hotel directly to confirm the reservation within 24 hours. The service is positioned so that users do not have to change their booking habits to realize savings.

The business model is a transaction fee: Pop in Hotel charges a 5% commission on the booking price, compared to the 15-25% typical of OTAs, and redistributes the difference between hotelier and client. Pricing is pay-as-you-go at the transaction level, with no subscription. Distribution is product-led via the Chrome Web Store and Google Play Store, and the website is localized in five European languages (French, English, German, Italian, Spanish). The company is GDPR-compliant, founder-controlled with Christoph Paikert as editorial responsible, and operates with no disclosed external funding, partnerships, or enterprise customer relationships.

Name

Pop in Hotel

Legal name

Easy Pop Up

Website

https://popinhotel.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Pop in Hotel is a French booking intermediary that offers a Chrome browser extension and Android app to help individual travelers save up to 20% on hotel bookings by redistributing OTA commissions between hotels and clients at a 5% fee.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hotel Booking Services

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011)

akta.pro primary industry

Accommodation-Focused OTAs (Hotels & Alternative Stays) (THAKAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Last-Minute Travel & Hotel Deal Apps (THAKAAAF)

Keywords

• Hotel booking intermediary
• OTA commission reduction
• Browser extension booking
• Hotel price comparison
• Travel booking savings

Headquarters

HQ city

Montpellier

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Transaction/booking commission: Pop in Hotel charges a 5% commission on the total booking price for its intermediary and negotiation services. This replaces the 15-25% commissions charged by traditional OTAs. The fee is included in the displayed price for direct-pay bookings or deducted upon arrival.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Pop in Hotel operates as a hotel booking intermediary through a Google Chrome browser extension and an Android mobile application. The service monitors hotel listings on online travel agencies (Booking, Expedia, Hotels.com) and offers users a guaranteed lower price for the same room by redistributing the OTA commissions between hoteliers and clients, charging only a 5% commission versus the 15-25% typically charged by OTAs.

Product overview

Pop in Hotel is a dual-product service consisting of a browser extension for Google Chrome and an Android mobile application. Both products serve as booking intermediaries that allow users to continue using their preferred online booking platforms (Booking, Expedia, Hotels.com) while offering guaranteed lower prices by redistributing the 15-25% commissions charged by booking platforms. The service charges only 5% commission instead, splitting the savings between the hotelier and the client. Users browse hotels on their usual platform, and when they find a room, the Pop in Hotel overlay appears offering a lower price, after which Pop in Hotel contacts the hotel directly to complete the reservation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pop in Hotel Browser Extension

Quantifiable outcome

• Users save up to 20% on hotel bookings compared to displayed OTA prices
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Hopper: Mobile-first travel app offering price prediction and deal-driven booking for hotels and flights. Comparable as a consumer-facing savings layer on top of OTA inventory, but with proprietary inventory deals rather than commission redistribution.
• HotelTonight: Last-minute hotel booking app offering discounted unsold inventory. Comparable as a deal-driven hotel booking product targeting cost-conscious travelers, though it works directly with hotels rather than arbitrating OTA commissions.

Broad incumbents

• Booking.com: The dominant European OTA against whose commissions Pop in Hotel competes. Booking.com is both the primary inventory source for Pop in Hotel's extension and the largest incumbent whose platform-policy decisions could materially affect Pop in Hotel's product.
• Expedia: Global OTA and one of the three platforms on which Pop in Hotel's extension activates. Comparable as a major incumbent whose pricing model and platform openness directly shape Pop in Hotel's opportunity and risk.
• Google Hotels: Google's built-in hotel price comparison and booking surface. Operates in the same hotel price-aggregation layer that Pop in Hotel targets, but with vastly greater distribution leverage via default Search placement and direct integration with hotel chains.

Direct peers

• Kayak: Meta-search travel engine that aggregates hotel (and flight) prices across OTAs and supplier sites. Directly comparable on the price-comparison mechanic for hotel inventory, with a larger, broader portfolio of travel verticals.
• HotelsCombined: Hotel meta-search comparison site operating in the same price-comparison layer over OTAs. Like Pop in Hotel, it depends on scraping/comparing OTA listings, with comparable target users seeking the lowest available hotel price.
• Trivago: Meta-search engine comparing hotel prices across OTAs. Trivago is the most direct comparable: both aggregate OTA-listed hotel inventory and surface lower prices, though Trivago redirects to OTAs while Pop in Hotel completes the booking itself.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pop-in-hotel

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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