hosted/trips and WeTravel

Facts checked 4 Oct 2026 · wording is a draft for the copy team.

WeTravel is a booking and payments platform for travel businesses and trip organizers: it gives them trip pages, checkout, payment plans and payouts. hosted/trips is a listing site where travellers find hosted trips and then book directly on the host's own site. hosted/trips is launching soon, no date set.

At a glance

	hosted/trips	WeTravel
Who it's for	Travellers looking for a hosted trip · hosts who want to be found	Travel businesses and organizers: tour operators · travel agencies · wellness retreat organizers · group travel companies · adventure operators product.wetravel.com, checked 4 Oct 2026
Kinds of trip	Retreats · workshops · group trips · cruises · event trips · camps and gatherings · road trips. Every trip has a named host.	Multi-day and group travel, from yoga retreats and surf camps to school trips and reunions product.wetravel.com, checked 4 Oct 2026
How travellers book	On the host's own site. hosted/trips takes no bookings or payments from travellers.	Through WeTravel checkout, either on a WeTravel-hosted trip page or in a booking widget embedded on the organizer's own website help.wetravel.com, checked 4 Oct 2026
How hosts pay	Free while we launch. Afterwards a flat monthly fee, paid up front (price not set). No commission.	A WeTravel fee on each transaction plus card fees, set out on their pricing page. The organizer chooses whether to absorb these or pass them on to travellers. Pricing · Passing on fees · checked 4 Oct 2026
Paid placement	Sponsored spots, when offered, are always labeled. The regular list is never for sale. Clicks never change the order.	Not stated on the pages checked.
Price rules for hosts	None. "We never make you charge more on your own site."	No price-matching rule stated on the pages checked. Organizers set their own prices, deposits and payment plans. product.wetravel.com, checked 4 Oct 2026
Reviews	No reviews yet.	Verified reviews, only from travellers who paid through WeTravel. Requests go out automatically after the trip; reviews show on the organizer's profile and trip pages. help.wetravel.com, checked 4 Oct 2026
What the host gets (data)	Monthly page views and clicks for each listing.	A reporting dashboard across trips · booking management · document collection · lead capture product.wetravel.com, checked 4 Oct 2026
Status and size	Launching soon, no date set. A small number of listings at launch. Every listing is reviewed before it goes live.	Established. States "5000+ travel business trust WeTravel." product.wetravel.com, checked 4 Oct 2026

What WeTravel does well

Takes the payment for you. Checkout · payment plans with deposits and cut-off dates · payouts to your bank · payments to suppliers around the world · a virtual card for spending funds as soon as a sale is made. hosted/trips does none of this. How it works · product.wetravel.com · checked 4 Oct 2026
Booking on your own website. Embeddable widgets (Book Now button · packages with live availability · calendar · all-trips list · reviews) keep travellers on the organizer's site while they pay. help.wetravel.com · checked 4 Oct 2026
Verified reviews. Only travellers who paid through WeTravel can review, and requests are sent automatically after the trip. help.wetravel.com · checked 4 Oct 2026
Trip admin in one place. Trip page builder · booking management · messaging and reminders · reporting dashboard. product.wetravel.com · checked 4 Oct 2026
Flexible fee handling. Organizers choose whether they or the traveller cover the WeTravel fee and card fees. help.wetravel.com · checked 4 Oct 2026

Where hosted/trips is different

It's a place to be found, not a checkout. hosted/trips lists trips so travellers can discover them, then sends them to the host's own site to book. WeTravel's help centre says most trips on WeTravel are private, shared by link with the organizer's own clients. help.wetravel.com · checked 4 Oct 2026
A flat monthly fee, not a fee on each payment. Free while we launch; afterwards a flat monthly fee paid up front (price not set). Founding members of The Hosting Guild list free (conditions apply).
The order is fair and published. Trips are sorted by soonest booking-closing date; travellers can re-sort by earliest · latest · price.
Test an idea first. With "Gauging interest", hosts can test a trip idea for 90 days; interested travellers' names reach the host only if the trip goes ahead.
Trip alerts for travellers. Travellers can get an email when a new trip of a kind, theme or place is listed.

Our three promises to hosts

"We never make you charge more on your own site."
"We take no cut of your bookings, or of anything you sell your guests afterwards."
"Sponsored spots are always labeled. The regular list is never for sale."

What hosted/trips doesn't have yet: no reviews · no on-site booking or payment protection · a small number of listings at launch · no mobile booking app.

Which might suit you

Travellers. If a host has already sent you a WeTravel trip page, that's where you book and pay; cancellation and refund terms are set by the organizer and shown on the trip. help.wetravel.com · checked 4 Oct 2026 If you're still looking for a trip, hosted/trips is built for browsing hosted trips side by side and getting alerts when new ones are listed. You then book with the host directly.

Hosts. The two do different jobs and can work together. WeTravel takes bookings and payments and handles the admin around them. hosted/trips helps new travellers find your trip, then sends them to your own booking page, which could be a WeTravel page or widget. If you need a way to take payments, WeTravel offers that; hosted/trips does not.

Sources

All pages are WeTravel's own, checked 4 Oct 2026. The wetravel.com home and pricing pages refused automated access on that date, so facts come from WeTravel's product and help-centre pages below.