List your activity, experience, or day-tour business on RepBud Ready and be discovered by travel industry reps building operator relationships. Build direct B2B channels with tour operators and travel agents — an alternative to OTA-only distribution. Free to list. You agree commercial terms directly with your appointed rep.
Free listing · You stay in control of every conversation
RepBud Ready is a free directory of tourism businesses seeking trade representation. For activity providers, experience operators, and day-tour companies, Ready is the route to being discovered by reps with existing operator relationships in the source markets you want to grow.
Most activity providers distribute through OTAs — Viator, GetYourGuide, Klook, Airbnb Experiences. These channels deliver volume but take 20-30% commission and deliver a traveller who is rarely coming back. A trade rep opens a different channel: direct relationships with tour operators and agents who build your experience into tailor-made itineraries and higher-value trips.
There is no listing fee on RepBud Ready, and RepBud stays out of the commercial conversation between activity provider and rep. The channel strategy, the commission structure, and the partnership belong to you.
The Problem
Most activity providers have the same story: a few good years with OTAs delivering bookings, followed by rising commission pressure, dropping prices, and a traveller who rarely books direct next time. The OTA channel is too valuable to abandon — but relying on it alone leaves no room for margin or loyalty.
Direct operator relationships are the answer — but operators in overseas markets rarely find small activity providers on their own. A trade rep, with existing relationships and market knowledge, makes those introductions possible.
How it works
Create your free RepBud Ready listing in under ten minutes. Tell reps what your experience is, where you are, your target traveller, and which source markets you need trade representation in.
Active travel industry reps using RepBud browse RepBud Ready listings to find experience additions that fit their operator clients. They search by destination, experience type, and market need.
Interested reps contact you directly. You review their existing portfolio, discuss channel strategy (OTA, trade, direct), and agree commercial terms that protect your margin. RepBud is not in the commercial conversation.
Once you appoint a rep, they use the paid RepBud platform to represent your experience professionally — getting you into tailor-made itineraries and operator partnerships that OTA channels cannot reach.
Frequently Asked Questions
A trade rep is an in-market sales professional who represents your activity or experience to tour operators, travel agents, and high-end wholesalers in their source market. Unlike OTAs (Viator, GetYourGuide, Klook), who distribute at scale with heavy commission, a trade rep builds direct B2B relationships with operators who will include your experience in higher-value itineraries and tailor-made trips.
RepBud Ready is a free directory of tourism businesses seeking trade representation — including activity providers, experience operators, and day-tour companies. Travel industry reps using RepBud browse Ready listings to find experiences that would fit their operator clients. When a rep sees a fit with your product, they approach you directly. You review, negotiate, and decide.
OTAs distribute your activity at scale directly to consumers and take a commission per booking — typically 20-30%. A trade rep builds direct B2B relationships with tour operators and agents who sell your experience as part of higher-value itineraries, often at better margins and to the kind of traveller who values depth over cost. The two channels can work together, but they serve different segments.
No. Listing on RepBud Ready is completely free for activity and experience providers. There is no listing fee and no obligation. Once you appoint a rep, you and the rep agree commercial terms — typically a commission structure on contracted operator business — directly. RepBud takes nothing from that arrangement.
Your listing includes the business name, destination and location, activity type (adventure, cultural, culinary, wildlife, wellness, etc.), capacity per session, target traveller profile, languages offered, current distribution channels (e.g. direct, OTA, operator partners), target source markets for representation, and your approach to trade pricing. You can include photos, video links, and your operator-facing factsheet.
Yes, in most cases. Trade reps and OTAs serve different channels and different traveller segments. Some activity providers run both — OTA distribution for direct bookings, trade rep for operator partnerships — carefully managing rate parity and ensuring each channel sees appropriate pricing. Discuss channel strategy openly with any rep you appoint.
Ask about their existing operator relationships in your target market, what kinds of experiences they currently represent, and their track record with activity providers (experience selling can be different from selling accommodation). Request references from existing clients. A good rep should be able to explain how your experience fits their existing portfolio and which operators they would approach first.
Yes, though time-to-representation can be longer for emerging destinations. Reps are often more interested in niche experiences that differentiate their portfolio — the unusual cooking class, the specialist wildlife experience, the under-the-radar cultural immersion. Niche is often more attractive than generic to the right rep.
Free listing
List your experience in under ten minutes. Talk to interested reps directly. Open channels that OTA distribution cannot reach.
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