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Expand Your Visibility & Direct Bookings
with Google Things To Do Integration

The CobberPlus Google Things to Do program offers a seamless and efficient way for tourism businesses to showcase and sell their activities via the Google platforms. As a Google connectivity partner, our program integrates with the Google ecosystem, allowing tour and activity operators to display their offering on Google Search, Google Maps, and Google Travel, reaching a broader audience.

Anyone can connect to Google Things To Do. The real value comes from optimising, maintaining and growing your presence once you’re there. With personal Cobber support we ensure your listing is set up correctly and fully optimised for success.

Cobber Plus Google Things to Do program
"Google Things To Do has helped put our experiences in front of more travellers at the point they're planning their trip. The increased visibility has translated into additional bookings and has become an effective way for us to grow our online presence and reach new customers."
Cenk Unsal CEO, Ticketory

Core Features & Benefits

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Integration With Google

Syncs your activities directly with Google Search and Maps, ensuring better visibility and easier discoverability.

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Drive More Direct Bookings

Connect potential customers to your website via Google driving more direct bookings.

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Industry & Google Expertise

Personal support regarding eligibility requirements, Place IDs and Google program updates. 

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Multi-Channel Exposure

Your activities are displayed across Google’s global network, maximising reach.

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Seamless User Experience

Allows travellers to explore, compare and book activities without leaving the Google ecosystem. 

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Enhanced Visibility

Appears in Googles ‘Things To Do” section, enhancing exposure to people searching for relevant travel experiences.

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Customisable Listings

Your activities are displayed across Google’s global network, maximising reach.

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Performance Tracking

Built-in analytics to track the performance of activity listings, including clicks, bookings. and engagement.

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Industry Leading Customer Service

Our Cobber team supports you every step of the way, from initial setup to ongoing help whenever you need it.

Keen to learn more about how we can help you with Google Things To Do? Get in touch to book a meeting with our team.

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Why Google Things To Do?

Improve Profit Margins

More direct sales mean less commissions chipping away at your margins.

 

Stay Competitive

You own the official site tickets button, the customer, booking journey and the data from beginning to end.

Scope, Scale, Metrics

Control your distribution in the world’s biggest search engine while having easy to interpret end-to-end analytics.

 

Increased Direct Bookings

83% of mobile bookings happen after a research on Google, so be where your audience is.

- Cam James, 100% World Wide Adventures

"I don’t feel like a client, I feel like I am a part of the team. I love our relationship. We are firm believers in the entire Cobber team."

- Roderic Rees, Director, Cairns Adventure Group

"Our relationship with Cobber has spanned more than 15 years because of superior global connectivity, constant development and exceptional customer service."

- Ian Douglas, Reef Unlimited

“There are still some features of the system that we are not using to full capacity, but as we roll these features out, we will see even greater savings for the business.”

- Scott Lahney, Experience Co

"The single biggest reason I’d recommend Cobber is I know they’re here for the long-term. They keep pace with new technology and travel booking practices, making us far more competitive."

- Cam James, 100% World Wide Adventures

"I don’t feel like a client, I feel like I am a part of the team. I love our relationship. We are firm believers in the entire Cobber team."

- Roderic Rees, Director, Cairns Adventure Group

"Our relationship with Cobber has spanned more than 15 years because of superior global connectivity, constant development and exceptional customer service."

- Ian Douglas, Reef Unlimited

“There are still some features of the system that we are not using to full capacity, but as we roll these features out, we will see even greater savings for the business.”

- Scott Lahney, Experience Co

"The single biggest reason I’d recommend Cobber is I know they’re here for the long-term. They keep pace with new technology and travel booking practices, making us far more competitive."

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Cobber Provides Exceptional Support for NSW Parks & Wildlife Services

How we helped

“I just wanted to take a moment to share some feedback and say thanks. Earlier today, we ran into an issue, and I was under a really tight deadline to get it fixed. I called Justin, and he immediately escalated the problem and got back to me with a solution from the dev team in about 10 minutes. That quick turnaround honestly saved the day!

I know this is part of Justin’s role, but I really appreciate the way he goes above and beyond- not just today, but consistently since we started using Cobber. It’s easy to take these working relationships for granted, so I wanted to make sure I acknowledged the effort and ongoing support. Justin is truly a valuable member of your team, and it makes such a difference having someone in that role who is so easily approachable and happy to help with anything we need assistance with. The issue we experienced today was something small but reminded me that it’s important to recognise the fantastic work Justin consistently does.

I’d also like to extend that thanks to the broader team who were able to find a solution so quickly. The customer service from everyone at Cobber is incredible!“

Grace Snowball
NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service

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Experience Co introduces direct bookings, saving 20 per cent on call-center staffing costs each year.

Who
Experience Co is an established web store with many thrilling tour activities in its range, from cruising coral reefs through to jumping out of planes. With 20+ years’ experience in the travel industry, the adventure company excels at packaging experiences in exciting new ways for sale online – the backbone of its business.

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However, in the early days prior to Cobber (formerly ResPax), it was a different story according to Experience Co’s Scott Lahney. Enquiries were coming fast, and the back office needed to keep up, ensuring the entire customer experience was outstanding – not just the canyoning or white-water river rafting trip.

How we helped
Automation, Scalability and Distribution. Experience Co chose Cobber for its ability to package tours elegantly. 20 years later, it stays because Cobber helps it adapt early, from online bookings through to B2B channel manager integration.

And they can market tours globally, connecting with some of the world’s largest travel agents including Viator through the Cobber channel manager. Agents love this ability because they can access all operators on the network at the low cost of a single integration.

Scheduled Reporting
Being able to schedule reports for email delivery has also made a difference. Scrambling at the last moment is a thing of the past says Lahney. “Critical documents such as bus-pickup manifests arrive automatically, even after hours. We no longer rely on staff to send them manually.”

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Reef Unlimited improves reservations and ticketing with Cobber, saving $180,000+ each year.

Who
Reef Unlimited tours offers easy access to the Great Barrier Reef from Cairns with full and half-day tours handling more than 5000 pax a year offering activities include snorkeling, diving, swimming, glass bottom boats and submarine coral viewing tours.

Their tour management practices were ad hoc and manually intensive. Too much time was spent on administration. Not enough on customers. The Reef Unlimited team wanted a seamless solution that could take bookings online, over the phone and internationally to capitalize on agent and wholesaler networks.

How we helped
Cobber was selected because it’s a complete reservation management tool that enables operators to manage bookings by phone or website. Everything happens faster. Reservations staff can take quick, consistent, and accurate bookings by feeding preconfigured commissions, prices, discounts and payments into the booking. But perhaps the most interesting and significant saving has been Big Cat’s ability to stop people defrauding its reservation system.

Two years after implementation, Reef Unlimited can identify savings across the business as a result.

“We save five hours per month on report preparation. Before Cobber (formerly ResPax), you had people solving reporting issues for half the day. Cobber solves these problems automatically and saves us hours each day in bank reconciliations.

Cobber has created tangible savings for the business by streamlining the reservation processes and simplifying reporting so we don’t have to manipulate data to the same extent. I estimate this saves us around $180,000 each year on previous lost earnings.

There are still some features of the system that we are not using to full capacity, but as we roll these features out, we will see even greater savings for the business.”

Ian Douglas
Reef Unlimited

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