Reach Hotel Travelers Who Are Ready to Spend
Verified guests are staying nearby, exploring a new city, and looking for a great local experience. Protellier puts your business in front of them — and you only pay when they walk through your door.
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The audience every local
business wants.
Hotel guests are the ideal customer for a local business. They're new to the city, they have money to spend, and they have no existing loyalty to any restaurant or bar in town. They're looking for a reason to choose you.
Verified hotel stays
Every traveler has confirmed their hotel reservation before seeing your deal. No bots, no locals gaming the system.
Zero friction for guests
Travelers pay with the card they already carry. No app at checkout, no QR code, no coupon. Just a normal transaction.
Attributed visit tracking
You know which hotel each guest came from, what they spent, and your total ROI for the month.
A deal, not a discount
Cashback feels like a reward, not a markdown. Your perceived value stays intact.
This Month
47 guests
from 3 hotel partners
$3,210 in verified spend
How It Works for Businesses
You configure it once.
It runs in the background.
Apply & get approved
Typically reviewed within 2 business daysSubmit your business profile for review. Approval ensures quality across the network — travelers can trust every business they see.
Configure your cashback deal
Takes under 10 minutesSet a cashback percentage and monthly spending cap. No integration required. No POS changes. Nothing to install.
Hotels surface your business to guests
Fully automated, no action neededWhen verified travelers stay at nearby hotels, your deal appears in their Protellier app. The hotel has an incentive to recommend you — great local businesses make their guests happier.
Transactions are detected automatically
Real-time detection via PlaidWhen a guest pays at your register with their linked card, the transaction is captured through Plaid's card-network infrastructure. No staff involvement.
Monthly invoice via ACH
Full transparency, no hidden feesEach month you receive an itemized invoice: every visit, cashback paid, and hotel source. Pay via ACH bank transfer.
How You Pay
Every dollar goes toward a real visit.
No monthly fees. No setup costs. No minimum spend. You pay cashback on verified transactions — that's it.
You choose your cashback rate
Pick the percentage you're comfortable offering — typically 8–12%. That's what verified travelers earn when they visit. You control the number.
You're invoiced for what actually happens
At the end of each month, you receive an itemized invoice via Stripe ACH. It shows every verified transaction, the cashback paid, and the platform fee. Nothing is added without a corresponding real-world visit.
You set a monthly spending cap
Put a ceiling on how much cashback you'll pay out in any given month. When the cap is hit, your deal pauses until the next billing cycle. You're always in control.
If nobody visits, you pay nothing.
No monthly subscription. No per-impression fees. No retainer. Your spend is 100% tied to foot traffic.
Common Concerns
The questions every owner asks.
Won't this just reward customers who were going to visit anyway?
Hotel travelers are new to the city. They have no established local habits and they're actively looking for somewhere to go tonight. Without Protellier, they're scrolling Yelp and could end up anywhere. Your deal is how they find you first — before a competitor catches their attention.
What if my monthly budget gets blown out overnight?
It won't. You set a hard monthly cap. The moment cashback earned in a given month reaches that number, your deal pauses automatically. You're never invoiced more than you authorized. You can also adjust the cap or pause your deal at any time from your dashboard.
How is this different from a Groupon deal that trains customers to wait for discounts?
Groupon publicly advertises discounts. Cashback is invisible to the general public — only verified hotel guests see your deal. You're not training locals to wait for a sale; you're offering a private perk to a tourist audience that wouldn't have found you anyway.
The Charleston pilot
is now accepting
applications.
We're inviting a select group of Charleston hotels and local businesses to be founding Protellier partners. Founding partners get hands-on onboarding support, early analytics access, and a role in shaping the platform's direction.
Aug 2026
Pilot Launch
Sep 2026
Window Closes
Charleston
Market
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Free for travelers · No upfront cost for hotels · Pay-per-transaction for businesses