Runaway Traveller: Why It’s So Hard to Find Good Alternatives to Booking.com & Airbnb
Runaway Traveller taps Savvy founder Eric Goldreyer for its guide to real alternatives to Booking.com and Airbnb, naming Savvy the pick for cutting out the OTA fee entirely. The numbers make the case: "Since launching Savvy in early 2025 and processing thousands of bookings, we've found travelers save more than 16% on average by booking direct, often close to $500 per stay," Goldreyer says. Savvy is U.S.-only for now, but not for long — Goldreyer says international expansion is planned to begin in 2027
