Help travelers compare accommodation and complete their booking
A traveler’s decision depends on more than finding an available property. Baymard’s audit examines search, maps, property and room information, and the booking journey across desktop and mobile. Give your team clear priorities for improving an OTA, hotel, or vacation rental website around the decisions guests need to make.


Your Travel Accommodations audit at a glance
A detailed assessment of accommodation booking
Review the experience against 400+ weighted parameters developed for accommodation websites, covering booking search, property evaluation, room selection, checkout, and customer account interfaces.
Priorities for a clearer path to booking
Receive 40 prioritized recommendations that explain usability issues and practical responses, helping your team improve how travelers search for, evaluate, and reserve a place to stay.
Audit report & presentation
Your report connects each issue with a suggested change and relevant examples. A walkthrough and 4 advisory calls support your team as it considers the findings.
4 advisory calls
Work with your Baymard auditor across four advisory calls to discuss the findings, review implementation questions, and support your team as it applies the recommendations.
Compare with the right accommodation business models
Use scorecards to compare your UX with accommodation benchmarks across OTAs, hotel chains, vacation rentals, and boutique hotels, choosing context relevant to your own experience.
What to expect from your Baymard UX Audit
Work directly with a Baymard auditor to agree the scope, review the findings, and plan your next steps. Delivery timing is confirmed during scoping.
Kickoff: Meet your auditor
Discuss your goals, priority journeys, devices, and project requirements with your lead auditor. Agree the review scope and confirm delivery timing before the audit begins.
Audit: Expert analysis
Team presentation: Findings and recommendations
Implementation support: 4 advisory calls
Next steps: Put the findings to work
What your Travel Accommodations audit covers
Accommodation booking requires travelers to compare destinations, properties, rooms, prices, and guest information. The audit examines search controls and map views alongside property and room pages, then follows the booking checkout. The review reflects your business model, whether you offer a single hotel, a chain, rental properties, or an OTA.
Real results from Baymard-backed UX changes
See how teams turn research into measurable improvements.
$16M
Revenue increase reported by a premium apparel brand after implementing a product comparison recommendation from its Baymard audit.
2x
CVR increase after implementing our checkout usability standards
$1M+
reported value from implementing Baymard-backed UX changes
40%
growth in digital memberships after implementing Baymard insights.
What Our Clients Say
Baymard’s research is used by 29,000+ brands, agencies, researchers, and UX designers, across 80+ countries, and includes 71% of all Fortune 500 ecommerce companies.

“We like what we are reviewing from the audit - great analysis and feedback.”David Polanco UX Lead at Carnival Cruise Lines

“The Baymard UX audit has been a revelation for our organisation and will likely become a vital tool in our process moving forward.”Peter Fitzsimons Product Design Team Lead at CarTrawler
Travel Accommodations UX audit FAQs
What does the Travel Accommodations audit cover?
The full-site audit reviews desktop and mobile accommodation search and booking, including property and room information, checkout, and account interfaces. Scoping identifies the relevant business model, flows, and timing. Findings and scorecards are confidential, and 4 advisory calls support your team’s questions and feedback on proposed changes.
When is an audit useful?
Can you compare us with direct competitors?
Can a redesign or prototype be included?
How long does the audit take?
Are the findings confidential?
How does the recommendations guarantee work?
How do we get a quote?
Identify the next priorities for your accommodation booking experience
Discuss your accommodation business, booking journeys, and UX goals with a Baymard expert. Confirm the relevant scope, comparison set, and timing for your audit.