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You have two review pages and they are not doing the same job.

Review generation at a hotel is the ask at checkout and the public answer to the complaint about the air conditioning. A listing score comes only from guests who booked there and feeds that site's ranking, while your Google page is what a traveller reads after typing your name. GullySales runs both.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

Realistic editorial illustration of hotels at work in India

What review generation means

Review generation is the routine of asking satisfied customers to leave a Google or platform review at the moment they are happiest, rather than hoping they remember later. GullySales builds the request into your existing follow-up steps and tracks how many turn into a review.

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Sales and marketing for hotels, the overview.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For hotels

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The two pages need different guests”

    Only a guest who booked through a listing can score you there, and that score feeds the ranking on the same site. A guest who booked direct can write on your Google page, which is where the traveller comparing you lands.

  • “Ask at checkout, while the bill is being settled”

    The guest is at the desk with the stay fresh and your front office manager in front of him. A message sent after he gets home competes with a week of work email.

  • “Nearly every bad review names the AC, the wifi or the noise”

    Answer with what has changed, in two lines. That reply is read by hundreds of people comparing properties, and an argumentative one costs more bookings than the original complaint.

What we do

What we deliver for hotels.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A checkout ask routed to the right page

    A short spoken request at the desk, pointed at the listing or at your Google page depending on how the guest booked.

    Result: Each review lands where it does you the most good.

  2. Wording that gets your staff named

    A prompt that nudges the guest to mention who looked after them, which makes the review more useful and tells you who is doing the work.

    Result: Reviews name your front office and housekeeping people.

  3. A rule for which stays not to ask about

    The ones to skip: an open complaint, a room change, a function that overran, a booking where the rate was disputed at checkout.

    Result: You stop soliciting your own one-star reviews.

  4. Replies to AC, wifi and noise complaints

    Short factual answers saying what has been done, cleared with your general manager, ending with a line that moves the rest to a phone call.

    Result: A reader sees a hotel that fixed it rather than one that argues.

  5. Banquet reviews collected after the function

    A request to the family once the photographs are back and the stress has passed, rather than on the night the hall is being cleared.

    Result: Your hall has reviews from the people who booked it, not only from room guests.

  6. Review volume and score read against the baseline

    New reviews by source, the movement in the score and the reply rate, measured from the baseline recorded before work began.

    Result: You can see whether the desk is actually asking.

How the result is measured

  • Reviews received
  • Average rating
  • Response rate to requests

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full online review generation and management page

Asking guests for reviews

Ask at checkout and send each guest to the page that fits how they booked.

At the desk while the bill prints
Ask as the bill prints and the key card is returned. The front office staff member who just sorted a late checkout request is the right voice.
OTA bookers wait for the OTA
Guests who booked through MakeMyTrip, Booking.com or Agoda are asked for a review by that site after checkout. Tell them to look out for it, and send the Google link to direct bookers.
Direct and corporate guests get the Google link
Send the Google link to guests who booked on your website, by phone or through a company travel desk. Their feedback also protects your direct bookings.
Room, staff and breakfast named
Suggest writing the room type, the staff member who helped and the breakfast. A traveller checking a business hotel wants to know about wifi, AC and quiet at night.
Open complaints left alone
Do not ask a guest who raised an AC, noise or billing issue and was not satisfied by checkout. Let the duty manager close it, and reply on the platform if it appears.
No staff contest for positive reviews
Avoid a staff contest that pays for the most positive reviews. Check the platform's current rules, because pressured or bought reviews can be removed and may hurt your ranking.

Who it is for

This is written for these hotels.

  • Business and transit hotels
  • Boutique and heritage properties
  • Resort and destination hotels
  • Budget and mid-market chains
  • Banquet and wedding-focused properties
  • Serviced apartments and long-stay properties

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
  • You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
  • You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is reply time, a follow-up sequence, the page buyers land on or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the review generation work runs

  1. 1

    Understand the customer journey

    We identify one fixed point in your service, such as handover or checkout, where every customer is asked in the same way.

  2. 2

    Read your current reviews

    We read every review you have, count how many were answered, and note what customers praise in their own words.

  3. 3

    Set up the ask process

    Templates and a simple sending process are built into your existing customer communication.

  4. 4

    Implement responses

    Every incoming review, positive or negative, is responded to by the routine set down in writing after we have spoken to you.

  5. 5

    Measure and adjust

    We track review volume and rating trend and adjust the ask timing if response rates are low.

Proof

What happened when owners fixed this.

Real clients, the work we did, and the result as it was recorded. Where no number was recorded, none is claimed.

All case studies

  • Hotel Felicity Inn

    Situation
    A traveller compares three hotels on a phone and books one. The website was not built for that.
    What we did
    • The site rebuilt around booking
    • Photography and one look
    • Search work for destination searches
    • Content a traveller reads
    Result
    • Online bookings increased 35%
    • Organic traffic increased 50% within six months
    • Positive reviews on Google and TripAdvisor increased 30%
    Read the case study

Also worked with

Chord Road Hospital · Curtain Label · Difesa Security Services · Hands On CSR · Implevista · Kambar Group · Kalessi · Kerur Pain Clinic · LL Trust · Lucky Deals · Natural Gases · NavaShakthi Souhardha · NewCom Logistics · Proton Technical Services · SB Engineering · Shakthi Foundation · Shakthi Group · Urbanest · Insyde Studio · Venkateshwara Laser Tech · Vivara Studios

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Can we give a discount in exchange for a good review?
No. The booking platforms and Google both prohibit paying for reviews and remove what they detect. A property caught doing it loses more in ranking than the reviews were ever worth.
A guest is threatening a bad review over his bill. What now?
Settle the factual part of the bill and let the review happen if it is going to. A payment made to stop a review sets a poor precedent and he can still write one. Answer it publicly, once, with what actually happened.
Should we ask at checkout or send a message after the guest leaves?
Ask at checkout, then send a short thank-you message with the link to the guest's number on the booking. Guests forget details quickly once home, so an ask made in the lobby is worth more than a lone message sent days later.
Many guests are from abroad. Do we ask them in English only?
Ask in English, but keep the ask simple and let the guest write in any language. Travellers from abroad are often more used to reviews than local guests and read them before booking. Put the link in the thank-you message they receive on their phone.
How soon would we see more direct bookings?
Fixing the OTA listing and review replies moves first, since the searches are already happening there. Building a direct-booking habit among repeat guests is slower, usually a season or two.
Do we need to advertise?
Most properties benefit first from a stronger OTA listing and reviews, which cost nothing extra in media. Advertising helps fill a known quiet season or push a specific banquet or staycation offer.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.

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