Google despatched an electronic mail to European based mostly resort and trip property managers that with the brand new European guidelines, they’ll now take away pricing data and different data from exhibiting within the Google Search outcomes. Google stated that is accessible to resorts within the European Financial Space (EEA).
The e-mail was posted by Lluc B. Penycate on X and reads:
We’re writing to let you recognize about new methods for companions to regulate the place your information exhibits up on Google.
For many companions, your pricing and availability information is eligible to seem throughout Google surfaces. Now you can select to not show your costs and availability on Google’s resort and trip rental search service (google.com/journey/resorts) to customers within the European Financial Space (EEA). Your information will nonetheless be eligible to seem on Search and Maps. Observe that we’ll assume that you just want to stay opted-in if no motion is taken by April nineteenth.
To be taught extra, please click on right here.
To provoke or change your opt-out setting, contact the Assist group through this contact kind.
Sincerely,
The Google Motels group
Here’s a screenshot:
Lluc requested, “Does this imply what I feel it means? Motels (for EU customers) can opt-out from displaying meta search costs and critiques from their GBP Profiles… Unsure if it means solely the resorts feed or it additionally consists of OTA’s…”
He additionally referenced this Google assist doc that reads:
Select whether or not to point out your costs or critiques on Google resort and trip rental search service
For many companions, your feed information is eligible to seem throughout Google surfaces, corresponding to Search, Maps, or Google resort search. If you’re an European Financial Space (EEA) enterprise, you’ll be able to select whether or not or not you need your feed content material to seem on Google’s resort and trip rental search service.Should you select to decide out, Google is not going to show your costs, reserving hyperlinks, or (the place relevant) evaluation content material on Google’s resorts and trip rental search to customers within the EEA. Content material that’s at present displayed on these providers will likely be eliminated inside 30 days of opting out. Your information will nonetheless seem on Search and different Google surfaces.
To provoke or change your opt-out setting, contact the Assist group through the Contact Us kind.
Carlos Rodriguez responded with extra particulars from Google in Spanish on X which interprets to:
I perceive that you’ve got some doubts about how the show will look for those who select the choice of not having costs seem:
1. Will I nonetheless see free hyperlinks or costs from third events, corresponding to OTAs, within the Worth Comparability panel of the dashboard? about GBP?Or will all this data disappear?
I feel you are speaking about having access to the speed editor. Please be aware that by way of the speed editor you’ll be able to manually enter property charges. Nonetheless, I see that your charges are at present managed by way of a feed accomplice.
As you indicated, you need to decide out of the show of costs. On this situation, all third-party charges, corresponding to OTAs will proceed to seem within the worth comparability part.
2. Will the “Verify Availability” button disappear?
If the property in query is a resort, the widget will likely be displayed whether or not you select to point out costs or not.
Right here is that electronic mail (sorry for the automated translation, I don’t communicate Spanish):
So, Google Resort Middle help simply confirmed that it solely applies to the resort’s worth feed and never the OTA’s… absurd. Ready for affirmation about opting out of Opinions, if it solely applies to Google Opinions or additionally different Third Events..
— Lluc B. Penycate Ⓐ (@Lluc_SEO) March 20, 2024
Discussion board dialogue at X.
