Airbnb for Work vs. Egencia

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Airbnb for Work
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Airbnb for Work is a travel management option providing work-ready homes for remote employees traveling or on the go.N/A
Egencia
Score 5.6 out of 10
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Egencia, part of the Expedia group, offers their corporate travel management program and applications. Egencia supports business travel compliance with authorization workflow, as well as travel expense tracking, travel risk management and policy adherence, mobile app, as well as travel consulting services available on demand.N/A
Pricing
Airbnb for WorkEgencia
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Airbnb for WorkEgencia
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Airbnb for WorkEgencia
Considered Both Products
Airbnb for Work
Chose Airbnb for Work
Airbnb for Work provides cheaper prices rooms or stay for longer stay for our employees and sometimes it provides great offers as well when we rebook the same stay, and locations which Airbnb for Work provides are usually near to our workplace so we require very less travel …
Egencia
Chose Egencia
Egencia has the most variety when booking your hotel/flight, as well as the best pricing. We use Airbnb for Work alongside Egencia so that we can book accommodation outside of hotels, but this does not cover the flights. Egencia has it all (flights and accommodation) in …
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Features
Airbnb for WorkEgencia
Travel Management
Comparison of Travel Management features of Product A and Product B
Airbnb for Work
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Ratings
Egencia
1.0
1 Ratings
10% below category average
Customizable Approval Workflows00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Travel Spend Reports00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Consolidated Invoicing00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Centralized Itinerary Management00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Collaborative Booking00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Reuses Traveler Information00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Integrated Expensing Tool00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Airbnb for WorkEgencia
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(12 ratings)
1.0
(15 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(8 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Airbnb for WorkEgencia
Likelihood to Recommend
Airbnb
It is great for those travelers looking for longer-term accommodations, such as greater than a week or a few weeks. For those staying for only a day or two, it can still be useful, but a hotel may be more appropriate for these kinds of stays. Moreover, many of our travelers like the ability to have a full apartment due to the nature of their stay or the length, and thus using this allows us this added flexibility in finding accommodations with this.
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Expedia Group
Overall, Egencia is a good tool for my employees to use when I (or my work partner) aren't available to make the reservations. They can easily access their account and the charges will go on the corporate credit card. This makes it all around easy for the traveling employees.
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Pros
Airbnb
  • Offer new ways to travel and connect
  • Find homes and boutique hotels known for great hospitality and 5-star ratings from other business travelers.
  • It has work ready places to stay
  • It also brings teams together with experiences
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Expedia Group
  • Egencia is an all-in-one booking tool so you can keep everything in once place.
  • Egencia works with SAML, so it's easy for users to get set up and logged in.
  • Egencia helps keep things in order by preventing bookings without the approval of managers. This can help keep costs low as well.
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Cons
Airbnb
  • video support for virtual team experiences could be improved
  • Perhaps a questionnaire or search feature to narrow down options for those unsure of what experience/trip they are thinking to go with
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Expedia Group
  • Customer service was awful. It was a running joke that when we had to call customer service for something (frequent), it was a crap-shoot whether we were going to get someone that knew what they were doing.
  • The website was not intuitive and sometimes made it difficult to find the flights we wanted. Most of the admins resorted to looking for flights on other services and then searching for that flight specifically in Egencia.
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Usability
Airbnb
The user interface is very user friendly. It makes it easy to filter through the different options it has to offer based on price, location, and the scenery you as the customer would most prefer. This is an extremely helpful feature when there are so many choices to choose from
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Expedia Group
It is just so simple to use.
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Support Rating
Airbnb
No answers on this topic
Expedia Group
When I had a problem with cancelled and rescheduled flight Egencia team was not helpful at all. They claimed that in their system the flight is still happening hence they will not advise on anything else. I had to spend a lot of time calling the airline to clarify the details and to find out when my flight is happening in the end.
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Online Training
Airbnb
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Expedia Group
My training was over the phone with some trial and error.
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Alternatives Considered
Airbnb
Airbnb for Work is very useful for any city. Our practicality of staying where we want is excellent, it really helps us a lot and I'm sure it has already "saved" several people who made last minute reservations, just like me hahaha. We have other platforms that can also help us, but we have a certain preference for Airbnb.
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Expedia Group
It's not even close! Axios was much more difficult to navigate than Egencia. In my opinion, Egencia more closely mirrors travel booking systems we all use outside of work, which makes training much easier for new users. The ability to automatically download calendar invites, share itineraries, and download PDF receipts is such a big help
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Return on Investment
Airbnb
  • It has helped our organization to save costs since one place can accommodate many co-workers rather than booking rooms for only two people where the team travels in a group.
  • Better deals are available if you are regular customer
  • Upgrade options are available which help save money rather than buying a premium suite
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Expedia Group
  • More efficient booking - save time.
  • We can specify when additional approval needs to take place based on perimeters that we set (price, class, etc) - save money!
  • All electronic - bookings all online so have easy access to all staff trips.
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