If this is something you do, or if you’re just interested in saving money on your next trip. You need to add a new website to your list, Rovia. Now you may not have heard of Rovia before, they aren’t quite a household name yet and they don’t blast ads on national television (part of the reason they can offer cheaper prices), but they have been around for more than 25 years and they are growing at an incredible rate.

Here’s one of the big reasons why Rovia is growing so fast, in a recent study by Topaz International, comparing Rovia, Travelocity, and Expedia, Rovia had the lowest price an incredible 68% of the time!

In addition to low prices, Rovia also offers some great services:

• Access to Price Comparison Service
• 30 minutes of toll-free concierge service for each travel booking
• Exclusive Access to Rovia Preferred last-minute deals
• $200,000 airline accident insurance per ticket
• Service fees waived on online airline ticket purchases
• Bargains on travel to your favorite destinations
• Specials customized to your preferences
• Record frequent flyer / rewards accounts
• Free Travel alert / flight change notification

Examples of how you can use your personal concierge service:

• Phone numbers and addresses
• Driving directions
• Traffic conditions
• Weather forecasts
• Dining reservations
• Price comparisons
• Ticket procurement
• Business services
• Personal shopping
• Travel arrangements
• Reminder services
• Entertainment
• Shopping information
• Stock quotes
• Any question you need answered!

Now in the interest of full disclosure, I am an affiliate for Rovia. This means that when you book travel, I might make a small commission on your trip. But if you’re getting a lower price than you could get anywhere else, does that really matter? Wouldn’t you rather than travel commission go to someone you know that to a large corporation?

Get your own Rovia site

If it does bother you that I would make a commission from your travel, or if you think this is a pretty cool deal and you’d like to make your own commission off of your travel plus commissions from all of your friends that travel, then you get your own branded Rovia site.

Whether you know it or not, this is how commerce works on the Internet. When something is sold, someone is almost always getting a commission on that sale. Why shouldn’t that person be you?

To find out how you can get your own branded Rovia web site, contact me via email at nate@natehines.net.

Meanwhile, the next time you make your travel arrangements, why not give my Rovia site a try? Creating an account is easy, in fact I’ve laid out all of the steps for you in a previous blog entry.

Here is the link to create an account on Rovia

If you’re wondering why you should create an account, see my post on Get Access to the Absolute Best Travel Deals on the Web

Detailed Signup Instructions

First, click the preferred member sign up image near the top right of the site that looks like this:

Next, fill out your email address, select a password and enter your personal information. Click the Register Now button.

On the next screen fill out your complete contact information and click the Continue button.

Finally, fill out your travel preferences and click the Continue button.

If you have completed all of the above steps correctly, you should see the following confirmation screen:

If you do not receive confirmation emails from Rovia, you may not have completed the preferred member signup process correctly.