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Corporate Traveller vs Smoobu

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Corporate Traveller

Travel

SME travel management from Flight Centre, combining the Melon booking platform with a named consultant

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Smoobu

Travel

All-in-one channel manager and PMS for hosts with a handful of holiday rentals

From
€29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Corporate Traveller service quality depends heavily on the individual consultant assigned, and a consultant leaving is a real disruption because the relationship rather than the software carries the institutional knowledge.; Smoobu the Flex plan carries a 0.9% fee on every booking, which on an apartment turning over €40,000 a year costs more than the entire annual subscription saving, and the pricing page presents Flex as the cheaper option.
  • They diverge on capability: Corporate Traveller covers Melon booking platform, Smoobu covers Channel manager.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Corporate Traveller and Smoobu actually diverge.

Attributes where Corporate Traveller and Smoobu differ
AttributeCorporate TravellerSmoobu
Starting priceOn request€29/month
Pricing modelquotePer unit per month

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Travel).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Corporate Traveller

  • Melon booking platform
  • Dedicated consultant
  • Trip Proposals
  • Negotiated fare access
  • Spend reporting
  • Traveller tracking

Only in Smoobu

  • Channel manager
  • Website builder
  • Guest messaging
  • Unified calendar
  • Invoicing and e-invoicing
  • Mobile apps

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Corporate Traveller

  • A fifty-person firm with no travel manager that needs someone to fix a stranded traveller at 2amnot Smoobu
  • An SME wanting airline and hotel rates it could not negotiate on its own volumenot Smoobu
  • A business whose arrangers book for executives and want option sets proposed rather than searchednot Smoobu
  • A company introducing a travel policy for the first time and needing it enforced at bookingnot Smoobu

Smoobu

  • A host with three apartments in Berlin who needs Airbnb and Booking.com calendars kept in sync and wants a direct booking site to cut OTA commissionnot Corporate Traveller
  • An owner wanting automated check-in instructions and pre-arrival messages sent per channel without logging into each extranetnot Corporate Traveller
  • A small manager who needs guest invoices that meet German documentation requirements without adding a separate accounting toolnot Corporate Traveller
  • A host testing dynamic pricing through the bundled trial before deciding whether to subscribe to PriceLabs separatelynot Corporate Traveller

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Corporate Traveller

  • Service quality depends heavily on the individual consultant assigned, and a consultant leaving is a real disruption because the relationship rather than the software carries the institutional knowledge.
  • Agency revenue includes supplier commissions and overrides that are not disclosed to the client, so the cheapest option for you and the most profitable option for the agency are not always the same booking.
  • Melon is competent but narrower than TravelPerk or Navan on self-service features, and companies that genuinely want no human involvement will resent paying for one.
  • Consultant-assisted bookings carry meaningfully higher fees than online ones, and the fee mix is where an apparently cheap contract turns expensive.
  • It operates through separate country entities with different content, contracts and service hours, so a multi-country roll-out is several negotiations rather than one.

Smoobu

  • The Flex plan carries a 0.9% fee on every booking, which on an apartment turning over €40,000 a year costs more than the entire annual subscription saving, and the pricing page presents Flex as the cheaper option.
  • Pricing is per unit, so a ten unit portfolio pays roughly €31.50 plus nine additional units at about €9.60, and the headline monthly figure covers a single apartment only.
  • Write access is charged per account beyond the included seats, so a cleaner, a co-host and an owner all needing to edit bookings turn into a recurring per seat cost.
  • There is no trust accounting or owner statement generation, so anyone managing units on behalf of third-party owners has to build payout reporting outside the system.
  • Housekeeping and maintenance dispatch is minimal compared with manager-grade platforms, so cleaning coordination happens in WhatsApp or a separate tool once you are past a few units.

Pricing, plan by plan

Corporate Traveller

On request
  • Corporate Traveller$undefined/year
    • Transaction fees per online and per consultant-assisted booking
    • Melon platform typically bundled with the service
    • Supplier commissions and overrides retained by the agency

Smoobu

€29/month
  • Professional Flex$29/month
    • One unit included
    • 0.9% fee on every booking
    • Channel manager, website builder, messaging
  • Professional Prepaid$31.5/month
    • One unit included
    • No booking fee
    • Website builder, invoicing, chatbot, API access
  • Teams Pro+$49.5/month
    • Everything in Prepaid
    • E-invoicing
    • Two write-access accounts, extra accounts from about €12 each

Which should you pick?

Choose Corporate Traveller if

  • You need melon booking platform.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want dedicated consultant.
Corporate Traveller review

Choose Smoobu if

  • You need channel manager.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want website builder.
Smoobu review

Questions people ask

Is Corporate Traveller or Smoobu better?
Neither clearly leads. Corporate Traveller starts at On request and Smoobu at €29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Corporate Traveller or Smoobu?
Corporate Traveller starts at On request and Smoobu at €29/month.
Does Corporate Traveller or Smoobu run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Corporate Traveller best used for?
Corporate Traveller is most often used for a fifty-person firm with no travel manager that needs someone to fix a stranded traveller at 2am, an sme wanting airline and hotel rates it could not negotiate on its own volume, a business whose arrangers book for executives and want option sets proposed rather than searched, a company introducing a travel policy for the first time and needing it enforced at booking. Of those, a fifty-person firm with no travel manager that needs someone to fix a stranded traveller at 2am and an sme wanting airline and hotel rates it could not negotiate on its own volume are not what Smoobu is typically brought in for.
What can Corporate Traveller do that Smoobu cannot?
Corporate Traveller covers Melon booking platform, Dedicated consultant, Trip Proposals, Negotiated fare access. Smoobu covers Channel manager, Website builder, Guest messaging, Unified calendar.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Corporate Traveller: Can I buy Melon without the consultant service?

No. Melon is sold as part of the managed Corporate Traveller service, not as standalone software.

Smoobu: Which plan is actually cheaper, Flex or Prepaid?

Prepaid, for almost anyone with real occupancy. The 0.9% booking fee on Flex exceeds the subscription difference once annual revenue passes a few thousand euros.

Corporate Traveller: Who owns it?

Flight Centre Travel Group, listed in Australia. Corporate Traveller is its SME brand, distinct from FCM which serves large enterprises.

Smoobu: How many properties does the entry price cover?

One. Every additional unit adds roughly €9.60 per month.

Corporate Traveller: Does it disclose supplier commissions?

Not by default. If commission transparency matters, ask for it explicitly in the contract before signing.

Smoobu: Does it include dynamic pricing?

Only two months free on the Teams tier. Ongoing dynamic pricing means subscribing to PriceLabs or similar.

Smoobu: Is there a contract?

Billing is monthly, yearly or two-yearly, with 30 days notice required to cancel; longer terms buy 10% or 20% off.

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