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Search Analytics for Car Rental Businesses - Gain visibility into the future!

Mathieu Wattelle
January 20, 2025
The Searches Analytics feature provides a comprehensive tool for understanding user search patterns on your website anticipating demand trends for car rentals, and identifying missed opportunities. It tracks all the searches of potential customers who didn’t complete a booking. With seamless integration with Google Analytics, the feature enables you to analyze how users interact with your booking funnel, empowering data-driven decision-making for improved business outcomes.
Key Views in Searches Analytics

1 - Price Search Tracking: Track user searches for rentals based on checkout dates. With the ability to filter by category, departure station, rental duration, and analyze data over a specific period (1 to 14 days), this view gives you a deeper understanding of demand trends. What’s more, you can compare current data against last year’s performance, giving you a clear picture of how demand is evolving.

2 - Aggregated Search Tracking: Monitor all rental searches for specific dates to estimate your total unconstrained demand. You can also apply filters on the same way that the Price Search Tracking.Additionally, the aggregated search tracking feature shows an estimated search conversion rate, allowing you to compare performance against previous years and spot areas for growth.

3 - Search evolution over time: Integrated within the Booking Pace module, this feature helps you track how search volume has evolved over time, alongside on-rent figures and revenue data. This enables you to track shifts in consumer interest, allowing you to align your pricing and inventory strategies with market changes.

Key Benefits of Using Searches Analytics

1 - Insights: Gain visibility into what users are searching for on your website, enabling you to identify emerging trends (e.g., increased demand for specific dates or vehicle types) and make timely adjustments to pricing and inventory.

2 - Demand Forecasting: Analyze search trends, such as car type preferences and rental dates, to predict future demand and optimize pricing strategies.

3 - Marketing Impact Analysis: Track the effectiveness of your Traffic generation marketing campaigns by comparing the increase in searches and bookings during specific periods.

4 - Sales Impact Analysis: Track missed opportunities by analyzing non-converting traffic alongside operational filters (e.g., station, fleet categories, rental duration) to optimize your sales strategy.


How It Works

Google Analytics Integration: The Searches Analytics feature integrates seamlessly with Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to  export automatically to Google BigQuery for daily updates.

Use Cases for Searches Analytics

1 - Track Pricing Issues: Quickly identify areas where sales are underperforming, such as specific vehicles, stations, or rental durations, and adjust your offering accordingly

2 - Pricing Optimization: Identify periods of high demand (e.g., holidays or peak seasons) and adjust pricing strategies accordingly.

3 - Fleet Management: Align inventory levels with demand patterns to prevent overstocking or understocking vehicles.

4 - Marketing ROI Measurement: Evaluate the impact of marketing campaigns and understand how search trends correlate with bookings, helping you optimize future efforts.

The Searches Analytics feature is an essential tool for any car rental business looking to stay competitive in a dynamic market. By providing deeper insights into user search behavior, demand forecasting, and sales performance, it empowers you to make informed decisions that drive business growth. Whether you're optimizing pricing, improving fleet management, or evaluating marketing ROI, Searches Analytics offers the actionable insights you need to succeed.

Start leveraging the power of Searches Analytics today, and stay ahead of the competition with data-driven strategies that ensure your business thrives.

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Mathieu Wattelle
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