Loupit Travel and Expense
Agency vs Marketplace

Single agency vs agency marketplace: understand the differences and the advantages

The traditional model locks your company into a single agency, one fee and zero comparison. The Loupit marketplace puts homologated agencies competing for your trip in real time — and you pick the best fare.

The first corporate travel marketplace

See in a few seconds how the marketplace replaces the fixed fee with real competition among homologated agencies.

The difference is not cosmetic. In the single-agency model, your company relies on one intermediary for quoting, booking and support — with no price competition. In the marketplace, the same request goes to several homologated agencies at once, each returning its fare. Loupit orders the quotes, records the source of every price and lets you buy the best option within policy.

150+

sites queried on every search

32%

estimated savings vs a single agency

3+

homologated agencies competing per trip

0

mandatory fixed fee — you pay for what you use

Side-by-side comparison

Both models, point by point, so you can decide without commercial noise.

Single agency
Loupit marketplace
Price quoting
One agency, one fare. No comparison at the same instant.
Several homologated agencies answer the same request and you see the best fare.
Source coverage
Limited to the inventory and contracts of the chosen agency.
Search across 150+ sites: agencies, GDS, OTAs, consolidators and official sites.
Savings
Fixed fee on what the agency sells; no incentive to lower the price.
Real competition pushes the price down — estimated savings of 32%.
Transparency
You see what the agency decides to show; the fare source stays opaque.
Every quote shows the agency and source, recorded in the audit trail.
Travel policy
Applied manually or inside the agency's closed tool.
Automated policy: the search only returns options within company rules.
Service continuity
If the agency fails, your trip stalls. A single point of failure.
If one agency drops, the others keep quoting — resilience by design.
Pricing model
Fixed fee per segment/booking, often embedded in the fare.
You pay for the booking; competition drives the fee down without renegotiating a contract.

Marketplace advantages

Why dropping the single agency generates savings and control.

Real-time comparison

The same trip quoted by several homologated agencies at the same instant, with fares ordered on screen.

Savings through competition

When agencies compete for your trip, the price drops. Estimated savings of 32% vs a single agency.

Automated policy

The search only shows options within company policy — approval, limits and cost centers respected.

Transparency and audit

The source of every fare is recorded. You know which agency and which source won each booking.

Resilience with no single point of failure

If one agency goes down, the others keep quoting. The trip doesn't stop for an intermediary.

Curated homologated agencies

Your company onboards the trusted agencies. The marketplace makes them compete, without losing control.

How the marketplace works in practice

From request to booking, with no email and no quote queue.

1

Single request

The traveler asks for the trip once. Loupit routes the request to all homologated agencies.

2

Search across 150+ sites

Each agency queries its own sites and contracts; Loupit sums more than 150 sources in the same search.

3

Ordered quotes

Fares arrive, get normalized and are displayed ordered by price, with the source identified.

4

Approval within policy

Company policy filters the options. Approval follows the configured flow, with an audit trail.

5

Buy the best fare

You buy the winning option — the agency that gave the best fare handles the booking.

6

Record to expense

The booking is recorded in expense, closing the travel and spend management cycle.

Frequently asked questions

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