How Dyme works
Why you pay less, and where our profit goes.
We buy travel at private rates, keep our markup low and skip the big advertising budgets, so members pay less. Then we put our profits into solar.
Why it costs less
Where the savings come from.
We buy at private rates
Hotels and airlines sell some rooms and seats at rates they don't publish, to platforms that only show them to members. Dyme negotiates those rates.
We keep our markup low
Hotels and airlines pay us a commission on each booking, so we don't need a big markup on top of the rate.
We don't buy ads at scale
The biggest booking sites spend billions a year to win your search. We put that money into lower prices and solar instead.
You get the difference
What we don't spend comes off your price. Members save up to 35% compared with public rates.
What advertising costs
$8 billion a year on marketing.
That's roughly what Booking Holdings and Expedia Group each spent in 2025. That money comes out of every booking. We don't spend it, so it doesn't have to be in your price.
Marketing spend in 2025, 30% of its revenue
Sales and marketing spend in 2025, more than half of its revenue
Sources: Booking Holdings 2025 annual report (10-K); Expedia Group full-year 2025 results.
Where the profit goes
We use our profits to build solar.
Your booking costs you nothing extra. The commission hotels and airlines pay us covers our costs, and our profit pays for solar projects in communities that need cheaper, cleaner power.
Cheaper power
New solar is now one of the cheapest ways to make electricity, often cheaper than coal. That means lower bills for the schools, hospitals and homes it serves.
Cleaner air
Every hour of solar replaces power that would otherwise come from burning coal or gas, which means less smoke in the air people breathe.
Local jobs
Solar employed about 7 million people worldwide in 2024, more than any other clean energy source.
Jobs figure: IRENA, Renewable Energy and Jobs, 2025 review.
Built to grow
More bookings, more solar.
The same model works at any size. Every hotel, airline and store that works with us adds to the commissions, and every new member adds bookings. As bookings grow, so does the solar we can fund.
Our largest project. Panels raised over farmland, so the land still grows crops.
Shared solar serving the local community.
Stores daytime solar for use in the evening.
Small systems on community buildings.
Questions
FAQs
How does Dyme offer rates up to 35% cheaper?
Are prices really all-inclusive?
What about my hotel loyalty points and frequent flyer miles?
How exactly does my booking fund solar?
What if I find a cheaper rate somewhere else?
Do I need a membership to book?
Pay less for your next trip.
Joining is free. See member prices on your next hotel or flight.