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University Travel Simplified

Create a customized link that fits your unique travel policies, control vendors/inventory, and get access to nonpublic discounts instantly.

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Engineer Your Travel Policies

Take complete control over your policies by engineering them into your Travel Link.

  • One link for all things travel (no login required)
  • 100+ customizations to automate your policies & procedures
  • Enable or disable certain rate providers & vendors
  • Exceptional service when your travelers need it most

150+ Universities
Over 150 Universities Use Lucid

  • Boston University
  • UNC Chapel Hill
  • Purude
  • UMN
  • Boston University
  • UNC Chapel Hill
  • UMN
  • Northeastern University
  • Northeastern University

Your Custom Link

Built to fit your unique travel policies.

See an example
example.lucidhotels.us

Customize Your Link

Add your company's branding and choose from 100+ settings to ensure your link is set up to fit your unique needs.

Automated Discounts

Offer hotel discounts instantly. Aggregated from top travel sites and exclusive discounts from 10,000+ hotels.

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Simplified Accounting

Your reservation data and receipts are in one place making accounting and expense management simple.

Team Friendly

You have the ability to send to approvers for payment, still utilize personal loyalty points, and access 24/7 service.

Interested In Learning More?

Download Our 20 Page Slide Deck

Including costs, our vendors, customizable settings list, and even a 20-min demo video.

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Control Your Vendors

Lucid aggregates rates from 3 main sources. You choose what's shown:

  • Top travel sites (like Booking.com, Expedia, Hotels.com, etc.)
  • Hotel direct through the GDS (Global Distribution System)
  • Wholesale rates not available to the public (20%+ discounted)
We can also add in room blocks & corporate discounts
Case Study
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UC Berkeley

Let's take a look at UC Berkeley's Student Organizations program. It's led by a small team that is responsible for booking and managing travel for student-managed teams.

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How Teams Book

Saving hours per week

Before Lucid

Teams search on different sites then schedule a meeting with the university staff to make the reservation. Every payment is different & receipts are different too.

After Lucid

Teams go to the UC Berkeley custom link. From there they search, browse, and click on the "Send for Approval & Payment" button. It goes directly to university staff & they book it in one click.

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Managing Receipts

Saving hours per week

Before Lucid

Teams sometimes book directly with hotels and other book on various online travel sites. All receipts were different and it was difficult to keep track of them.

After Lucid

All receipts are stored in your university admin account that is available any time along with 24/7 customer service support. Simply login and live chat with Lucid representatives whenever you need to.

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Saving Money

Averaging ~16% Savings

Lucid aggregates rates from 40+ travel sites like Hotels.com, Booking.com, and Expedia so that you always find the best rate available in the market. The way you save money with Lucid is by taking advantage of (1) Our Exclusive Deals and (2) Our Cashback Rewards Program.

Services

Hotels

Exclusive, discounted rates at 200,000+ hotels globally.

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40+ Vendors

Car/Bus Rentals

Search 22+ car agencies at once and get exclusive deals.

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20+ Agencies

Flights

Book flights for prices that you can't find anywhere else.

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Customer Service is our #1 Priority

"This isn't a marketing slogan, we truly do prioritize customer service over everything else."

-Ben Knosby, CEO & Founder

Our Services About Lucid Travel

FAQs

Lucid has dedicated customer service phone numbers, live chat widgets, and support emails so that your students stay safe in case of an emergency. Also, all of your receipts are located in one place making Duty of Care simple.
Lucid has 100+ settings that allow you to fully customize your policies. This includes disabling certain rate types (i.e. Prepaid vs. Pay at Hotel), setting price limits, minimum star ratings, and much more.

You get a free admin account that allows you to see all of your reservations in one place. We can add custom questions to your check-out page like 'Team Name' so that you easily see who has booked, pull receipts, and make changes in just a couple of clicks.

Students use your custom link (ex: bu.lucidhotels.us) to browse deals and find the best rate. On the checkout screen, there is an option to "Send to admin for approval/payment". When they click that, it's automatically sent to the admin on file.

All that's left is for the admin to click on the link in the email, review the info the student input, and add in their credit card information to book.

No, Lucid is 100% free to use. We typically ask our partners to sign an exclusivity contract to ensure that our partners are as committed to us as we are to them.

Customizable Settings

Lucid has over 100 customizable settings made to fit your unique policies, procedures, & interests.

Add Your Branding

Add your logo, update color schemes, and even customize your site's header & footer.

Prepaid vs. Postpay

Choose if you want to show only prepaid, only postpay, or to show both rate types.

Pricing Limits

You can easily add maximum and/or minimum pricing limits to make compliance automatic.

Enable Approvals

Make it so that your travelers can send reservation requests to admins for approval/payment.

Remove Nonrefundable Rates

Remove all rates that are listed as nonrefundable so that canceling is always an option.

Minimum Star/Review Ratings

Set minimum star and/or review ratings so that you can take control of traveler safety.

Reservation Notifications

Get automatic email notifications every time a reservation is made using your custom link.

Cancelation Notifications

Get automatic email notifications every time a reservation is canceled.

Disable Certain Hotels

Remove certain hotel properties and even entire hotel chains from your custom link.

Disable Certain Rate Providers

Remove certain rate providers from your custom link like Booking.com, Expedia, etc.

Highlight Preferred Hotels

Select certain hotels that you would like to make 'Preferred' (they will populate 1st).

Add Your Own Rebate

You can add a fee that allows your organization to earn money on every reservation made using your link.

Add Your Corporate Rates

If you have special negotiated corporate rates, we can load them into your custom link.

Simplified Flights

Create 1-time flight credits for travelers to book using university funds.

Add Custom Fields

Add custom fields (i.e. job code, department, etc.) when travelers are making reservations.

Automated CC Authorization Form

If your travelers book 'Pay at Hotel' rates, a CC Authorization Form will be automatically generated to send to the hotel.

Automated Tax Exemption Form

If your travelers book 'Pay at Hotel' rates, your university Tax Exemption Form will be automatically generated to send to the hotel.

Add Multiple Names On Rooms

Most booking sites only allow you to add 1 name for each room. With Lucid, you can add all names for each room.

100+ Other Settings

And if we don't have what you're looking for, we'll build it.

Automated Room Blocks

Get group room blocks set up with 1 click.

Lucid's Process:

  • Negotiate discounted rates, free rooms, and more.
  • Load the room blocks into your Travel Page.
  • Provide automated reporting, reminders, and rebate payments.
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