Transforming Youth Sports Travel
Sports Travel is Broken

Teams Struggle
Stuck with manual processes that waste time and provide no value to the teams or parents
Hotels Miss Opportunities
Can't source or close small-group deals efficiently with current systems.
Excluding Children
Travel is 40+% of the cost of youth sports and the current model limits hotel options and set up to to exclude kids who cant afford it.
Stay to Play is Broken
The current sports travel industry relies on the relic of stay to play past. Agencies source overpriced hotels to ensure rebates to organizers instead of providing nay value to the parents and teams booking the rooms. The people actually paying the money are receiving no value in the process with limited, overpriced options and poor user experience.
The Problem
Legacy Model Costs More for Families and Provides No Value
The Solution
Transformation Model: Groupbook OTA for Youth Sports
Loyalty + Experience Commerce
Our model transforms passive booking into an active ecosystem of rewards and engagement:
  • Families earn points for booking hotels, dining, excursions, and gear, enhancing their overall trip value.
  • Organizers earn rewards for volume, engagement, and experience curation, incentivizing platform use and community building.
  • Hotels offer bonus points for direct bookings or off-peak stays, driving occupancy and brand loyalty.
  • Sponsors fund point pools or offer branded redemptions, gaining direct access to a highly engaged audience.
Transforming Sports Travel for Teams and Hotels
AI Sales Agents
  • 24/7 automated responses
  • Simplified negotiation and sourcing
  • Revenue optimization for hotels
  • Assistance for guests
Hotel Toolkit
  • Direct connections
  • Streamlined sourcing workflow
  • Commission maximization
  • Simplified sports specific tooling

Team Travel Management
  • Real travel management tools for teams
  • Simple booking and savings
  • Think business travel benefits for teams and organizations
Marketplace Flywheel
1
1
Increased team adoption
2
2
Direct hotel inventory
3
3
Accelerating booking volume
Current Tech is Foundation for Transforming Sports Travel

Transforming Sports Travel: Our Strategic Approach
Our competitive edge lies in our direct, partnership-driven model, targeting the core of youth sports travel.
Direct to Teams & Organizations
We bypass traditional intermediaries, selling directly to the entities that manage dozens of teams, coaches, and parents.
Unlocking Significant Value
This model centralizes travel management, consolidating tens of thousands of dollars in coach rooms and team travel into a single, efficient platform.
Future of Youth Sports
Understanding this ecosystem is key. The industry's future lies in serving these organizations directly, as they are the direct gateway to families and their spending.
Built From Experience. Driven by Pain. Designed for Scale.
Doug Freeman - CEO
A proven operator, having successfully exited two prior companies: a baseball scouting service and a vacation rental management business. He has also operated a tech-enabled travel agency and truly understands the pain of the market and market needs.

With over a decade running the second largest baseball scouting service in Florida and 8 years in hospitality, the unique blend of experiences allows a massive advantage in the space
Leading Team In the Space
Tim Harvey- Former CIO Hilton | Greg Pesik - Former CEO Passkey | Sally Kelly- Former Amadeus | Stuart Macdonald- Former Expedia
Youth Sports Travel Lodging: A $22 B+ Annual Opportunity
The youth sports market is a massive, often underestimated segment, driving significant travel and lodging spend. Our model taps directly into this opportunity.
~688k Teams
5 Events Attended
2.75 Nights Per Event

10 Rooms Per Team

Annual Lodging Per Team: $24,750
Core Lodging TAM Calculation
With 688k teams traveling annually, the direct lodging market is substantial:
$15.4B
Lodging Total Addressable Market
Expanded Opportunity: Ancillary Spend
Beyond hotels, youth sports families spend on dining, entertainment, and retail. Capturing even a fraction of this represents significant incremental value.

Ancillary Spend: +$6.8B
Incremental opportunity from related travel expenses and marketing.
Overall Total Market Opportunity: ~$22 B+ Annually
Groupbook Revenue Potential
Groupbook Revenue Model
  • 100% of room revenue processed via platform.
  • 10% lodging margin earned (equivalent to $3,150 per team).
  • 2% Coaches rooms transaction fee
  • $49/month subscription fee ($588 annually per team).
Financial Impact at Market Capture
We're Raising $2M to continue to Transform the Sports Travel Industry
Hotel Expansion
Upgrade systems to allow for direct connection with brands, enabling greater flexibility and efficiency.
Team Acquisition
Build sales teams with dedicated experience in each sports vertical. Capture teams as well as tournaments with better technology and a stronger value proposition.
Revenue Growth
Drive more demand and efficiency to maximize margins on growth.

We're Not Guessing. We've Built It. And It Works.
$22M
GMV in 2024
40,000+
Hotel Partners
5,000+
Events Managed
$75M
Projected GMV in 2025
635
Planners Onboarded (Team/PlannerHub)

42
Hotels Committed (HotelHub)

$2.5M
Revenue Generated
Thank You
Contact us to learn more:
Doug Freeman
[email protected] | 863-640-2293
Groupbook Platform
Make team travel easier and more accessible