Transforming Team Travel

Team 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

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Increased team adoption

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Direct hotel inventory

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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.

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