Wivenhoe House Hotel
Colchester, England. Looked at for its owner on 18 October 2026, the way a guest and an AI assistant would.
- Your prices, and the commission booking sites take
- How your competitors price, day by day
You rank 44th of the 193 hotels we read in United Kingdom
- Booking direct25 of 25Google shows your website's own price, and none of the main booking sites asks noticeably less
- Google Maps17 of 20Rated 4.6 from 1,565 reviews, fourth for “hotels in Colchester”
- Your website13 of 20Scores 65 out of 100, with no button to book on its home page
- Your price vs competitors10 of 15£21 a night above the hotels near you
What guests are asked to pay for your room
We looked up your room for the night of 30 October 2026 the way a guest would, on Google. Your own website holds its price, which is what you want; every guest who still books through a booking site costs you about 17% of the room.
- Your website£152
- Booking.com£142, £10 below you
- And 25 smaller sites (super.com, Traveloka and uk.trip.com and others), from £133 to £162
The main booking sites ask about what your website does, within £10.
You charge £21 a night more than your competitors
Each hotel's lowest price on Google Hotels for the night of 30 October 2026. Guests who compare see the hotels near you for less, and book them. With OneHorizyn you follow these prices for the nights ahead, and know when to raise yours and when to hold it.
- The George Hotel - Surya Hotels£89
- Best Western The Rose and Crown Hotel£93
- Premier Inn Colchester (A12) hotel£104
- GreyFriars Hotel & Restaurant£113
- Premier Inn Colchester Town Centre (Castle) hotel£123
- Wivenhoe House Hotel (you)£125
How you compare with 5 competitors in Colchester
Premier Inn Colchester Town Centre (Castle) hotel comes first on Google Maps, and you fourth; they're rated 4.3 on Google on average, and you 4.6. These are the hotels of your kind within a few kilometres of you, the ones a guest choosing where to stay in Colchester weighs you against.
| Hotel | AI recommends it | Google Maps rating | On Maps for “hotels in Colchester” | Lowest price on Google Hotels | From you |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wivenhoe House Hotel (you) | Not asked yet | 4.6 from 1,565 | 4th | £125 | |
| Premier Inn Colchester (A12) hotel | Not asked yet | 4.3 from 1,178 | 6th | £104 | 4.8 km |
| The George Hotel - Surya Hotels | Not asked yet | 4.1 from 1,170 | 5th | £89 | 3.7 km |
| Premier Inn Colchester Town Centre (Castle) hotel | Not asked yet | 4.3 from 1,069 | 1st | £123 | 3.9 km |
| GreyFriars Hotel & Restaurant | Not asked yet | 4.5 from 1,058 | 3rd | £113 | 3.4 km |
| Best Western The Rose and Crown Hotel | Not asked yet | 4.2 from 911 | 2nd | £93 | 2.7 km |
Read on 18 October 2026. With OneHorizyn you follow these hotels every week: their prices on every booking site, their reviews and what AI assistants say about them.
You come fourth on Google Maps for “hotels in Colchester”
Most guests who search the map choose from the first ten hotels it shows. You're rated 4.6 from 1,565 reviews. Premier Inn Colchester Town Centre (Castle) hotel (first), Best Western The Rose and Crown Hotel (second) and GreyFriars Hotel & Restaurant (third) come before you.
- Answer every review, the poor ones first and within a day
- Ask happy guests for a review as they check out
- Add new photos of your rooms every month
- Keep your phone number, website and hours right on your listing
With OneHorizyn you see your place on the map and your reviews against your competitors', every week.
- 1stPremier Inn Colchester Town Centre (Castle) hotel4.3 from 1,069
- 2ndBest Western The Rose and Crown Hotel4.2 from 911
- 3rdGreyFriars Hotel & Restaurant4.5 from 1,058
- 4thWivenhoe House Hotel (you)4.6 from 1,565
- 5thThe George Hotel - Surya Hotels4.1 from 1,170
- 6thPremier Inn Colchester (A12) hotel4.3 from 1,178
The bars are each hotel's number of Google reviews.
Your website's health is 65 out of 100
We read 6 pages of wivenhoehouse.co.uk on 18 October 2026, the way Google and AI assistants do, and found 13 things to fix. These cost you the most guests:
- 1Google writes its own line about your hotel
Your pages give Google no summary to show under your name, so it picks any sentence it finds.
What to do: Write two sentences about your hotel for each main page: what it is, where, and why guests love it.
- 2Nothing on your website says what makes your hotel special
AI assistants look for a page about a hotel to describe it to guests.
What to do: Add a page about your hotel: its story, what's special, and what's nearby.
- No button to book on your home page, so a guest who wants to book direct has to hunt for one
- No WhatsApp link, where most guests in India ask first
- A phone number a guest can tap to call
- AI assistants can read your website
Two things to do this week
Each one comes from what we found above, and each wins back guests who book you direct.
- 1Keep your website the cheapest place to book
None of the main booking sites asks less than your website today. One rate change on any of them undoes it.
How: Check your price on each of them every week, and on your busy dates every day.
- 2Google writes its own line about your hotel
Your pages give Google no summary to show under your name, so it picks any sentence it finds.
How: Write two sentences about your hotel for each main page: what it is, where, and why guests love it.
With OneHorizyn you see every week whether each one worked, in guests and in rupees.
We've already done 3 of the 6 readings your first look is built from
Everything above came from what anyone can see: Google, Google Hotels, Google Maps, an AI assistant and your own website. Your hotel's own reading fills in the rest and turns each finding into a figure you can act on.
- Your price on booking sites26 sites for one night
- Google and Google Mapsrated 4.6 from 1,565 reviews
- Your website6 pages read, health 65 out of 100
- What AI assistants saynot read yet
- Your reviews, week by weekonly on your own hotel's reading
- Your price every night aheadonly on your own hotel's reading
Your own reading takes about half an hour, and nothing has to be connected to your systems.
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- Weddings and events
- Conferences and company travel
- Travel agents and tour operators
- Events that publish a list of hotels
- The nights your town fills up
- What your competitors charge, nightly
- Weddings and events
The planners and families booking weddings in Colchester, who fill your rooms for three nights at a time and never touch a booking site.
- Conferences and company travel
The companies running meetings and incentive trips near you, and the firms whose staff already stay in Colchester every week.
- Travel agents and tour operators
The agents and operators selling Colchester to guests abroad, who send the same rooms again and again once you're on their list.
- Events that publish a list of hotels
Festivals, matches and conferences in and around Colchester that name hotels to stay at. Being on that list costs nothing, and most hotels never ask.
- The nights your town fills up
Which dates Colchester runs out of rooms months ahead, so you price them before your competitors do, rather than after.
- What your competitors charge, nightly
Their price for every night ahead, not the one night on this page, so you know which nights you are leaving money on.
Stop losing £176 to £330 a month for each room
OneHorizyn finds where your hotel loses money and tells you what to fix first, every week:
- Booking sitesWhen they sell your room for less than your own website, so more guests book you direct
- Your competitorsTheir prices in Colchester for the nights ahead, so you price every night right
- Google and AIWhat they tell guests about you, and how to get recommended first