Most travel sites treat their pricing logic like a magic trick — you punch in dates, get a number, and have no idea what's actually inside it. Resort fees appear at checkout. "Eco-friendly" badges link to nothing. Loyalty points expire faster than milk. We built IMPT in the opposite direction: you see the price, the carbon footprint, and your rewards in a single line before you commit to anything. No signup wall. No "create an account to see this rate." Just search.
What you actually see when you search IMPT
Type a city and dates into the search bar. You'll get a list of hotels with three numbers per result, side by side:
- Nightly price — the rate we negotiated directly with the hotel or pulled from a GDS feed. No affiliate middleman adding 8-15% on top.
- Carbon offset cost — calculated per stay using a standard emissions model (room nights × regional grid intensity × occupancy factor). Usually $1-4 per night.
- IMPT token cashback — what you'll earn back at confirmation, denominated in IMPT tokens you can hold, trade, or use toward future bookings.
No popups asking for your email. No countdown timers. No "23 people are looking at this room right now." You can filter, compare, and leave the tab open for a week if you want.
The honest comparison
We'll save you the marketing spin. Here's where IMPT genuinely beats the giants and where it doesn't:
Where IMPT wins
- Transparent climate impact. Carbon offset credits come from Verra and Gold Standard registries — both verifiable on public ledgers. Booking.com's "Travel Sustainable" badge is self-reported by hotels.
- Real cashback, not points. IMPT tokens don't expire and aren't locked into one site's ecosystem the way Expedia Rewards are.
- No third-party affiliate markup. Our 1.7M-property inventory comes from direct hotel partnerships plus select GDS feeds — not resold from a wholesaler stack.
Where IMPT doesn't (yet)
- Inventory size. Booking.com has ~28M listings including apartments and B&Bs. We're hotel-focused, so if you want a treehouse rental, go elsewhere.
- Brand recognition. Your mother-in-law has heard of Expedia. She hasn't heard of us.
If raw listing count matters more than transparency or rewards, see our full breakdown vs Booking.com or comparison with Expedia.
Try it on a specific destination
Say you're planning four nights in Lisbon next month, two adults. Here's what happens:
- You search Lisbon, pick your dates. Roughly 600 hotels load.
- A mid-range pick — say a 4-star in Bairro Alto — shows €142/night, carbon offset €2.80/night, and ~€18 in IMPT token cashback for the stay.
- You click through. The room description is the hotel's own — no rewritten "stunning oasis" copy. Cancellation policy is the hotel's actual policy, displayed before checkout.
- You book. The offset credits are purchased and retired against your booking ID. The IMPT tokens land in your wallet at confirmation (you can create one in 30 seconds, or skip it and claim later).
That's the full loop. Same flow whether you're filtering rooms under $100 in Krakow or planning a weekend getaway in Mexico City.
Run a search — no account needed
You don't need to sign up to see prices, offsets, or cashback estimates. Search is free, anonymous, and doesn't require an email. If you book, you book. If you don't, we never had your data to begin with.