About Us
1) Why Venuestart Exists
The Philippines is home to many remarkable venues—unique spaces with the power to turn important moments into unforgettable experiences. Yet despite having so many exceptional locations, discovering the right one is often harder than it should be. Information is scattered, responses take time, and planners frequently repeat the same details. On the other side, hotels handle inquiries across multiple channels, often with incomplete information and heavy manual coordination.
Venuestart was created to close this gap.
We wanted a simpler, more accurate way for people to discover these exceptional venues—and for hotels to present reliable, organized information without the usual back-and-forth.
Our goal is straightforward:
to make the entire booking experience clearer, faster, and easier for both planners and venues, so every great event can begin with the right connection.
2) What We Saw in the Industry
The market continues to grow, but several issues keep repeating:
For Planners & Clients:
- Information scattered across websites, catalogs, and social media
- Slow response times and unclear quotations
- Difficulty comparing venue capacities, pricing, and packages
- Limited transparency on availability and booking timelines
- Repetitive explanation of event requirements to multiple contacts
For Hotels & Venues:
- Inquiries coming from email, Facebook, websites, and phone calls with no unified tracking
- Low conversion rate due to delayed quotations or missed messages
- Difficulty managing multiple event types and requirements
- Lack of tools to organize pricing, packages, and documents
- Manual billing, coordination, and reporting processes
The core challenge isn’t the venues—it’s the system behind the booking process.
3) What Guides Our Solution
Event planning in the Philippines is thriving, yet booking a venue is still harder than it needs to be. Planners face scattered information, slow responses, and repeated explanations. Hotels struggle with inquiries coming from different channels, inconsistent details, and manual coordination. Venuestart was built to simplify this entire experience and bring clarity, structure, and reliability to both sides.
Our principles:
- Accuracy – Updated information that clients can trust
- Efficiency – Faster workflows and fewer repeated steps
- Transparency – Clear processes for both clients and hotels
- Real‑World Design – Built from genuine hotel and operations experience
4) Where Venuestart Is Heading
Our goal is to become the Philippines’ most reliable venue infrastructure platform—one that modernizes how events are planned, booked, and managed.
We are expanding toward:
- Smarter quotation and package tools
- Integrated billing and payment flows
- Automated settlements for Classic and Direct models
- Insight dashboards for venue performance
- Wider coverage across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao
5) Who We Are
Venuestart is developed by Rakso Travel & Tours, a company with over 27 years of experience in hotel partnerships, B2B travel systems, and nationwide operations. Our long-standing industry relationships and hands‑on knowledge of hotel workflows allow us to build a platform grounded in real operational needs—not assumptions.
6) What Defines Us
Clarity – No hidden processes or confusing steps.
Speed – Faster communication, faster decisions, faster confirmations.
Support – Help when you need it, not after delays.
Integrity – A platform built with fairness at its core.
These values guide how we design our tools, interact with partners, and support clients.