Case study · Car rental brand

Revving up bookings: how a car rental brand grew bookings 2.3x and cut costs with smarter Google Ads.

How campaign restructuring, automated bidding and better landing pages lifted bookings and lowered costs within six weeks.

Client
Taxi and car rental platform
Industry
Travel & mobility
Service
Google Ads (SEM & PPC)
Footprint
100+ cities in India

Results at a glance

What changed in six weeks

Source: Google Ads

Starting pointGrowth
Actual bookings

2.3x

Start · 1.00xNow · 2.30x
Campaign costs

−52%

Start · 1.00xNow · 0.48x

Project overview

More bookings,at the right cost.

The client is a cloud-based discovery and booking platform for the taxi rental industry, serving over 7,000 customers across 100+ cities in India. It wanted more bookings and better campaign quality while holding a target cost per acquisition.

Goals

More bookingsBetter lead qualityTarget CPA

The challenges

Clicks that came,but did not convert.

The campaigns brought traffic, but not the bookings or the costs the business needed.

  1. 01

    Low-quality leads

    Traffic did not convert into bookings, a mismatch between targeting and user intent.

  2. 02

    High costs

    Campaign costs were above the client’s desired CPA, hurting profitability.

  3. 03

    Underperforming campaigns

    Low conversion rates and inefficient spend held overall performance back.

The Aurven strategy · The execution

Restructured.Automated. Converted.

The strategy rebuilt the account around intent and cost. The execution sharpened every ad, keyword and landing page.

The Aurven strategy

The execution

  1. 01Strategy

    Campaign restructuring

    Campaigns rebuilt by city pair Underperforming campaigns paused Keywords refined, with broad match and negatives

  2. 02Strategy

    Automated bidding

    Switched to Maximize Conversions Target CPA based on historical data CPA stabilized, then expanded to more city pairs

  3. 03Execution

    Landing page optimization

    Faster page load speed Mobile responsiveness Clearer booking form CTA Streamlined booking process

  4. 04Execution

    Ad copy

    Copy tailored to each city pair Offers and promotions to lift CTR Clear CTAs such as “Book Now” and “Get a Quote”

The results

More bookings,lower costs, better ROI.

01

2.3x actual bookings

Confirmed bookings grew 2.3x, beyond the client’s initial goals.

02

52% lower campaign costs

More relevant traffic and better conversion rates cut costs by 52%.

03

Stronger ROI

Budget moved to the campaigns that convert.

Conclusion

By restructuring campaigns, automating bids with a target CPA, optimizing landing pages and refining keywords, Aurven significantly improved the brand’s Google Ads performance. The result was a big lift in bookings and a sharp drop in campaign costs.

A clear example of how ongoing, data-driven campaign optimization drives business growth.

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