Tourism industry - why join responsibletravel.com?

This section is for the travel and tourism industry and provides information on the benefits of joining responsibletravel.com,and details on how operators, accommodation providers and tourism organisations can join

What is responsibletravel.com?

• An online travel agent that connects travellers directly with operators or accomodation owners
• A marketplace for the industry to generate bookings from outstanding trips and accommodations that benefit the local community and the environment
• A network for the industry and local communities to promote information about responsible travel products, projects and initiatives
• A forum that enables travellers to feed back information about responsible travel products
• A business committed to campaigning for change in the tourism industry  

 

Why join responsibletravel.com?

• To receive high quality booking enquiries directly from travellers
• To be recognised by consumers and the media as a leading exponent of responsible travel
• To use the responsible travel member logo as an endorsement
• To work openly and transparently with industry colleagues and travellers to continuously improve products and practices - to put something back

Marketing responsibletravel.com

• responsibletravel.com generates significant traffic (over 200,000 unique users/month)
• We have 41,000 travellers registered to our ezine
• We run print supplements with the national press in the UK
• We make a significant investment in on-line marketing and content partnerships
• We advertise with our members;- shared cost - in the UK media and invest in our own advertising
• In Aug 2004 we launched our A new awards scheme for Responsible Tourism with The Times, World Travel Market and Geographical, Magazine of The Royal Geographical Society
• We have marketing partnerships with major businesses including The Body Shop
• We write for UK papers/magazines and have excellent worldwide media relationships

Promoting your trips / accommodation on responsibletravel.com

• Membership for Tour Operators is on an annual fee (graded by size of business and starting at £250) and commission on confirmed bookings basis.
• Membership for accommodation owners is on an annual fee (graded by cost per room per night) and commission on bookings basis, from 10%. A commission only option is only available for properties that charge less than £50 per room per night.
• Membership for community owned tourism ventures (51%) is free
• All members must meet our minimum responsible travel criteria
• Tour operators and accommodation owners please contact Richard Skinner richard@responsibletravel.com

 
Non tourism companies who like to sponsor / take out banner ads on responsibletravel.com

• Please contact Paul Snudden paul@responsibletravel.com to enquire about sponsorship and advertising opportunities on the responsibletravel.com site for non tourism organisations