International Member Benefits
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One of the most beautiful listings available on the Internet: Our award-winning website features your inn with an elegant listing that includes user-friendly detailed descriptions, amenities, photo gallery, plus an easy-to-use reservation link and much, much more. High volume/high-quality traffic brings you more guests Query any of the major search engines for your city along with the term "bed and breakfast” and see for yourself why our websites, travelguides.com and lanierbb.com receive as many as 1 million unique visitors per month. Print listing in the best-selling B&B directory In 2007 we are celebrating our Silver Anniversary the 25th annual edition of The Complete Guide to Bed & Breakfasts, Inns, and Guesthouses. This continues to be a "perenially popular" (Publisher's Weekly) publication. There are now over 2.5 Million copies in print! Maximize your exposure Our goal is to increase your exposure, your property can double its exposure by listing in a second city within a 40 mile radius of your property. Another free benefit to help you fill your rooms! Multi-Media Promotion Recognized as a leading expert in the travel industry, Pamela Lanier has been featured on several segments of CNN and is regularly interviewed by media worldwide. Such exposure, along with the many articles and recommendations from dozens of magazines, trade journals, newspapers and government-sponsored tourist boards means "additional exposure" for your community and its member inns. * "We wish on behalf of the @Home New Zealand Auckland conference committee to thank you for the time and effort in making your presentation to the conference. We have received great feed back from the delegates, all complementary. Many, many thanks." - Kerry Hamilton-Conference Chair @Home New Zealand. Strategic Partnerships To get our member inns the exposure they need, we formed partnerships with search engines, travel sites and major consumer brands. Our members have appeared on Yahoo!, America Online, MSN, and many others. Consumer programs with Laneventure Furniture, Uncle Ben’s, Mattress.com, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, American Brands and others have helped to bring Bed and Breakfast travel into the mainstream and continue to enhance media awareness of inn travel as an excellent option for all kinds of travelers. Outstanding URLs Travelguides.com is an internationally recognized url and is known to travelers worldwide as an authoritative voice on lodging. Our other highly intuitive urls draw traffic to member inns from around the globe.
Legendary Member Service and Care International Support Page Comprehensive Traffic Reports We provide our members with comprehensive traffic reports at the beginning of every month so you can see how much traffic your listing is receiving. You can also check this traffic yourself at any time. We hope you will! Complete personal access to your online information
Update and add information, amenities, photos, deals, and recipes instantly through our online form at any time. Every listing includes a complete online traffic report! To access your listing, click here Ways to drive more traffic to your listing We'll help you promote your deals, specials and events, cookbooks and recipes. Our dynamic lists of members by specialty and amenities drives even more highly targeted traffic to your listing and from there via multiple links directly to your own web site. Eligibility to be featured in our monthly newsletter The B&B Club Gazette features B&B's, their deals and recipes to our website visitors. We send over 50,000 e-newsletters every month to travelers and innkeeper subscribers. A level playing field on our web site We don't have tiers of membership; we don't charge you per page view or per picture and all your reservations go directly to you no commissions. All members are equal and we are here to help you! The best value from the 20+ year proven leader Membership costs only .44 per day; $3.06 per week; $13.25 per month; $159.00 per year. Many members report recouping their fee in their first month of membership. Search Engine Favorite Online since 1992, our site consistently comes in at the top of the search engine results. Each member listing is highly crafted and indexed to be optimally navigated by search engines. Check the results for yourself. Run a Google search for "bed and breakfasts” and you will see for yourself that we are ranked amongst the top directories. Amenities & Indexes Guests love to search by amenities and we have 28 categories for special searches. Inclusion in these special searches are free and are part of your membership if they are applicable to your property. These amenity searches allow for easy and convenient navigation on our site by guests. |
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| "Multiple and syndicated reviews ensure that the Guide continues to be a 'Perennial Bestseller.' - Publishers Weekly "Your service and support were literally a phone call away... This transaction has been pure pleasure." - Old Town Chicago B&B Inn, Chicago, IL "I've been a member of Pamela Lanier's B&B Guide for the past 18 years. I wouldn't advertise with anyone else." - Alpine Hilltop Haus, Helen, GA "Reasonable price for a strong reach. Long time travel guide has great consumer credibility. Search is fast and concise. Most prominent links are to inn website directly." - Innkeeping.org from Jan. 08 "We made back the money we spent with you on the first day. It's probably the most cost effective advertising money we have ever spent." - Hotel St. Helene, New Orleans, LA |
