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Category: Tourism Best Practices
Archive
Category: Tourism Best Practices
Five Ways to Kick Off a Successful Season
Is your busy season just around the corner? For many tour and activity companies, this is a big time of year, and it’s worth preparing for. Don’t let 2018 slip by with missed opportunities and lost chances — kick off an amazing season this very moment. Update your approach Before your high season gets underway, […]
Written By | Nissa Campbell
7 Simple Ways to Make Your Tour Business More Sustainable
Sustainability is a journey with many steps along the way. To make your tour company truly sustainable, change needs to come at all levels. Evaluating your company’s core values can help. That doesn’t mean there aren’t concrete steps you can take now. Here are seven areas where any tour provider can make a difference, along […]
Written By | Nissa Campbell
Top 10 Productivity Hacks for Tour and Activity Providers
For many of us, finding the perfect productivity balance is a constant struggle. In high season, it’s hard to find time to get everything done. In low season, the lack of urgency gives procrastination room to rear its ugly head. If you aren’t happy with how much you’re getting done or how much you always […]
Written By | Nissa Campbell
Why VICs, Activity Desks and Other Local Distributors Deserve Your Tour Company’s Attention
When you transition to online bookings, the offline world of tour distribution starts to look a little dull in comparison. After all, you have a website, you’ve optimized your tours for search, you’re active on social media, and most travelers are booking online. So why bother with local distribution centers at all? But when you […]
Written By | Nissa Campbell
How Online Bookings Make Last-Minute Guests a Breeze
If you ever read consumer travel advice, you’ve probably seen the advice to book last-minute come up again and again. The constant repetition of that mantra works: over 40 percent of U.S travelers now use their smartphones to place bookings while they’re already travelling (Criteo, 2016). Last minute bookings are a double edged sword for […]
Written By | Nissa Campbell
6 Ways Online Booking Software Can Make Your Life Easier (Aside from Online Bookings)
You already know online bookings can make last-minute guests a breeze to handle, but that’s not the only way online booking software can make your life easier — even if you never want to take a single booking direct from customers on the web. Availability and Pricing Centralized availability tracking is mandatory if you’re taking […]
Written By | Nissa Campbell