Cape Town

Why should my business become a member of CityGuideSA.com

Win - Win Philosophy

At CityGuideSA.com we believe that by creating the best possible user environment for visitors we create a win-win situation for both the traveller and the Tourism Service Provider or T.S.P. (Our members).

Providing the best environment means quickly relaying accurate and detailed information to the traveller and, most important of all, encouraging the user to move out of our site directly to the T.S.P. if they so desire.

This is the difference between a dead-end directory which normally is out to build their own business using T.S.P.'s established brand names and a truly functional "Portal" providing a useful gateway between customers and providers.

Even more so, it is encumbent on any portal to provide, where possible, services that add value for both the user (traveller) and its members(T.S.P.s)

This is core to our philosophy and the fundamental driving factor behind the success we have enjoyed so far.

• Read how the traveller wins



• Read how our members win



• Compare using our Registration Type Comparison Chart



• Download a copy of our application form or join online!



• e-Mail a consultant if you would like us to contact you or send you more information

How does the traveller win?

Travel is a unique and specialised area of the internet and in order to create a successful, popular and well-used portal it is imperative to think like a traveller.
This is the standard to which our editorial team aspires. The question we ask every time we add something to our site is: "How is the user going to benefit from this?"

By using CityGuideSA.com travellers derive several benefits including:

• Access to detailed information listings on establishments, services, products and attractions across southern Africa in ten major categories and 69 minor categories
  
  
  > Public reviews on these listings with gradings
  > Direct access to the websites or booking engines of members' listings and members' e-mail addresses
  
  
  
• Personal assistance and advice from our manned customer care centre with local numbers in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa



• The ability to plan a full itinerary and have a single quote, a single invoice and just one payment!



• Comprehensive articles on South African travel and tourism related subjects



• Detailed events lists for all major cities and categories

How does the member win?

Becoming a member of CityGuideSA.com will result in traffic. Traffic in turn translates into enquiries which similarly translates into new customers and revenue.

That said, traffic is not enough - the traffic needs to be QUALITY traffic. In other words users that are more likely to become customers!

This is where a portal like CityGuideSA.com - which specialises in promoting South African destinations - can be very useful to you.

Our speciality is attracting traffic that is interested in South Africa as a destination. By the time we have passed this traffic to you they have either booked already via our travel advisory desk or they have been through a process of searching through our category structure and have read through your listing.

The quality of this traffic is therefore higher than you would expect from normal search engine traffic and more likely to convert to business.

In order to gain traffic and provide other value-added services, CityGuideSA.com currently offers the following benefits to its members:

• Listings in our directory
  
  
  > This includes direct email and web links so that travellers can communicate directly with you or enquire directly from your website.
  > Any direct enquiries are NON-commissionable!
  > Detailed statistics with secure access in our members' area so that you can monitor your campaigns



• Listing with our advisory and conference desks



• Posting of unlimited special offers on our sites



• Advertising opportunities on CityGuideSA.com sites*



• Listing on Yahoo Travel* (There are other good travel portals too!)



• Advertising on CityGuideSA Maps*



• Inclusion in articles, features and reviews for mass distribution*



• Inclusion in newsletters to our readers*

*Extra charges may apply

Key Metrics: Just how popular are we?

Worldwide Alexa Ranking: Top 25,000

Alexa Rank amongst South Africans: Top 50
Alexa independantly ranks sites in terms of their popularity amongst a statistical grouping of users

Alexa Radar - SA Movers and Shakers: Top 10 fastest growing

In the last 30 days:

• 11 in every 100 people in the world that searched Google for Cape Town came to http://capetown.cityguidesa.com/
• 10 in every 100 people in the world that searched Google for Durban came to http://durban.cityguidesa.com
• 11 in every 100 people in the world that searched Google for Knysna came to http://gardenroute.cityguidesa.com

Indexed pages on Google: over 50,000

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If you would like more details on our metrics please contact us