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Review: Lanierbb.com
This site, although not particularly eye catching, seems to get decent traffic and create a modest return. A long established directory, Pam Lanier’s is one of the few remaining print directories promoting bed and breakfasts. Membership in the site includes the print listing. Also includes membership via the travelguides.com URL. Recently [...]
Review: A-ZHotels.Net
A-ZHotels.Net has emailed us possibly more than any other directory. Unfortunately prior to now, we havent been tracking the number of emails we have received from each advertiser, but we have started to do so in 2008. A-ZHotels.net emails are often borderline broken English and always include bizarre capitalized words and bold sentences. [...]
Review: GuideBookAmerica.com
Guidebookamerica.com is another directory listing site that frequently emails innkeepers to solicit their advertising dollars. The site claims that they are “the only online travel directory of its kind”. If by that they mean confusing, cluttered and a spammy mess, well then they may be top of the class. Save your money. [...]
Review: InspectedInns.org
Another of the mass e mailers, I turn attention today to the site inspectedinns.org. Interestingly I have received many emails to subscribe to this site, but only a few were addressed to our inn. This definitely makes the offer seem spammy. They tout that the inns listed in the directory are inspected [...]
Review: BestRomanticInns
A frequent email solicitor, the site BestRomanticInns.com also advertises under GreatWeddingVenues.com as well as ConventionsMeetings.com. That certainly doesn’t start the review process off on the right foot. The emails are sent using a third party, emailbrain.com, and therefore are full of tracking links. This is a bad practice. Track visits at [...]
Review: BBDirectory.com
Todays email contained several directory advertisements. I am starting with the first that I received today, from BBDirectory.com. This site invited me to update my information, despite the fact that I had never submitted any information to them. A quick look around revealed information from 3 innkeepers (nearly 9 years) ago. [...]
Review: RealAdventures.com
I was inspired to review this site after a recent PAII forum posting about their questionable innkeeper advertising tactics. Seems that they participate in the “free listing” scheme where they list your inn for you, then want you to sign up to see the leads that they have generated. This is a pretty [...]
Review: ILoveInns.com
The pleasant color scheme of this site is romantic, but not in your face. Original content abounds, including innkeeping tips and information, as well as guest based information. Award style pages are unique and feature inns for free. Reciprocal link program to be “featured” is a low cost way to get into [...]
Review: theinnkeeper.com
Direct links are most prominent here. Unlike many other sites, the less prominent “more information” link on your listing is to their own site. Reservations tab takes you to the inn reservations program directly, which is a nice touch.
The Good: 2 Clicks and I am at the link to your page. Thats [...]
Review: bbonline.com
Again, the basic level here seems to be the best for most advertisers. Definitely worth the $149 per year; I don’t know who would really benefit from the $500 package. I couldn’t find a region where that level of service would make sense in my search, other than for those that perhaps still [...]
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