Country Roads

Country Roads, the network, website and maps

Description

Country Roads is much more than just a website and much more than just a map. Country Roads even includes a reservations service and destination marketing services. But what makes Country Roads special is the network. By networking with us - your marketing net is wider and more effective.

The bigger picture. Countryroads.co.za partners with a number of other marketing and tourism networks by supplying their websites with provider content. The process is simple you join countryroads.co.za and suddenly you can get your product listed on a number of other tourism sites as long as it is relevant. So if your place is in Zululand you could get listed on zululandtourism.co.za. What’s interesting is that if you update your details on the one site those updates are propagated to the others you are listed on.

Its effective: more customers see your product more often in the planning stages of their journey. www.countryroads.co.za is a portal that attracts large volumes of internet traffic. we currently generate 6000 enquiries each month. These are not hits, but actual people sending enquiries to actual places.

• You retain complete control: Using our custom-built content management system you can change your details whenever and as often as you like. What's more, your information is created in a search engine friendly format. You can upload new pictures or change pictures too.
• Decent statistics. At last you can measure exactly how successful this site is. Infact many of our members are using the countryroads.co.za solution to measure the success of their own website.
• Don’t be left out. With already over 7000 establishments listed on countryroads.co.za it seems silly that not to be part of the definite trend to internet marketing using the countryroads solution.

Rates

• Trial Listing:
  Getting a trial listing on the website for R500.  All enquiries are routed directly. Once you see that its effective in that you get a regular stream of enquiries we will contact you and offer a subscription. If you wish to keep the listing then you accept the subscription.
• Subscription Listing:
  Pay an annual fee of R1000 and become a full member of the Country Roads network. Enquiries are delivered directly into your mailbox and no commission is levied.
  
  
• Sponsored Listings:
  Getting a sponsored listing is aimed at emerging tourism establishments and providers with a limited budget. Countryroads.co.za covers the costs and no commission is levied and the enquiries go directly to the provider. This is our contribution to uplifting tourism in local communities. Please contact us for more details.
  
  
• Featured listing:
  A featured listing gives you a featured ad that gets displayed at random intervals for search queries for your region. If you are in the Drakensberg and a search is made for that region (e.g. Monks Cowl or Northern Drakensberg) then the best matching featured ad gets displayed. We also provide exact statistics of how many times your featured ad was viewed and how many times it was clicked
  
  
• Regional Maps:
  Country Roads also produces regional maps for tourist areas of the country. There are limited advertising opportunities on these maps. Please contact us for further details.
  
  
• Tourist Guide Book:
  Country Roads now also produces a guidebook for regions of South Africa. Please contact us for further details.