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Our Story
WHY DID WE BUILD GUIDEADVISOR?
To connect travelers with TRUSTED guides BEFORE you book.
Maybe even before you decide where you want to go and what you want to do. We want you to get to know your guide. But not just any guide, a guide that WE have gotten to know and trust, one that we ourselves, or our friends or family, have met and been on a tour with. One that we can confidently and honestly say are one of the best Guides that we, the GuideAdvisor family, have had the pleasure of touring with. So that you can plan the best travel experience possible with them.
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GuideAdvisor.com serves both travelers and guides in a completely new way. We started out as a booking engine, like everyone else, but we listened to our customers, both guides and travelers, and they clearly said: “We do not want someone in between us, would someone please just connect us!” So that is what we do – BUT - we do so much more!
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Yes – we facilitate the travel planning process by bringing travelers and guides together to plan and execute the most authentic and memorable experiences possible, but we are also passionate about helping guides build and grow local businesses, and we are dedicated to helping these businesses reinvest and contribute as much as possible to their local economies so that they both continue to thrive.
HOW DO WE DO ALL OF THIS?
By helping Guides help themselves.
We provide our digital marketing expertise and services to the guides, yes, but we also help them to understand the world of digital marketing.
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For instance, we can help them set up their Google analytics, if they have not, so that they can determine which distribution/referral channels are sending them the most business, so that they can make informed decisions about how to spend their marketing dollars.
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We also suggest resources for them to use to build better websites, get tips on how to “be a better guide”, get a booking widget for their sites, all at a discounted rate (or for free) when they have a GuideAdvisor account.
By keeping it local.
We understand that Guides' margins are small, and they need to be able to reinvest as much as possible into their business and their local economies.
Our business model, and our advice, allows them to keep their marketing costs low and to reinvest more into their business and their local economies by hiring staff, buying new equipment, and any other resource they need to provide the best and safest travel experiences possible.
By helping Guides and Travelers giveback.
A contribution is made to our Kiva.org #GuidesGiveBack lending team for every guide. Kiva.org is a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty.