Touristlink.com announces new social features enabling campers to connect with campground hosts and fellow campers

Nagpur, India -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/04/2013 -- Touristlink.com, a social network connecting travelers with local travel providers announces a set of new features allowing small business owners to list private campgrounds on the site alongside their social profiles. Campground hosts will be able to upload information and pictures. While members visiting the page will be able to ask questions and interact with the hosts before planning a trip. Visitors to the site will be able to see the profiles of other travelers who have visited a particular campground in the past and who might be planning a visit in the future. This is a key point of interaction and can be useful for those planning a trip and looking for specific information.

The website already lists over 7,000 campgrounds around the world. This means that visitors to the site can already find it useful to plan a trip. Campground owners are encouraged to sign up on the site and if they find their campground already listed it can be claimed it in a simple process. Getting a campground listing on the site is free and the site founders intend to keep it that way. Touristlink is not a booking engine for campgrounds but visitors to the site can inquire about a particular campground. The inquiry is passed along free of cost to the designated campground manager. Touristlink provides campground owners with these leads free of cost unlike traditional booking engines which charge a commission for this type of service.

These new features aim to provide travelers the information they need before they look to stay at a specific campsite. Since the site launched in October 2011 it has signed up over 5,000 local travel businesses, many of whom are offering their own deals on the platform. According to rankings on Alexa.com the site is now one of the largest social networks for travel.

About Touristlink
Touristlink is a social marketplace for travel that lets travelers get to know firsthand the local behind the tour they are planning or the small hotel they want to stay. Travelers tired of generic tour offerings can get unique trip ideas and offers direct from local providers as well as see reviews and recommendations of the same provider from other travelers. Businesses benefit in that they get additional online exposure and can access a host of tools to help them engage customers on traditional social media platforms. It's a great resource whether you want to get off the beaten path or just want to plan your own trip. Touristlink is managed by GotripIndia and has versions in both Spanish (es.touristlink.com) and Portugese (Touristlink.com.br).

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Mumbai, Maharashtra -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/28/2012 -- Touristlink.com a social network connecting travelers with small travel providers has announced plans to launch a social travel marketplace by the end of 2012. The new marketplace will cover different destinations and highlight the tours and packages as well as the members who are offering them. If visitors don't see what they are looking for they will also be able to make a request for whatever they want whether it is a "Taxi Pickup from the Airport" or a "Guided trip to Mt. Kilimanjaro ." Once a request is made it goes out to our network of travel agents and guides who can then make offers from which the member is free to choose one if he likes.

One problem with marketplaces is that to be successful they require a certain amount of participation to be successful. Visitors don't want to see empty pages and providers offering packages want some positive business response when they list something. Although the site launched a year ago the Touristlink team has waited paptiently in order to get sufficient traction before announcing plans to launch this product. Since the site launched in October 2011 it has signed up over 5000 local travel businesses many of whom are offering their own deals on the platform. In addition, according to rankings on Alexa.com the site is now one of the largest social networks for travel. Touristlink.com founder, David Urmann, commented "We are excited for the launch of the new marketplace as it will really bring to life our core offering for visitors."

Touristlink.com will highlight some of the best packages at each destination or visitors to the site can choose to browse all the trips offered by locals. Each trip is linked to the provider's social profiles where you can find reviews and contact information. Social tools make it easy to connect with providers and ask questions before actually booking a trip. Touristlink sponsored or "partnered packages" will be directly bookable via Touristlink and other packages will be only bookable via interaction with the provider.

Touristlink is a social marketplace for travel that lets you get to know firsthand the local behind the tour you are planning or the small hotel you want to stay. Travelers tired of generic tour offerings can get unique trip ideas and offers direct from local providers as well as see reviews and recommendations of the same provider from other travelers. Businesses benefit in that they get additional online exposure and can access a host of tools to help them engage customers on traditional social media platforms. It's a great resource whether you want to get off the beaten path or just want to plan your own trip. With over 5000 local experts it is perhaps the largest social marketplace connecting travelers and locals.

Touristlink is managed by GotripIndia and has versions in both Spanish and Portuguese .

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Touristlink a social market place for travel won first place as the Best Social Media Solution at EyeforTravel Asia in Hong Kong on Nov 20, 2012.

Maharashtra, India -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/26/2012 -- Touristlink.com won the award for Best Social Media Solution at the EyeforTravel Asia Conference which took place in Hong Kong on Nov 19- 20, 2012. Touristlink along with other regional and global travel companies including; Makemytrip.com and Hotels.com participated in the event. The Touristlink platform brings travelers together with each other and with local travel businesses. Travelers benefit in that they can find services and connect with people in the local travel industry before taking a trip. Businesses benefit in that they get additional online exposure and can access a host of tools to help them engage customers on traditional social media platforms.

Touristlink.com founder David Urman, who presented the company in Hong Kong , commented that "The award is a great acknowledgment of Touristlink's social travel marketing solutions for small travel businesses …since the site launched in October 2011 we have developed an active base of over 5000 active tour operators and small travel businesses making it the largest social network of its kind."

Some of the features which Touristlink provides include allowing travel providers to add their own trips and packages so that they can market them both on Touristlink and via the dominant social platforms. Touristlink.com highlights some of the best packages or visitors to the site can choose to browse all the trips offered by locals. Each trip is linked to the provider's social profiles where you can find reviews and contact information.

Touristlink is a social marketplace for travel that lets you get to know firsthand the local behind the tour you are planning or the small hotel you want to stay. Travelers tired of generic tour offerings can get unique trip ideas and offers direct from local providers as well as see reviews and recommendations of the same provider from other travelers. It's a great resource whether you want to get off the beaten path or just want to plan your own trip. With over 5000 local experts it is perhaps the largest social marketplace connecting travelers and locals. Touristlink is managed by GotripIndia and has versions in both Spanish and Portuguese .

About EyeforTravel
EyeforTravel is a leading travel news, conferences, exhibitions and reports company, running since 1997. Eyefortravel events attract between 200-1000 attendees respectively and are held across the globe in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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