Our Deal -

THE ONLY WAY TO GET THERE IS TO GO THERE !

Welcome to Go There, South Africa’s fully comprehensive networked Backpacker & Adventure Guide for Travelers in Southern Africa. Find Accommodation and Adventure operators and general information all in one place! An advanced and user friendly website system Go There - Backpacker Deals allows you to navigate your way through Southern Africa to your destination of choice in just 3 clicks, whilst a funky and informative Go There Got Here eco Newspaper style Magazine keeps you updated twice a year on the current travel buzz with a Summer and Winter edition in both print and electronic mediums.

A first for Travellers in South Africa is our 24 hour call line providing users with practical and emergency information for travel or accommodation related queries any time of the day or night. Based upon a system of 'Deals' (Deals Network TM) whereby every Client/Advertiser offers something 'extra' a 'good deal' to the user/traveller that they wouldn’t get from any other website.Go There will become the only way to easily plan your travels, accommodation, activities and fun in Southern Africa (soon to be in Australia)

Why sign up with Go There?

If you are an establishment that relies on the travel / tourism industry to make a living, you would be well aware of the high costs implicated in advertising your business in some of the existing Backpacker & Travel publications. Go There has been developed by a team of people (Hostel/Travel Lodge owners and tour guides) who have been in the hospitality industry for many years and are well aware of the fluctuating realities of a seasonal tourism climate. For this reason Go There offers its clients sign up options to suit their budget. Market research has shown that the average annual subscription to these Backpacking travel publications costs between R6000 – R9000 per year, with many Hostels not covering their costs and some smaller publications and city guides are charging between R1000 / R2000 per block advert for just 3 months.

Go There is less expensive than these publications, by up to two thirds on its annual subscription,and, for those who can’t afford to pay a lump some upfront but can work a monthly payment into their budget scheme – Go There offers a monthly debit order option OR you can pay by credit card. Go There allows for change, unlike a number of other publications and websites where you only get one chance a year to put forward your business information, Go There releases it’s funky eco Newspaper Magazine twice a year and refreshes it’s website information quarterly. This makes it easy for clients to change rate info according to season, offer new deals and share any exciting new developments on their business profile.

How does it work?

The Website

Go There is the umbrella company for the Deals Network TM which at present consists of Backpacker Deals and Adventure Deals ( branching out next into Entertainment Deals then Safari Deals, Travel Deals, Car Hire Deals with many more to come. The website serves as the interactive source for all this information with a stylised functionality that operates in the same way for all the Go There Deals sites. This makes it easy for users to navigate their way around the web pages, with certain tabs, buttons and links remaining consistent throughout ( no more searching for the accommodation button amongst a myriad of articles and adverts). Every Backpacker in the country has a basic listing on the Go There Backpacker Deals website for free, making it the ultimate listing of Backpackers in the country. Only those who subscribe get a live link, their contact details, their own booking form and the thing every user will look for the 'Deals logo button' . The same will apply to the Adventure deals site and the two will be linked with a simple click.

The Publication

- Go There Newspaper Magazine
- In print and on the website

Go There, Got Here is our funky eco Newspaper Magazine publication and will be similarly linked to the Go There website in style and format, and will serve as a more travel friendly version. ( there will be an electronic version available on the website too). Each province will have pages for block adverts/ photo's for Backpackers/ Restaurants/Adventure Co's who want to have a bigger profile in the unique Go There print publication, whilst all signed up Go There Backpacker and Adventure clients will automatically be in the A-Z listing which will feature the Deals TM logo with their contact details. There will be a large centre page fold map clearly indicating each province, national roads and popular routes, regions, cities and towns. Editorial content is conversational and informative, featuring interesting popular titbits playing on the Go There / Got Here terminology. Each province will have an events section which will highlight festivals, parties and gigs, plus all the must do's of each province, relevant restaurants, shops and other obvious travel related points of interest will be advertised in an interesting travel log style. The Go There funky eco Newspaper Magazine will serve as the voucher/coupon for the user to get their 'Deal' from the profiled clients and advertisers, so likely to be well read and passed on to other travellers.

24 Hour Helpline

Go There is offering travellers a unique' first' a 24 hour call line for information. This is created to help users with spontaneous decisions, general info and emergency situations. Our operators will be trained to point all business related queries/bookings towards the signed up Deals clients. They will have a database of information at their fingertips to assist with any travel related topics. Standard call rates will apply.

The Deals concept

When becoming a client of Go There, you are required to offer a 'Deal'. This is an obvious incentive that will pull user traffic to the Go There Backpacker Deals website and Go There Newspaper Magazine, thus making it the most popular choice for travellers in Southern Africa. Most people when travelling are looking to save money where possible, and often type words such as ‘deals, cheap and budget’ into their internet searches and the Go There website is optimised to pick up on these requests, and will feature high up on the search engine results for any such search queries.

Go There clients offering 'Deals' will be clearly marked with the Deals TM button logo, thereby standing out significantly from unsigned listed establishments and for obvious reasons users will approach our signed Deals clients first.The Deals offered will vary according to what the clients/advertisers choose, there is no standard Deal – as long as there is a notable Deal (not free tea and coffee)! examples are -'Stay for 3 nights, get 1 free' - 'free continental breakfast' - '15 % discount when booking for 2 people' - '20% off a tour' are just some of the enticing Deal options that Go There clients will offer it’s users.

GO THERE !

Backpackers and Adventure Companies Sign up Options

Option A: R195 per month payable by monthly debit for 12 months

- website profile page with colour photographs
- description of your business with free quarterly changes
- direct booking form
- activated link to your business website which opens within the Go There page
- Deal TM logo button with your Deal special offer highlighted on the website
- Deal TM logo button on your A-Z listing in the Go There Newspaper Magazine

Option B: R2145 - upfront annual subscription - 1 Month free!

- includes all of the above
- with first option to book a block advert in Go There Newspaper Magazine (as limited space in the first Edition)

Optional extra - Newspaper Magazine Photo Block Advert

- for 2 seasons
- with either A or B (only avail to subscribers)
- highly recommended optional extra
- limited space in the first edition
- 5X4cm block advert / photo in spot colour with your Deal in both editions

Other Advertisers

Restaurants, Bars, Car Hire, or service providers to the Travel/Backpacker industry R1500 per season (6 months)

- 5X4cm block advert /photo in spot colour with your 'Deal' in the Go There Newspaper Magazine
- R2700 for both seasons (12 months -10% discount)

Payment Options

- We accept credit card payments!
- Annual payments 10% discount
- Monthly Debit Order

LAUNCH SPECIAL - 2 in 1 SPECIAL OFFER

- Website and Newspaper Magazine
- Pay both annual subscriptions in advance and get a 15% discount! (incl c/c payments)

GOT HERE!

Promotion & Distribution - The funky eco Newspaper Magazine Go There Got Here will be distributed nationwide through all the signed Clients and Advertisers - Backpackers, Lodges, Adventure offices and Tourism Centres, Airports and much more. The Go There Backpacker Deals Website has a SEO (search engine optimisation) team working consistently on its profile popularity and has a number of domain names pointing to it including media promotions, Travel Shows in 2011 etc.