Promote your activity or attraction business with VisitBude

One of the key benefits of Activity & Attraction partnership with VisitBude is the opportunity to display your business leaflets or flyers on the wall at the Bude Tourist Information Centre (TIC).

This provides direct exposure to visitors who are already in Bude and actively looking for things to do during their stay. Many visitors call into the TIC specifically to gather ideas, compare options and plan their days, making leaflet display a highly effective way to capture interest at the point of decision.

Being present on the TIC leaflet wall also gives your business added credibility and visibility, as visitors often trust recommendations and information provided through the official Tourist Information Centre. It ensures your attraction is front-of-mind when families, couples and groups are choosing activities, experiences and days out in and around Bude.

This includes:

• Your flyers displayed on the TIC wall for visitors to browse and take away
• Direct exposure to visitors who are actively looking for things to do in Bude
• Inclusion in the Bude “Things to Do” booklet, which is free for visitors to pick up and use while planning their activities

Being featured within the TIC ensures your business is seen by engaged visitors at the point when they are making decisions about how to spend their time in Bude.

The Things to Do in Bude Guide is a booklet, designed and printed in-house by the Bude Tourist Information Centre. It showcases VisitBude partner attraction and activity businesses across Bude and the surrounding area.

The guide is primarily picked up by visitors who are already in Bude and actively looking for things to doduring their stay. It is also posted out to prospective visitors who request information while planning their trip.

As a trusted, physical guide that visitors use while they are in town, it provides an effective way to increase visibility, encourage footfall and ensure your business is front-of-mind when visitors are choosing how to make the most of their time in Bude.

Advertising on the VisitBude website gives your activity business a strong, professional online presence, helping visitors easily discover where to eat and drink while planning their trip or once they arrive in Bude.

Your listing includes:

• An image gallery to showcase the activities on offer, and the venue
• A full business description highlighting your unique selling points
• An integrated Google Maps location
• A direct link to your own website

This ensures your business is visible to visitors who are actively looking for thing sto do in Bude, increasing footfall, enquiries and overall awareness throughout the year.

VisitBude promotes partner businesses across its social media channels to help visitors discover great places to visit, and things to do while planning their trip or once they arrive in town.

As a VisitBude Partner, your business may benefit from:

• Activity spotlights and feature posts
• Inclusion in seasonal and themed campaigns (e.g. summer fun, winter stays, family-friendly etc)
• Promotion of special offers, events and seasonal updates
• Shares or tags of your own relevant posts where appropriate
• Exposure through wider destination marketing content highlighting things to see and do in Bude

To maximise your exposure, we encourage you to provide high-quality images, keep us informed if things change and develop, if you hold events, and ensure your listing details are accurate and up to date.

While individual post frequency cannot be guaranteed, active and engaged members are more likely to be included in campaigns and promotional features. Our goal is to showcase the best of Bude and help connect your business with visitors who are actively deciding what to see and do.

VisitBude provides a range of opportunities for member businesses to promote special offers and events to visitors who are actively looking for things to do in Bude.

You can share your updates with us, and we can feature them across VisitBude platforms, including the website, social media channels and through recommendations made at the Tourist Information Centre.

This is ideal for promoting:

• Seasonal changes
• Special offers
• Events
• Holiday periods and extended opening hours

To make the most of this promotion, we ask that you:

• Provide clear and accurate details of the offer or update
• Include dates, times and any key terms or conditions
• Supply high-quality images where possible
• Give us as much notice as possible before the promotion begins

Keeping us informed of your latest offers and seasonal changes helps ensure we can promote your business at the right time, reaching visitors when they are actively deciding what to do in Bude.

The cost to list your business with VisitBude is £150 per year.

This annual fee provides your property with year-round promotion through VisitBude, including your website listing and inclusion within our wider destination marketing activity. It offers an affordable way to increase visibility, reach visitors actively planning a stay in Bude and generate direct enquiries for your business.

If you are already a VisitBude Partner (for example through another membership category), you can add activity membership for just £50 per year, allowing you to promote your associated activities in a combined package.

If your venue offers both an activity or attraction and a food and drink experience, you can promote both through VisitBude by adding Food & Drink membership alongside your existing listing.

This allows your business to appear in both relevant sections of the VisitBude website and marketing, helping visitors discover not only what they can do at your venue, but also where they can eat and drink while they are there.

Adding Food & Drink membership ensures your restaurant, café or bar benefits from its own dedicated promotion, including visibility to visitors specifically searching for places to dine. This can help increase footfall, encourage longer visits and showcase the full experience your venue offers.

Food & Drink membership can be added for just £50 per year, providing a simple and cost-effective way to maximise exposure across multiple visitor interests.

In addition to your standard VisitBude membership benefits, a range of optional advertising opportunities are available to further increase your visibility and reach visitors at key decision-making moments during their stay.

Printed Booklet Adverts

Enhance your presence within the Things to Do in Bude Guide with a professionally designed advert to complement your standard text listing. Quarter, half and full-page advert options are available, helping your business stand out and attract greater attention from visitors browsing the guide.

A-board Advertising

Position your message exactly where visitors are deciding what to do next. Our A-board is located outside the Tourist Information Centre in the busy Crescent car park, right next to Bude Canal. This area sees constant footfall from visitors parking, using the Pay & Display machines or nearby public toilets. Being displayed directly outside the TIC adds a sense of trust and reassurance, helping visitors feel confident choosing your business. The TIC is open seven days a week throughout the year, ensuring your promotion is visible whenever visitors arrive.

Free Bude Map Advertising

In 2025, we distributed 35,000 copies of our free Bude Map, printed in regular batches and widely shared with visitors and accommodation providers. The map offers a large, prominent advertising space exclusively for member businesses, with the option to adapt the map colours to match your branding. This provides high-visibility, brand-aligned exposure in a practical publication that visitors use throughout their stay, and often take home with them afterwards.

VisitBude membership is a professional, two-way partnership. We actively promote your activity, and in return we ask members to uphold standards that reflect positively on visitors’ experiences and on Bude as a destination.

As a VisitBude Partner, we ask that you:

• Operate a safe, clean and fully compliant business, meeting all relevant legal and licensing requirements.
• Keep your opening times and key information accurate and up to date so visitors can rely on the details we promote.
• Offer fair and transparent pricing, menus and service information.
• Respond promptly and professionally to customer enquiries or bookings.
• Provide high-quality images and accurate descriptions of your offering (we can help with this if needed).
• Inform us of any significant changes, such as seasonal hours or temporary closures.
• Display the VisitBude membership logo on your website with a reciprocal link back to the VisitBude website where possible.

These expectations help ensure visitors can trust the recommendations they receive and enjoy a consistently positive experience in Bude, while supporting the reputation of your business and the wider destination.