There’s no better way to promote your business to Bude’s visitors…

We’re an independent company with the sole aim of promoting Bude and ensuring visitors to Bude have a fantastic time and return! We are entirely self-funded and are not funded by Bude-Stratton Town Council or Cornwall Council – so we need the financial support of businesses within our catchment area to fulfil our goal!

As a Member of Bude Area Tourist Board, you will be promoted online, in the TIC, within our guide books and the TIC staff will actively promote your business. We’re entirely self funded, so we promote your business over non-member businesses.

on the VisitBude website
within the Bude Tourist Information Centre
within our printed Bude Guide booklets
during face-to-face / phone and digital enquiries

We’ll provide you with a fantastic level of promotion, and in return you’ll be paying a small membership fee. We would not be operational without the support of our member businesses.

Where else can you get this level of promotion for £150 per year?

How much would it cost to place a one-off advert in a local paper, which would probably not be seen by visitors and certainly wouldn’t be seen by prospective visitors?
If our promotion results in only 500 visitors arriving at your business, the equivalent cost is just 30p per person!

In addition to all of this, there will be ad hoc benefits and opportunities throughout the year.

The Bude catchment area…

Almost every visitor to Bude will travel by car for an hour to visit an attraction or activity. Well over half of them will travel by car for 90 minutes.
Therefore, we are happy to promote any business within 90 minutes of Bude.

What can we do for you…

You’ll have a full listing on the VisitBude website...

800 to 4,500 hits every day
Comprehensive Visit, Stay, Eat & Play sections
Comprehensive What’s on? and events calendar

You’ll be promoted in the Bude Tourist Information Centre (TIC)…

The largest TIC in Cornwall (maybe the second largest if Newquay TIC get new premises)
Over 200,000 (probably more in 2019) visitors every year plus contact with thousands of visitors/potential visitors via phone, email and online chat
Fully staffed 360 days of the year
Open every day, 10am-5pm (4pm on Sunday) October to June.
Open until 6pm every day during July, August and early September.
Member business tourist attraction leaflets / menu on prominent display for visitors to take
Member business folders and displays for visitors to browse
Large gift shop and cafe

You’ll be promoted in the relevant official Bude Guide…

Visit: Out & About
Visit: Lower Wharf & Harbour Guide
Visit: Bude Map
Play: Things to Do
Eat: Food & Drink

The series of guides we produce and distribute are the only dedicated guides available to visitors in Bude and those planning their visit to Bude.

Distributed from the TIC, a selection of TICs across Devon and Cornwall and our member hotel, cottage and campsites
Posted for free to potential visitors

You could be promoted on our Social Media…

We own the Bude, Summerelaze Beach and Crooklets Beach Facebook pages
Instagram
Twitter

…promotion on our Social Media accounts is included in the membership fee for silver and gold members

Prices and Membership Tiers

Standard membership: £150

Member Listing on VisitBude website – 5 images, comprehensive description, listing in all applicable sections and categories within Visit, Eat and Play.
Bude TIC Booking Service and Helpline
Designated leaflet slot to display tourist leaflets and menus etc in TIC
Listing on TIC external window
Use of WeareBude Member logo
Promotion of Special Offers and Events
Access to subsidised training courses
Directory listing in the appropriate 2019 official Bude Guide
Option to place adverts in the numerous guides we publish throughout the year
Contact details and link to your website

Silver membership: £350

Silver Membership: £350

All standard membership benefits, plus

1/4 page and photo directory listing in the appropriate 2019 official Bude Guide
Social media interaction and unique posts
Promotion in WeAreBude eNewsletter
Access to PR opportunities
Subsidised advertising rates to include your adverts in the series of printed publications we produce every year.

Gold membership: £450

Gold Membership: £450

All standard and silver membership benefits, plus

1/2 page and photo directory listing in the appropriate 2019 official Bude Guide
Promotion in WeAreBude eNewsletter
Access to PR opportunities
Feature blogs on VisitBude website (just give us the information/text/images and will publish)
Featured Offers / Events on VisitBude website home page
Use of Gold member logo
Significantly reduced priced advertising

What we ask from you...

What we ask from you…

Make the most of your membership! Tell us about your events (add them to our website events calendar and send us a poster to display on the window and in the TIC), tell us about any special offers you may be running and anything else we should know about to tell our visitors.
If you are a gold member, regularly send us images and text so we can post blog posts and shout about you on social media.
Engage with us on social media. Tag @VisitBude and use #WeAreBude
Display the WeAreBude Member Logo on your website, and provide a reciprocal link to our website (we link to your website, its only fair)!

Enhance your promotion (optional)

Additional official Bude Guide publications

In addition to your free directory listing in a guide, you may like to have a directory listing in one of our other publications such as VISIT: Bude Map, EAT, PLAY and VISIT.

Standard Member: £75
Silver Member: £50
Gold Member: £25