Instructions for Adding Suggested Itineraries to Virginia.org
Adding your itineraries is easy with the online form in the Administration Tool.
The form provides a description field of up to 2,000 characters, so there is plenty of room to add your themed itineraries that best represent the experiences in your region with your travel industry partners. These itineraries should be written in short paragraph form, without hour by hour timelines. Suggested itineraries should market your region’s best features and “drivers” that makes you unique, the “sizzle and not the steak”.
Click here for an example.
NOTE: As the focus is moving away from the “passionality” themes, please rename and refresh the copy to again highlight your best marketing drivers. The ultimate goal is to inspire the travel trade professional to contact you directly for more ideas, details and assistance with customizing an itinerary for their groups.
The deadline to submit your itineraries online is Friday, March 26th to meet the publisher’s timelines.
We will review the itineraries as we receive them and contact you if there are any questions or need further copy or edits. If you have questions or challenges with the website, please contact:
- Mary Bishop, 804-545-5556, mbishop@virginia.org
- Casey Higgins, 804-545-5557, chiggins@virginia.org
Get started!
- Go to the www.Virginia.org website, click on the bottom right, “Add/Update a Listing”
- Log into the Administration Tool with your user ID and Password
- If you do not have an account for the Admin Tool, click here to register. This may take one business day for the Account Registration to be processed.
- Once you are logged in, click on ‘Create a New Listing’.
- Title the listing the same as your itinerary. Select ‘Suggested Itinerary’ from the drop-down list. Click ‘Next’.
- On the screen, “Suggested Itinerary”, select sub-categories in either ‘Single Day’ or ‘Multi-Day’ (do not select subcategories in both).
- Please add your description and tailor it to the length of the trip in an easy paragraph format. Add dates if necessary. Your description may be up to 2000 characters in length.
- Each itinerary should include the following:
- Day Trips
Length – half day or full day
Attractions to be visited
Lunch location if available
See this Single Day itinerary as an example, Student Tour of Staunton, http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?AttrID=56905
- Multi-Day Trips
Include the length of the trip. For example – 2 days 1 night; 3 days 2 nights; 4 days nights; or one overnight
See this Multi-day itinerary as an example, A Taste of Norfolk http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?AttrID=58209
- Day Trips
- When completed, click ‘Next’.
- On this screen, enter the address of the contact for this trip. Be sure to select the region and locality in the drop-down menus. Add your phone number, email and a website address where more information can be found. To add an image, select ‘Browse’ and find the image on your computer. The image will be resized and uploaded when you click ‘Submit’.
- Once submitted, the itinerary will be placed in our review queue. You will receive an email confirmation once it has been accepted to Virginia.org, usually about 2-3 business days. You can view itineraries from the Group Tour site.
If you have any questions on any of these instructions for the website, please contact:
- Casey Higgins, 804-545-5557, chiggins@virginia.org
- Mary Bishop, 804-545-5556, mbishop@virginia.org
