Useful Tools & Resources

We believe in using tools and platforms already on the market that help you achieve what you need without spending a fortune.

We believe in using tools and platforms already on the market that help you achieve what you need to do without spending a fortune. Check out some of our recommended third-party resources and tools that are either free or cheap to use that can help you achieve great things.



Image Resources, Galleries & Graphics Editing

A great travel website needs great imagery to draw in customers and keep them interested. Here are a few resources to source your images from. Important: please DO NOT just take images from search engine results as are most are copyrighted and could land you in trouble if you use them without permission!

• Unsplash - image/photo library, including free to use options
• Pexels - image/photo library, including free to use options
• Canva - design striking graphics easily online

Customer Live Chat Software

Having a live chat feature on your website allows customers to contact you if they have queries or need help in finding suitable travel arrangements.

• Tawk
• LiveChat

Email Marketing

Keep in touch with your customers via email marketing. The Travelify platform automatically links to the majority of the large email marketing platforms, so you just have to write the content and send.

• GetResponse
• Mailerlite
• Mailchimp
• Klaviyo

Analytics & Tracking

It is important to know what is going on with your website, so being able to know how many visitors you are receiving and where they may be leaving your website is imperative.

• Google Analytics - see guides to add page view tracking & add conversion tracking
• Hotjar - understand how users behave on your website (trial plan available)

Advertising & Marketing

Driving traffic to your website is necessary to get bookings. Here are some suggested advertising platforms which you may be interested in - be sure to target your advertising with a niche area, generic advertising in travel is a waste of money as you will just be competing again the large global travel companies.

• How and why to submit your site to search engines (Semrush blog article)
• Travel Marketing Systems - simple marketing software to grow your travel business
• Google Adwords
• Facebook Marketing

Temporary Jobs, Freelancers & Agencies

Rather than pay a permanent member of staff, it is often cheaper and more efficient to utilise freelancers, agencies and temporary staff for smaller or specific jobs.

• Fiverr - find freelancers/agencies for all types of jobs
• Upwork