The owners of the Texas Hill Country Travel App were born and raised in Texas, and work in the Hill Country. We’re passionate about supporting local business, including chambers of commerce and local government. Our app was crafted to target customers like travelers in the region or local citizens, who can more easily stay focused on their mobile devices, reducing distractions they’d find on the web in general. In short, the app effectively brings local businesses and customers together.
The app contains over 1,800 categorized business listings that cover 30 Hill Country towns. It’s the largest of its kind, and includes a calendar of over 100 local events per month. User reviews are positive, with an average 4.9-star rating on Google. We strive to keep the app easy to use; so we’re limiting advertising options somewhat to avoid “clutter” that can turn users away. With that said, the earlier you opt in to advertise with us, the more you’ll benefit from our powerful customer outreach.
One challenge to running a small business is getting people in your door. The Texas Hill Country Travel App drives local customers to you! We partner with businesses whose goods and services appeal to travelers visiting the region. Our listings are category-driven, with subsets like Antiques, Restaurants, and Wineries; these help our users search accurately, and you can apply up to two of them to your business listing.
All listings are custom made in-house, with no charge for a basic one. Paid plans work on an annual basis, with types designed to fit all budgets. Our app is the biggest of its kind in the area, and is crafted to benefit your bottom line. We’re as effective as Google Ads at a lower cost, and without distracting banner ads. When you take early advantage of a paid listing package, you’ll also receive an introductory pricing discount.
This is our most basic business listing. Your business will appear on the mobile app, with essential information included. These listings are restricted by limited availability, and are prioritized behind paid packages; the addition of basic business listings is not guaranteed to occur immediately, depending on our work flow.
This paid package is a step up from our basic business listing; it offers higher priority and allows for increased visibility for your business. It includes all the information of a basic listing, plus additional details that not only paint a more accurate picture of your goods and services, but provide more contact and location information.
Our premium business listing assures higher visibility and competitiveness for your business listing. This level of listing is limited to four businesses per category, and its advanced perks rotate evenly; you’ll always be guaranteed a placement in the top four businesses in your assigned category.
This is the highest-visibility, and highest-priority, business listing you can have on the app, and it guarantees top-spot listing in your category of choice. Whenever a user accesses your category in your town, your business will be highlighted and starred at the top of the category. As such, we can only offer one featured listing per category.
As an added perk to all our paid business advertising options, we will also run your business listing on the Backroads Reservations website. Each town in the Hill Country has its own page, and your listing will appear in your category of choice at the bottom of your town’s page. We rank very highly on SEO searches, so this is another way we’ll help drive customers to your business.
Every business has big events they sponsor or host, and the Texas Hill Country Travel App will help you attract excited crowds to yours! From everything like weekly Bingo nights to the biggest yearly blowout festivals, we list well over 100 local Hill Country events a month, and with our targeted audience of regional citizens and travelers, your event listings will get their attention without any distracting ads or Internet noise. We have three event listing options, one of which is sure to fit your budget and get attention. We do ask our event advertisers to give us as much lead time as possible (ideally, at least 90 days) so we can get the information on our app in a timely manner.
This is our most essential and basic event listing type, which effectively relays necessary information to our app users. Event listings are searchable by town, date, and event name.
Premium event listings assure higher visibility and competitiveness within our app for your event. This level of listing is limited to four events at any given time, and its advanced perks rotate evenly; you’ll always be guaranteed a placement in the top four events in the most current event listings.
This is the highest-visibility, and highest-priority, listing you can have for your special event on the app, and it guarantees top-spot listing for your event. Whenever a user accesses the event listings, your event will be highlighted and starred at the very top. As such, we can only offer one featured event listing at a given time.
If you have a property in the Hill Country that you’d like to have considered as a vacation home for travelers in the region, we’d love to hear from you! We’ve got over 20 years of experience helping valued guests put together amazing vacation packages, and an important role in our success is played by property owners who partner with us. We’ll put our expertise to work giving your vacation home the highest visibility in the region with the Texas Hill Country Travel App, our website, and dozens of affiliate property websites.
This is our essential and basic vacation home listing; it effectively relays necessary information to our app users. Vacation home listings are searchable by town and other amenity criteria. This package offers essential priority and visibility for your vacation home.
*Package is not available in all locations. Please inquire.
Higher visibility and competitiveness are available with the premium-level vacation home listing in the app. This level of listing is limited to four vacation homes in a specific town, and its advanced perks rotate evenly; you’ll always be guaranteed a placement in the top four home listings events in your targeted town.
*Package is not available in all locations. Please inquire.
A featured vacation home listing on the app offers the highest visibility and priority to your listing! It guarantees top-spot listing in the town in which your property is listed, and your vacation home will be highlighted and starred for added emphasis. As such, we can only offer one featured vacation home listing per town.
*Package is not available in all locations. Please inquire.
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