Become a marketing partner with Golf Vancouver Island!

Golf Vancouver Island (GVI) is an award-winning golf sector destination marketing organization generating destination awareness, client-direct bookings for partners, and supplementary bookings through a central reservation office for golf travel to Vancouver Island.

Support the growth of golf travel coming to Vancouver Island by joining the Vancouver Island Golf Trail today.

Register for the 2023-24 Marketing Program

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Please select applicable categories. Refer to the Partner Program description if unsure. Select returning golf course only if you were part of the program last year. If you are registering for more than one category, you can submit multiple registrations using the same form. (e.g. both hotel and golf course)

Featured Golf Course – 18 Hole – Returning – $3,595

Featured Golf Course – 9 Hole – Returning – $2,195

Featured Golf Course – 18 Hole – New – $5,000

Featured Accommodation Partner – $2,695

Featured Transportation Partner – $2,695

Featured Activities & Services Partner – $995

Featured Real Estate Partner – $3,595

Destination Marketing Organization – $5,395

DMO EBLAST – Preferred Month of Distribution (first come, first served)

Destination Marketing Organization partners receive one (1) Dedicated Eblast to the Emerald Club database. Please select your preferred date.

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July

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Available Ad-Ons – Email Marketing

Golf Vancouver Island has curated a targeted, golf travel-focused email marketing database of over 50,000 individuals that receive a minimum of eight emails annually. Golf Vancouver Island Partners have the opportunity to reach this audience through two of options to share your message.

Content Sponsorship offer a 600x300px Image/graphic and up to 75 words in a pre-scheduled newsletter. Note: Ads may not present golf packages or hotel stays unless the call to action is Golf Vancouver Island’s Central Reservations.

Dedicated Eblasts are emails containing only your message. Up to 4 images/graphics and 500 words in a dedicated send.

Emerald Club Newsletter Advertising – Content Sponsorship – $750

Emerald Club Newsletter Advertising – Dedicated Eblast – $2,000

CONTENT SPONSORSHIP – Select Preferred Month of Distribution (first come, first served)

January

February

March

April

May

July

August

September

DEDICATED EBLAST – Preferred Month of Distribution (first come, first served)

January

July

August

September

Available Ad-Ons – Golf Trail Pass Value Offer(Required)

Golf Vancouver Island annually sells 450 Golf Trail Passes to residents of Vancouver Island. Would you like to extend an offer to these card holders?

Trail Card Value Offer: New for 2024, the Golf Trail Card will be a digital pass, delivered through the Bandwango platform. Redemption is simple and it will provide additional opportunities for exposure of your product or offerings to our engaged Vancouver Island-based golf travelers. There is no cost to participate, just the extension of an opportunity to drive incremental revenue (e.g. 20% off in the proshop, free appetizer with purchase of two entrees, breakfast credit with stay package, the options are yours.)

Yes, We Have An Offer To Share [NO COST TO PARTICIPATE]

No, We Do Not Have An Offer To Share

Trail Card Value Offer

Estimated Fees

Cost for Featured Golf Course – 18 Returning: $3,595 +GST

Cost for Featured Golf Course – 9 Hole: $2,195 +GST

Cost for Featured Golf Course – New: $5,000 +GST

Cost for Golf Course Online Directory & Listing Link Only: $1,250 +GST

Cost for Featured Accommodation Partner: $2,695 +GST

Cost for Featured Transportation Partner: $2,695 +GST

Cost for Featured Activities Partner: $995 +GST

Cost for Featured Real Estate Partner: $3,595 +GST

Cost for Destination Marketing Organizations: $5,395 +GST

Content Sponsorship Cost (each): $750 +GST

Dedicated Eblast Cost (each): $2,000 +GST

Upon submission of your registration, a Golf Vancouver Island representative will forward a final agreement and invoice.

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AUTHORIZATION

GOLF COURSE PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS

GOLF TRAIL CARD: All golf course partners are required to participate in the annual Vancouver Island Golf Trail Card Program. A separate agreement will be sent in regards to participation.

NET RATE: Golf Course are required to provide the GVI central reservation office a net rate reflective of 20% off the regularly published rates and 10% off any discounted rates that are available to the general public. The requirement for 10% off the discounted rate will not apply to Groupon or other deep-cut programs or for bookings within 48 hours of the day of travel.

ACCOMMODATION & TRANSPORTATION PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS

NET RATE: Accommodation and transportation partners are required to provide the GVI central reservation office a net rate reflective of 20% off the rate utilized in the hotel golf package construction and 10% off any discounted rates that are available to the general public. The requirement for 10% off the discounted rate will not apply to Groupon, Couvon or other deep-cut programs or for bookings within 48 hours of the day of travel. Provision of this pricing structure will allow GVI to sell each partner’s golf package at the same level as the accommodator directly and still permit for commissions to travel agents and golf wholesalers.

When special promotional rate incentives are implemented, please communicate these offers to GVI. In exchange for 10% commission; we can post them on our Last Minute Deals page of the website, averaging 2,500 page views per month and include them in our E-Newsletter with distribution of over 50,000.

To facilitate ease of packaging with multiple partners, hotel partners are asked to have their FIT packaging low season with the Golf Vancouver Island central bookings office end no earlier than April 30th and begin no later than November 1st. This stipulation is needed for the GVI office only. Hotels can of course set any other FIT rates and seasons with any other operators as they see fit.

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