Travel programmes to promote in the credit crunch

Which Travel affiliate programmes can do well in the credit crisis ?

As we enter 2009, the £ moves ever closer to equalling the €, more and more people worry about the cost of living and losing their jobs and major travel players cut capacity it might not be the best year to be a travel industry affiliate. So below I am looking at what the canny affiliate marketeer can do to make the best of the situation.

Promote Meta Search* – because people will be shopping round more than ever.
Consider Kelkoo at Tradedoubler, you can deeplink into specific travel categories
Also the travel search engine Henoo at Affiliate Future.

Promote UK holidays - because people might choose a British summer holiday thanks to the very weak pound.
Consider Park holidays and Blue Chip Vacations at Affiliate Window, Legoland holidays, Corus hotels and a whole lot more at Affiliate future.

Boost earnings with ancillaries – more than ever you need to grab as big a piece of the cake as you can and try and get your customers to click through your site to their online travel insurance provider, online suitcase shop, and their lonely planet guide books as well as their flights and holidays. This won’t be easy as everyone else will be trying the same thing, probably including the sites you are sending them to for their flights or packages. You will have a better chance if you build up a mailing list and can email your customers every so often with helpful reminders.

*What is meta search ? It’s those clever websites that search multiple sites at once.