Membership Levels, Fees and Benefits

Joining Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Tourism means becoming a part of a large network of business owners and tourism experts. You will have access to a range of support and advice and be able to join in with all the ways we promote our members and this area. Interested in an overview of what we can do for you? See our top 10 reasons for joining us here.

Membership Levels

We offer two grades of membership for tourism businesses: Silver and Gold. Our prices start from just £10 per month for a Silver member with a great range of benefits and services including a listing on our main website.

We also have Associate Membership for businesses within the area who wish to work with our members in a business to business context.

All members receive access to our membership network and knowledge base, with regular meetings, opportunities for collaboration, discounts and special offers. All members have the opportunity of further advertising with us online or in our print marketing.

Below is a summary of some of the key benefits of our membership levels. For a full list: See full details of membership benefits here.

If in doubt about anything, just ask us.

• From just £20.83 per month for a small business.
• Listing on our main website with premium placement showing before Silver members throughout the site.
• Inclusion in relevant 'Highlights'.
• Gold listing includes:
  • Unlimited length description and up to 10 images
  • Link to your website
  • Contact details
  • Opening times
  • Prices
  • Location, directions and map
  • Accommodation availability and online booking integration
  • Social media links
  • Awards and gradings
  • Include videos
  • Related listings and events can show on listing
• Promote special offers
• List events
• Ability to update entry
• Enhanced coverage in social media and PR campaigns. Opportunities for inclusion with press and PR trips and consumer newsletter
• Member Meetings
• Join our Members Facebook group
• Inclusion in our consumer newsletters

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• From just £10 per month for a small business.
• Listing on our main website, showing below Gold members. Including: 
  • Unlimited length description and up to 8 images
  • Link to your website
  • Contact details
  • Opening times
  • Prices
  • Location, directions and map
  • Accommodation availability and online booking integration
  • Social media links
  • Awards and gradings
• Promote special offers
• List events
• Ability to update entry
• Basic coverage in social media and PR campaigns
• Member Meetings
• Join our Members Facebook group

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This membership level is aimed at those businesses not directly involved in tourism themselves but who work with tourism businesses. Examples include:

• Web and print designers
• Marketing agencies
• Taxis and transportation
• Laundries and cleaners
• Catering suppliers
• Pet boarding and dog walking services

Associate Members receive all the standard benefits of membership such as access to meetings, networking and our members group but are not included in social media or PR campaigns. See our Business Services section here.

To maximise this relationship we encourage associate members to provide discounts to our members.

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All rates are for a 12-month period. See methods of payment.

Rate definitions: Within Silver and Gold we have rates for both small and large businesses. A large business is one with 5 or more staff (including agency and contractors) calculated on a full-time equivalent basis over the year. Using this approach, most B&Bs and self-catering accommodation, and many attractions, activities, pubs, restaurants and shops are small businesses.

For clarification, we consider tourism businesses to include: all forms of accommodation, activities, attractions, shops, restaurants, pubs, cafes, local producers and any aiming to attract visitors to their business.