visitbritainshop.com

www.visitbritainshop.com  allows visitors from all over the world to book attraction, tour and travel tickets prior to travelling, in their local language and currency.

As a travel agent, tour operator or travel related website you can provide added value for your clients and generate additional income by becoming a VisitBritainShop.com partner. Opportunities include:
Visitor Oyster Card Bulk Offline Sales  |  Trade Discount Code  |  London Map Bulk Sales  |  London Map Licensing Agreement  |   Affiliate Scheme

Visitor Oyster card Bulk Offline Sales 

TfL has appointed VisitBritain as their managing agent for the promotion and distribution of the Visitor Oyster card. We are now the single point of contact for all distribution partners,  and for the sale of this highly popular transport smartcard to trade partners.
Get in touch and:

• Purchase the Visitor Oyster card for your clients, set yourself apart from competitors and start earning ancillary revenue right now!
• Enhance your customer offer – ensure your customers avoid queues,  save time, get the best value for money
• Pay up-front and get FREE delivery worldwide, PLUS maximum commission available (13%).
• Pay by invoice (30-days) and choose from a tiered commission structure, getting up to 10% commission (tiered commission rate depending on order quantity)
• Hassle-free order process - You will have a dedicated agent taking care of all the administration work and supply for you
• Minimum offline order quantity of 100 units.

For further information please contact lara.callegari@visitbritain.org or click here

Trade Discount Code

Trade can make online purchases on behalf of their clients on www.visitbritainshop.com for small groups or individuals.  Access preferential rates on over 100 different UK tourism products.  Speak to you local VisitBritain trade representative to obtain your discount code.  Further discounts are available for BritAgent graduates.

London Map Bulk Sales 

VisitBritain's own map of London is one of the most comprehensive fold-out London maps on the market and now available to the trade at exclusive bulk rates.  The map covers all the sporting venues as well as a detailed street map for central London (roughly Hammersmith in the west to Bethnal Green in the east).  There is also a tube map, an inside M25 motorway view (showing Heathrow airport) and a higher scale west-end focus.

VisitBritain retails the printed map at £1.00

For further information please contact john.odonovan@visitbritain.org or your local trade representative.

London Map Licensing Agreement

VisitBritain has commissioned updated cartography for the London Map.  The map includes a detailed street map for central London,  a guide to London's sporting venues, a wide view of the whole of Greater London and a large scale focus on the theatre district.

To purchase the license to print the map with your own branding, costs are;
1000 copies - 60p per copy
2500 copies - 28p per copy
5000 copies - 20p per copy
10000 copies - 15p per copy
20000 copies - 13p per copy

VisitBritain retails the printed map at £1.00

You can add your own cover / overlay information but the artwork itself is not customisable.  The artwork does not include the underground map as this is by separate license agreement from Transport for London.

For further information please contact john.odonovan@visitbritain.org or your local trade representative.

Affiliate Opportunity: VisitBritain Shop and Transport for London 

Start earning commissions on all sales originating from your site via: the VisitBritain Shop Affilate scheme and the Transport for London Affiliate scheme. Both schemes are completely free of charge!

VisitBritain Shop Affiliate scheme

Join our global network of online shops for visitors to Britain. www.visitbritainshop.com allows visitors from all over the world (58 countries) to book tickets prior to travelling, in their local language and currency.

• Access to a range of attractions, London map, transport, sightseeing passes and tours
• Sell in local language and/or currency
• Average basket size is £115. Order conversion is 3%

Transport for London (TfL) Affiliate scheme

Divert traffic to the TfL Visitor shop (http://visitorshop.tfl.gov.uk). The rapidly growing shop currently serves 58 countries around the world; in October 2012 visits were 182,190 with an average of 25,000 cards ordered each month.

• Be an ambassador of the key TfL London transport cards: the Visitor Oyster card and the Travelcard
• Access your breakdown of sales whenever you wish and download the TfL creative banners for your website
• Average basket size is £72, order conversion is 2.5%

The two propositions are different but they both share the same key features:

• Free to join and hassle-free, as the administration papers will be done for you
• We give you trackable links that you publicise on your website/ECRM activities and earn commission on any sales that you refer to us
• You earn a variable commission on the sales generated through your links.
• Once we have agreement there is a brief contract to sign accepting our details of payments, T&Cs etc.
• Commissions are paid upon reaching £250.

Find here below a schematic with the key features for each scheme:

Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you are interested to join one scheme or both, in order to fully maximise your sales and add-value to your client offering.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.