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About Us, And How To Build A WebsiteIf you're thinking about how to build a travel website, you might be interested to know just how we made Excellent Romantic Vacations…
I started my career in travel in 1987, studying travel and tourism in College, and then going to work for ANZA travel, an agency specializing in travel to Australia and New Zealand. However, my greatest desire was not selling travel from a desk, but experiencing it first hand!
So I left to live, work and travel in Australia for 6 months, followed by exploring New Zealand and the South Pacific. It was a fantastic experience!
In 1994 I married my lovely wife Maureen who has since become my trusted travel partner and destination “critic”! We’ve had some unforgettable journeys to Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, Mexico, USA, Canada, and the South Pacific. An Idea With a Challenge...
In March of 2003, we began thinking about publishing some of the know-how, experiences and travel tips we’ve accumulated onto the internet. Sort of a small, home-based second income that would give us a little more freedom in our busy schedule. But it seems there was lots to learn about website building. But HTML? Search engine submissions? File Transfer Protocol? …We just wanted to write about travel! It looked like tough problem. But in time, the right answer arrived…
The Solution That Worked For UsRight about then, I read a story online about a 14 year old girl who designed and built a website all by herself! Her site, all about the Caribbean Island of Anguilla, had climbed to the top of several search engines! No tricks or gimmicks, just a solid website with great content that was a joy to visit.
She was doing exactly what Maureen and I wanted – publishing information on the internet about something she had a passion for and knew well. The ecommerce company she uses is called SiteBuildit! (SBI) . So I started checking them out, and discovered that:
The Results So Far…
Maureen and I have been using SBI since September of 2003, and we’re really happy with the results. Our traffic keeps growing steadily - by July of 2007 we reached over 78,000 visitors to our site each month!
We’ve established several good sources of revenue, including the terrific Google Adsense program. Site Build It! has showed us how to benefit from our love for travel like never before. It has also:
While there are no guarantees of success with any e-commerce product, we believe that SiteBuildIt! delivers what it says. The price for Site Build It! is $299/year.
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Upon returning to Canada, I began a career in various parts of the travel industry that lasted almost 20 years.