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Be found for the Char Dham package, not for cheap flight tickets.

SEO for a travel agency decides whether a family searching for a Kerala package from your city finds your page or an online portal's. GullySales builds a page for each trip you actually operate, writes them from your own departures, and reports which searches produced a WhatsApp enquiry.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What search engine optimisation means

Search engine optimisation (SEO) is the work of getting your website to appear when a buyer searches Google for what you sell. GullySales builds pages around real search terms, fixes technical issues that block ranking, and tracks which searches actually bring enquiries.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For travel agencies and tour operators

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “You cannot outrank a portal on flights”

    MakeMyTrip owns cheap flight tickets. It does not own a nine-day Char Dham yatra leaving from Hubballi with meals arranged for elderly travellers.

  • “The departure city belongs in the title”

    Nobody searches Kashmir package. They search Kashmir package from Bengaluru, because the group and the train both start here.

  • “Your itinerary is the page”

    The day-by-day plan you type into WhatsApp fifty times a season is what would rank. It has never been put on the site.

What we do

What we deliver for travel agencies and tour operators.

The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.

  1. A page for each trip you actually operate

    One page per signature departure, such as a nine-day Char Dham, a Kerala family package or a Ladakh group ride, instead of a destinations list nobody can book from.

    Result: A traveller lands on the trip, not on a brochure.

  2. The departure city in the title of every trip page

    Each package page titled with where the group leaves from and how many days it runs, so a search that names the city has something to match.

    Result: You appear for the search people actually type.

  3. Your WhatsApp itinerary turned into the page text

    The day-by-day plan you already send out, written up with hotels by name, meals, transfers and what is not included, as the body of the trip page.

    Result: The work you do fifty times a season gets published once.

  4. A page per visa destination you handle

    Visa type, processing time, passport validity and the documents needed for each country you sell, written plainly, because that search brings the nervous first-time traveller.

    Result: Somebody worried about a visa finds an agent, not a forum.

  5. Photographs from your own departures, with words around them

    Pictures of your own groups added to each trip page with the month, the group size and the hotel named, since a search engine cannot read a photograph.

    Result: Real trips show up instead of stock views of Switzerland.

  6. Search reporting by trip and season

    Which searches produced enquiries for each package and in which month, set against the baseline recorded before work began.

    Result: You learn which destination is worth a page and which is not.

How the result is measured

  • Ranking positions
  • Organic traffic
  • Enquiries from organic search

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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Searches your buyers type

What a traveller types while a trip takes shape, and the page that answers it.

Kerala tour package from Bengaluru
A trip page. Give the departure city, the route, the stay and the inclusions, the group or private option, and the departure dates you actually operate.
Char Dham yatra package from Delhi
A pilgrimage page. Describe the route and the stops, the transport, the medical advice for altitude, and how permits and registration are handled, noting that rules change by season.
Dubai visa for Indian passport holders
A visa page. List the documents, who the page applies to, and the stages you handle, with the date it was checked. Tell the traveller to confirm the current rules with the embassy.
Europe group tour from Mumbai
A group departure page. State the countries, the number of days, the hotel grade, the visa process and what is not included, such as lunches and optional tours.
Ladakh trip itinerary for family
An itinerary page. Show the day-by-day plan with acclimatisation days, the road conditions you plan for, and who joins the family as guide and driver.
corporate offsite in Goa for a team
A corporate page. List the venues, the activities and the arrangements for a company, such as group transfers and a meeting room, and what you need from the HR contact.

Who it is for

This is written for these travel agencies and tour operators.

  • Retail travel agencies selling domestic packages
  • Tour operators running their own group departures
  • International holiday and honeymoon specialists
  • Pilgrimage and yatra tour organisers
  • Air, rail and bus ticketing agents
  • Corporate travel and MICE agencies
  • Visa and travel documentation services
  • School and college educational tour operators
  • Local guides and sightseeing operators

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You have no itinerary of your own to publish, so the page would only repeat what a portal already shows.
  • The packages you sell are put together by a partner who sets the dates and price, and you cannot confirm what is included.
  • You cannot answer a WhatsApp message within the day, so a visitor who found the page would go to the next agent.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

SEO for travel agencies and tour operators: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

Bring the pages for the products or services you want to sell, the search queries available in your reports, and examples of enquiries from search. Separate branded searches from buyers discovering you for the first time.

Make the scope clear

Agree which pages and technical fixes come first, who can publish changes, and who supplies subject knowledge. Link search work to a relevant enquiry route on each priority page.

Check the work in use

Follow the trail from a relevant query to its landing page and then to an enquiry. Review whether those enquiries fit your offer, alongside indexing and search visibility.

Know when to change course

A ranking movement alone is not a buying signal. If traffic grows but relevant enquiries do not, revisit page intent and the offer before producing more pages.

These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.

How it works

How the search engine optimisation work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Requirements and scope agreement

    Send the requirements brief first. GullySales reads it, discusses your priorities with you, and provides the scope, fee, and term in writing before work begins.

  2. 2

    Access and baseline confirmation

    Your website contact provides agreed access to the site, Search Console, and Analytics. We record search performance and available enquiry outcomes, identifying missing records before drawing conclusions.

  3. 3

    Priority and responsibility approval

    You approve the search opportunity map and page priorities. Technical tasks go to the responsible developer, with access requirements and dependencies recorded.

  4. 4

    Content approval and publication

    Your nominated expert approves factual content and business details. Published pages and technical changes are checked on the live website and through available search tools.

  5. 5

    Sales review and next decisions

    Your sales owner reviews enquiry relevance alongside the search report. We agree the next page revisions and priorities; reporting intervals are agreed in writing.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2 · you are here

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

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Can we compete with MakeMyTrip on search?
Not on flights or hotel-only bookings, and there is no point trying. You can win the searches a portal cannot serve, such as a group yatra with meals arranged for elderly travellers, or Kerala for a family of twelve.
Do we need a website if the enquiries come on WhatsApp?
Yes, because a WhatsApp enquiry starts with a search. The family checks two or three agents before messaging, and the one with a page describing the trip is the one they message.
Should we publish a price for each package?
Publish a starting price per person with the departure date, what it includes and what does not. Prices change with season and availability, so date the figure. A traveller who can see a basis sends a more serious enquiry.
Do we write pages for destinations we arrange through partners?
Yes, but say who operates the service on the ground. Travellers trust an honest line about a local partner more than a claim that you do everything yourself. Only list a destination if you have really booked it for a traveller.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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