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Post your own departures, not stock pictures of Switzerland.

Social media for a travel agency is the proof that real families travelled with you and came back pleased. GullySales plans what gets shot on each departure, turns it into the season's posts, and stops the enquiries arriving in the messages from being lost.

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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 social media means

Social media is the ongoing posting your business does on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn to stay visible to customers and prospects between purchases. GullySales plans a posting calendar, writes captions and designs the images so the page looks active and answers what a visitor would ask.

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Sales and marketing for travel agencies and tour operators, the overview.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For travel agencies and tour operators

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

  • “A stock Bali sunset brings nothing”

    Every agency posts the same downloaded view. A photograph of twenty-two people from your own city on that beach brings messages.

  • “The saving happens months before the booking”

    Travellers save reels of a destination long before any dates exist, so the caption has to say which trip and from where.

  • “Instagram messages are enquiries”

    They arrive at night, in half sentences, and go unanswered because nobody treats that inbox as a source of bookings.

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 shot plan the tour manager can follow

    A short list of what to capture on each departure, including the group photograph, the hotel, a meal and one moment people talk about afterwards.

    Result: Every trip comes back with something to post.

  2. Traveller permission asked on the trip itself

    Consent for photographs and reviews taken on the last day with a note of who agreed, so nothing gets posted that a family did not expect.

    Result: You use the pictures without an awkward message later.

  3. Captions that name the trip and the departure city

    Each post saying which package it is, which month it ran and where the group left from, with the WhatsApp number in the profile.

    Result: A reel saved in December still turns into an enquiry in March.

  4. Instagram and Facebook given different jobs

    Reels and stories for the younger traveller planning a honeymoon, Facebook for the senior citizen groups and yatra departures where that audience still sits.

    Result: Each platform carries the trips its readers book.

  5. The messages inbox treated as an enquiry queue

    Instagram and Facebook messages checked twice a day by a named person and logged alongside the phone and website enquiries.

    Result: A question asked at night has an answer by morning.

  6. A backlog banked for the off-season

    Posts prepared from the last season's material before the quiet months begin, so the feed does not go dead through July.

    Result: The account keeps working when nobody is travelling.

How the result is measured

  • Posts published
  • Engagement rate
  • Enquiries from social profiles

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

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Platform for this buyer

Where travellers look, and what a travel agency posts on each.

Instagram reels from a departure
Film the group at check-in, a meal and the view, with the trip, the date and the departure city in the caption. The action is to message 'dates' to get the itinerary.
Facebook for families and pilgrimage groups
Post the itinerary as text with the departure date and what is included and excluded. Older families read these slowly. The action is to call the office.
WhatsApp lists of past travellers
Send the next departure and the seats still open to people who travelled before and asked to hear. The action is to reply to hold a seat. Keep the list opt-in.
YouTube destination guides
Make honest guides: what to carry, which months are crowded, what a day looks like. The action is to ask for an itinerary built for a family's dates.
Google Business Profile
Post office and trip photographs and respond to reviews. People searching 'travel agent near me' check this first. The action is a call.
What not to post
Passport or visa copies, ticket PNRs, a traveller's children without the parents' consent, and 'last seats' posts when it is not true.

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 photographs from your own departures and would be posting stock images of places you did not take anyone to.
  • You cannot reply to messages from posts within the day, and a reel that draws interest would meet silence.
  • You plan to pay a travel influencer to bring bookings before your page and your reply habit are in order.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

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

Bring the right evidence

Review the posts that produced useful conversations, not only the ones with the most views. Gather buyer questions and decide which team member can contribute credible material.

Make the scope clear

Choose the audience and channel before setting a posting volume. Agree who supplies material, approves posts, and handles messages, including complaints or questions the agency cannot answer.

Check the work in use

Follow a post through to the profile, website, and response. A useful report explains the quality of conversations and enquiries, alongside reach and engagement.

Know when to change course

If publishing takes time away from unanswered buyer messages, fix the response routine first. Do not expand to another channel without a clear reason for being there.

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 social media 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

    Platform and access agreement

    We confirm the audience and platforms covered, then check account ownership. You retain control of the pages and grant the access needed for the agreed work.

  2. 2

    Content input handover

    Your team supplies approved product information and usable images or footage. We review existing posts and agree who will answer factual questions during drafting.

  3. 3

    Calendar approval

    You review the proposed themes and response routes. Missing information is identified before posts enter production, rather than holding up a finished calendar.

  4. 4

    Draft approval and publication

    The named approver checks captions and creative files before scheduling. We also agree which replies can be sent directly and which need your team's decision.

  5. 5

    Sales handover and content decisions

    Buying questions go to the agreed sales contact with the conversation attached. Reported enquiries and sales feedback guide changes to the next calendar.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 0, foundation. 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.

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Our reels get views and no messages. Why?
Because they are downloaded destination clips that could belong to any agency in India. A viewer writes to you on seeing a group like their own family, from their own city, on a trip they could book.
Should we pay travel influencers?
Only ones whose followers live in your departure city and could realistically join a group. A creator with a national following brings comments from places you do not operate from.
Should we show package prices on posts or ask people to message?
Show a starting price with what it includes and the dates it applies to, and say prices change with season and availability. A bare 'DM for price' puts people off. Never show a price you cannot sell at that day.
A traveller writes a bad comment about a hotel on our tour. What do we do?
Reply once, apologise for their experience and ask them to call with details. Do not blame the hotel in public. Raise it with the hotel, record what you found, and tell the traveller what you did. Decide whether the hotel stays in your plans.
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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