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Be the page a traveller lands on when they search for the exact trip you run.

SEO for a TravelTech startup means making the site appear for searches about specific routes, stays, themes and travel tools, where a large booking site is not the only answer. GullySales works on route and theme pages, supplier information and the technical basics that let a young site be read and trusted.

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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 18 Oct 2026.

For TravelTech startups

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

  • “The big sites win broad searches, so choose narrow ones”

    A search for Goa hotels belongs to the large platforms. A search for a quiet weekend for a couple from Bengaluru, or for a workation stay with a desk and reliable connectivity, is where a small company can be the clearest page.

  • “A route page without a real itinerary is thin”

    A page that lists a destination name and a booking button gives the reader nothing a competitor lacks. A page that shows the day plan, the stay, the pickup point and what goes wrong in the rain gives a reason to stay and to book.

  • “Corporate travel searches are asked in a different language”

    A travel manager searches for approvals, GST invoices, policy control and after-hours support. A page written in leisure language, with beach photographs, does not answer them and will not be found for those terms.

  • “Reviews and trust signals shape who is chosen from the results”

    A traveller comparing two pages looks for names, a refund rule and recent trip photographs. A young site with none of these loses the click even when it ranks, so the page must show who runs the trip and how complaints are handled.

What we do

What we deliver for TravelTech startups.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A route and theme page map

    A list of the routes, themes and traveller types the business can serve well, matched to the searches each would answer.

    Result: A written map that shows which page answers which search.

  2. Itinerary pages written for the reader

    Pages with the day-by-day plan, the stay, the transfers, what is included and the refund rule, using the words a traveller uses.

    Result: Each main route has its own page with a readable plan and policy.

  3. A corporate travel section

    Separate pages for approvals, invoices, support hours and sample policy settings, written for the person who books team travel.

    Result: A travel manager can find the page without wading through the leisure site.

  4. Technical clean-up

    A review of page speed, mobile layout, titles, headings and links, with a list of fixes in order of effect.

    Result: A fix list the developer can work through and tick off.

  5. Search tracking by page

    A view of which pages earn visits, enquiries and bookings, so route pages that do not earn their place can be rewritten or merged.

    Result: The owner sees visits and bookings for every route page side by side.

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

The searches a traveller or travel manager types, and the page that answers each.

quiet weekend getaway from Bengaluru for couples
A route page with the day-by-day plan, the stay, the travel time and your cancellation rule. Swap in the city and mood your trips serve.
homestay near Coorg with bonfire
A stay page naming the property, what is included and how to book. It needs a real photograph and the host's confirmation.
corporate offsite planner for 40 people
A page for HR and admin heads covering planning steps, stay options, safety and the invoice they will receive.
travel policy and GST invoice for employees
A corporate page for travel managers explaining approvals, invoicing and support after hours, written in their words.
Char Dham yatra group tour package
A group-tour page with the stages, the stays and what happens if weather changes plans. State what is and is not included.
workation stay with good wifi for a month
A long-stay page that lists the connection arrangements, the location and the host's terms, tested by your team before it is written.

Who it is for

This is written for these TravelTech startups.

  • Curated weekend and holiday package startups
  • Online stay, homestay and hostel booking startups
  • Corporate travel and expense management startups
  • Activity, experience and local-guide marketplace startups
  • Pilgrimage and group-tour startups
  • Car rental, self-drive and bus ticketing startups
  • Travel visa and documentation service startups
  • Workation and long-stay startups

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your trips run only on a few departure dates, and a page for a route you cannot sell this season would draw enquiries you turn away.
  • Your itineraries are not yet written down in full, so pages would be thin teasers.
  • You expect search to beat large booking sites on broad destination terms, which a young company cannot win.

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

    Audit and baseline

    We record where the site stands today: positions, traffic, technical faults and the enquiries search currently produces. Nothing starts until this number is written down.

  2. 2

    Decide what to rank for

    We map the searches your buyers use, in your words and theirs, and pick the ones worth the effort for your margin and your capacity.

  3. 3

    Fix the foundations

    Technical faults first, because the cheapest gains are there. Then the Business Profile and directory consistency.

  4. 4

    Build the pages

    A page for each thing you do, written to answer the question it is searched for, with a clear next step at the end.

  5. 5

    Publish and earn mentions

    Content goes out on the calendar. Links and mentions are earned from real relationships, not bought.

  6. 6

    Measure, report, adjust

    At an interval agreed in writing we report what moved and what did not, and change the plan when the numbers say so.

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.

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Can a small startup rank against the big booking sites?
On broad searches, rarely. On narrow ones, where the traveller wants a specific kind of trip and a person who answers, it can. We choose those narrow searches with you before writing any page.
Do photographs and reels help search?
Photographs help the reader decide, and a reel can bring visitors, but search reads text. Each page still needs a plan, a policy and clear headings. We pair images with that text and do not rely on them alone.
How do we know SEO is working?
Look at enquiries and bookings that began on a search visit, not just at visits. We set up the tracking so each route page shows what it produced, and we say plainly when a page has produced nothing.
What stops a travel startup ranking for a route?
A route page with no real itinerary, stay or refund rule gives the reader nothing a larger site lacks. Write the full day plan from an actual departure, name the stay and state the policy. Then the page has content of its own.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
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.

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