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The popularity of travel directories has shifted. Travel agents listings have changed over the past ten years. The vertical-specific, general travel directories have lost website traffic to travel website heavy hitters such as Expedia, Orbitz, Priceline, and Kayak. Heck, with spokesmodels such as William Shatner and catchy hilarious commercials to boot, it\u2019s kind of hard to forget them.<\/span><\/p>\n

How do you know which online directories provide the best ROI for local businesses? DOWNLOAD the Top 100 Online Business Directories for free today.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The travel niche is dominated by major travel websites<\/b><\/h3>\n

With these top travel websites offering great deals on flights and accommodations, it comes as no surprise that they rule the market share of this corner of the web. These big travel websites have teamed up with airlines and hotels to offer low prices and make the travel niche a competitive place to be. Vacations can add up quickly, and so for the majority of consumers, these sites have become very hard to resist as we all want a great deal on our vacations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Travel has become a popular DIY category<\/b><\/h4>\n

Back to travel agent directories and travel agency listings. The travel website heavy hitters have made it difficult for traditional travel agencies to thrive in this tech-changing world. Thanks to the internet and modern technologies, everyone can become a travel planner DIY\u2019er. (It\u2019s also safe to say that travel reviews have played a huge part in the latter.)<\/span><\/p>\n

The rise of the multi-directories and travel agent lists<\/b><\/h4>\n

What has also changed is that niche and vertical-specific travel agent lists have been engulfed by larger, all-encompassing travel directories as well as other sites and platforms not typically considered travel directories. This is where the blurred lines come in. And no, sorry Mr. Thicke, I\u2019m not referring to the song. <\/span><\/p>\n

Many of the <\/span>Top 120+ Online Business Directories<\/span><\/a> are not only just directories, but search engines and social media platforms with directories built within them. So, today we live in a world where a travel agents listing or directory can be more than one thing. In fact, it can be many things or part of a greater thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Top 16 travel directories to find travel agency listings<\/h2>\n
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  1. Google<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Bing<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Yelp<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  5. TripAdvisor<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Expedia<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Yellowpages<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Orbitz<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  9. The Knot<\/span><\/a>*<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Manta<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Foursquare<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Lonely Planet<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  13. Weddingwire<\/span><\/a>*<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. Viator<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  15. Superpages<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  16. Roadtrippers<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    *Wedding niche directories with travel and honeymoon-specific categories. See the travel companies list below for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Related Reading: The Top 10 Online Real Estate Directories<\/a><\/p>\n

    Which businesses should list in travel directories?<\/h2>\n

    Businesses related to the travel sector in some way, or businesses in cities with bustling travel scenes, should consider adding their travel agency listings to a travel directory. Similar to our previous discussion regarding adding business listings to Waze<\/a> and Apple Maps<\/a>, <\/span>adding listings to travel directories can be a great way to diversify listings to a new base of potential customers.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Some tourists enjoy checking out local hot spots rather than the typical tourist destination so you never know who your clients may attract if you add their local businesses to travel agent directories.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Keep listing categories as consistent as possible<\/b><\/p>\n

    Each travel directory and travel companies list is different and features unique categories on its site. Even the general travel directories and internet Yellow Pages (IYPs) contain separate categories for travel destinations versus restaurants, for example. The best practice for local listings management<\/a> is to keep business categories as consistent as possible when adding or claiming listings. Where a business can get a bit more creative is in the description section, if the travel directories allow a little write-up section.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Avoid creating duplicate listings<\/b><\/p>\n

    How can a business keep their listing category consistent when all travel agent lists have different categories? The answer is to try to be somewhat consistent. Let\u2019s use a restaurant as an example. A restaurant should keep its listing category within the realm of a restaurant or food category and not stray to categorize its business as a sightseeing attraction because they have the best burgers in the state. <\/span><\/p>\n

    When a local business lists under a different category from their listings on other travel directories, search engines can consider that information different enough to create a duplicate listing. Duplicate listings create bad data that is something akin to the common cold\u2014stay away so as to not get affected. Whenever I think of duplicate listings I think of the skull icon from Bomberman. Once the character gets the skull icon they can infect others and drop bombs everywhere and it slows them down. Think of duplicate listings like that. It\u2019s a drag and can really mess with your performance on the web. Stay away from it.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Travel-related listing business categories<\/b><\/p>\n

    With all of that in mind, here are the major categories of travel-related businesses, which you’ll often find on travel agent directories. Businesses that fall within these categories may want to consider listing on travel directories to expand their visibility and reach:<\/span><\/p>\n