The ultimate goal for most Tour Operators when it comes to their websites is to get a prospective traveller to fill in a form on the site, whether it’s an actual live booking, a quote request, or a simple contact form with their name and contact details. Whatever the conversion on your site is, it … Continue reading
This year’s Cape Town WordCamp was another great learning and networking opportunity for the LightSpeed Team. Ashley, Iggie, Warwick, Anton and Joe headed down to the River Club in Observatory for informative talks, interesting workshops, great food and an obligatory display of complete lack of golf-skills… We’ll start off the blog post with a rundown of … Continue reading
In case you haven’t noticed, your market is adopting to browsing on mobile devices at increasing rate. Today’s travelers aren’t going to travel agents’ offices to discuss their trips, they’re taking their smartphones out their pockets and searching on Google and on TripAdvisor for their next trip, and if your website isn’t displaying and functioning … Continue reading
Studies by online accommodation experts Rezdy have shown that around 40% of all international tour bookings are made online. It’s a no-brainer these days for tour operators to have a strong presence online, but how do you price your services in such a way that promotes maximum leads? We take a look at some important … Continue reading
Since releasing the major 1.7.0 update to LSX, our minimalistic and lightweight WordPress theme, we haven’t slowed down in terms of incremental improvements. In the last two weeks or so we’ve released three minor updates to the plugin, and we’ll detail them below, version by version. 1.7.1 We made some improvements to the colour swatch … Continue reading
Before taking the leap of choosing a tour operator to take them on the “Journey of a Lifetime!®” or some other lofty promise, prospective clients will want to know who they’re dealing with, and why they should trust them. This is especially the case with travel in and around Africa, as many view it as … Continue reading
We’re excited to announce the latest addition to our LightSpeed store, the Wetu Importer, a plugin that syncs with the Wetu database of accommodations and allows you quickly and easily pull in information from it and load into Accommodation posts that are provided from the LSX Tour Operator plugin. If you’re developing an accommodation website in South Africa (or are having … Continue reading
The LSX theme updates are coming thick and fast! Our lean, clean theme has had several features added and optimizations made. There’s never been a better time try out our premium WordPress theme. Lazy loading Lazy Load has been enabled, helping sites using LSX site to load faster and reduce their server load. Pages that are heavy with images will only … Continue reading
SafariBookings is a highly popular and well established online resource for planning safari trips. Users can easily compare a wide selection of specialized safaris, offered by nearly 200 tour tour operators. Also provided on SafariBookings is quality information and independent reviews on each provider to help users decide where and when to go on their travels. A SafariBookings account … Continue reading
Having awesome content on your website that shows off your tour offerings is one thing, but unless people are finding you when planning their trip, thats all for nought. Effective Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can solve this issue and ensure that you’re bringing traffic to your site for the right search queries. Choosing the right … Continue reading
