Our motivation: to break all assumptions!
Where is Southern Scotland?
Exactly! For a lot of people, Southern Scotland disappears after
Gretna and then suddenly re-emerges around Edinburgh or Glasgow.
We’ve heard a range of statements about Southern Scotland from:
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I thought
Dumfries and Galloway were separate counties |
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Is there
really a county called the Borders? I thought it was
just a generic, historical term to describe Southern
Scotland and Northern England |
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Do you still
need a passport to get into Scotland? |
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The Southern
Upland what? |
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What’s there
to see in Southern Scotland? |
It’s just a website …
Visitsouthernscotland.com has never just been about a website!
Based on an awareness that Southern Scotland, although the most
accessible region, has yet to see the visitor numbers recorded
in other parts of Scotland the portal was set up to promote all
tourism related businesses; to give everyone a simple way
forward of opening up Southern Scotland, in order to market
their products to the rest of the world.
It’s just out to make a quick buck …
We cover our costs which mean there are charges, yet we also
value our work and above all pursue absolute customer
satisfaction.
Visitsouthernscotland.com is a commercial business, but we
work with community councils, voluntary organisations and local
services to collate a useful body of information on the website
… and we don’t charge them a penny! In fact, you’re welcome to
send us any information you like about Southern Scotland and
we’ll find a place for it on our website!
If you’re also a commercial business, then we charge you to
advertise on our portal. Our charges are based on actual
experience in the hospitality industry and what is considered to
be a reasonable price to promote your business on the internet.
We are very aware that many businesses have been burnt by
internet marketing scams, but we are genuine people in a genuine
business offering a genuine service to get you bookings.
Why doesn’t everyone just build their own website?
Because websites are expensive, they’re awkward to
maintain, they need computers which need looking after and they
require lots of effort (at least initially)
Because people, particularly with regard to internet
research, don’t want to spend hours searching individual sites.
They want lots of information, under one umbrella, that’s clear,
accurate and easy to access
Because by utilising sites such as
visitsouthernscotland.com, everybody saves money and we project
manage either part, or all or your internet marketing
Because individual websites will always have a smaller
budget than bigger portals. We can put the bells and whistles on
our site and make them available to everyone
Every measure has also been put in place to make
visitsouthernscotland.com a secure site, so all data, booking
information and payment details are protected
Who are you to take on Southern Scotland?
We’re just admirers of Southern Scotland, wanting to combine the
necessity and opportunity of promoting the Borders and Dumfries
and Galloway. We live here, we like it here and want to
encourage a greater number of visitors to build a sustainable
future for the region.
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