Do you ever feel like you want to get out of this town? If you live anywhere in a snowy part of Canada or the United States and hate winter, then you will probably agree. Some companies within the hotel and travel industry are seeing some positive signs that customers are indeed interested in flying again. According to the Associated Press, Delta and American airlines are among the businesses not only seeing an increase in leisure travel, but they are also seeing an increase at the business and premium levels as well. Overall, more travelers are flying international, which bodes well not only for airlines and hotels, but for affiliates promoting travel merchants to internet users.

This past September, we launched the Barcelo Hotels & Resorts affiliate program, which is a well-known international hotel chain based in Spain. They have hotels located all over the world including Mexico, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Turkey and Morroco. This winter, they’re offering awesome deals to some of their sunnier travel destinations. Considering this is the season when many newlyweds and older couples, snowbirds, and any enthusiastic travelers are looking at the last minute for winter getaways, Barcelo is sure to help affiliates earn revenue this holiday season and beyond.

The beauty of promoting within the travel sector in the affiliate marketing space is the fact that there are higher commissions to be earned. The Barcelo brand in particular sees average bookings of around $700-$800, and with their wide array of banners and text links in both English and Spanish, it helps to have special promotions and tools to increase conversions of clicks to sales.

The majority of Barcelo customers lean more toward the ages of 35 and up, and are college educated. Because of these qualities, they have a little more income to afford travel (we’re talking an average salary of $40k or higher). People are definitely looking for the best deals online, so Barcelo has great promotions available for affiliates to promote to potential travelers. Among the recent travel promotions that are available include a 20% discount on bookings to Mexico, which entail all-inclusive packages to the sunny hot spot down south. Affiliates will be thrilled to know that this is a long-term offer valid up to April 30, 2010. This means there’s no need for affiliates to switch their banners for at least four months if campaigns are launched this month.

Also beneficial to affiliates are the specially branded banner creative some of which feature a 30% discount on bookings to the Canary Islands. This offer is more short-term, but high converting because of its appeal to travelers who are looking for discount winter warmers.

If you’re interested in becoming an affiliate, it’s fairly simple to join. You simply have to have quality travel content on your site and can target traffic from virtually any country. You can register with your site in Share Results, just click here to sign up to Barcelo’s travel affiliate program. If you are an existing affiliate of Share Results, you can also log in to your affiliate account and search for Barcelo under the Merchants menu.

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Tis the Season for Travel Affiliate Programs