Partnerships
We help tourism boards and hospitality brands achieve growth goals, focusing on US travelers.
Combining 20 years in strategy and hospitality consulting with a collective 48 countries visited to provide custom strategies and solutions.
Who we partner with
Partnerships work best when both sides are clear on fit. We work most closely with two kinds of organizations.
1
tourism boards
National, regional, and city tourism boards working to reach US travelers with strategies that go beyond the influence playbook to sustainably grow tourism to your destination.
2
hospitality brands
Hotels, airlines, tour operators, and small specialized cruise lines that want to expand their US market segment and design world-class experiences that will have your guests tell all their friends about it.
We also partner with DMCs, travel gear brands, and other hospitality-adjacent organizations when the work is focused, culturally grounded, and aligned with how we travel.
Services
How we work
Every partnership is built around the goal, not the deliverable. These are the five core engagement types we offer, often in combination.
Strategic Services
1
U.S. tourism growth
Strategic counsel on what the discerning American traveler actually wants, expects, and books. Drawn from 3 years of focused study, reader behavior data, and our own travel patterns. We help your team make smarter decisions about positioning, programming, and pricing for the US market.
Examples
market briefings, ongoing advisory retainers, written reports, audience deep dives
Best for
tourism boards, hotel groups, marketing teams
Strategic Services
2
Guest experience design
We design how the guest or traveler experience should feel, end to end. From the first moment of arrival to the final goodbye, we map the touchpoints, identify the signature moments, and bring the discipline of experience strategy to your hospitality product.
Examples
experience audits, guest journey mapping, signature moment design, brand-to-experience alignment
Best for
hotels, airlines, tour operators, cruise lines, DMCs
Content and assets
3
Destination content programs
Multi-article first-hand content built to send qualified US travelers toward your destination, product, or experience. Articles can be published on Blueprint Travelers, written for your own website, or developed as a paired program across both. Every article is researched on the ground.
Examples
multi-article programs, paired newsletter features, Instagram coverage
Best for
tourism boards, hotel groups, tour operators
Content and assets
4
Custom itinerary development
Itineraries built for your use, whether for sales enablement, guest pre-trip preparation, marketing collateral, or a flagship product offering. We design itineraries the way US travelers actually use them, especially based on limited vacation schedules and desire to make the most of every travel adventure.
Examples
signature multi-day itineraries, tiered route options for different traveler types, themed itineraries
Best for
hotels, tour operators, tourism boards
Knowledge transfer
5
Speaking and workshops
Talks and team workshops for corporations, universities, service organizations, and industry events. We help the US traveler be prepared to travel to various destinations based on our first-hand travel knowledge and local cultural understanding.
Examples
keynote talks, half-day team workshops, executive briefings
Best for
corporations, universities, service organizations, industry conferences
Get in touch
Start the conversation
Tell us a bit about your organization and what you are exploring. We respond to every partnership inquiry within 48 hours. We can then set up a 30 to 45 minute discovery call to understand your goals, your audience, and what would actually move the needle for your organization. Then, we can present a partnership proposal with a clear scope, timeline, and approach tailored to your organization.
Prefer email? Reach us directly at partnerships@blueprinttravelers.com
We respond to every inquiry within 48 hours.
Why Blueprint Travelers
Most travel partnerships fall into two buckets. Influencers who create content and hope for engagement, or large publications that produce polished features without ever visiting the destination. Blueprint Travelers doesn't fall into either bucket. We bring combine the discipline of strategy consulting with first-hand travel to help organizations reach their growth goals, focusing on US travelers.
Professional rigor applied to cultural travel
We don't approach partnerships like content creators who happen to travel. We approach it as strategists who have worked in the most prestigious firms. Kevin spent 11 years across corporate strategy and management consulting, working with hospitality brands and global enterprises to solve complex problems leveraging technology and data. Melina spent 6 years in experience strategy consulting with Fortune 100 companies before applying that discipline full-time to travel for the last 3 years. Combined, they bring 20 years of strategic problem-solving to every partnership.
49 countries from budget to luxury
Over the years, we have adventured through the backpacker life and indulged in high-end luxury travel experiences. We have studied abroad, done intense 7-14 day vacations, mastered the weekend trip, and spent the last 3 years traveling slowly through specific regions. Every place on Blueprint Travelers has been visited in person by us and has been considered through the lens of a US traveler on limited PTO with high expectations.
Recent work
Partners we have worked with
Peru
Alpaca Expeditions
#1 Tour Operator in Peru
5
Articles delivered
Partnership goal
Position the Lares Trek as a cultural alternative to the classic Inca Trail, highlighting connections with Quechua communities descended from the Incas, and build a content program that helps US travelers plan their hiking around a visit to Machu Picchu.
What we delivered
A five-article content program that covers Peru's signature trekking experiences from pillar destination content through direct purchase-intent comparisons.
Ecuador
Quasar
#1 Best Intimate Ocean Cruise Line
4
Articles delivered
Partnership goal
Position Quasar as the premier intimate cruise option in the Galapagos by pairing a direct first-hand feature with broader planning content that guides US travelers through every Galapagos decision: when to go, how to choose a cruise, and whether to go by cruise or by land.
What we delivered
A four-article content program covering the full Galapagos planning journey from awareness through booking.
Australia
Cyaround
Premier Small-Group Travel Company
3
Articles delivered
Partnership goal
Promote travel to the Top End of Australia during pre-monsoon season, when tourism slows but the swimming, hiking, and storm-watching are still extraordinary, and convert that interest into bookings with Cyaround.
What we delivered
A three-article content program covering the Top End from itinerary planning through tour operator selection.
The Team
Meet Melina and Kevin
Melina
Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief
Melina spent 6 years in experience strategy consulting with Fortune 100 companies before applying that discipline full-time to Blueprint Travelers for the last 3 years. She brings the discipline of experience design to every partnership and leads our work on how US travelers discover, evaluate, and book the trips that matter to them.
Kevin
Co-Founder, Hospitality Strategy Lead
Kevin spent 11 years across corporate strategy and management consulting, working with hospitality brands and global enterprises to solve complex problems leveraging technology and data.
Get in touch
Let's work together
Tell us a bit about your organization and what you are exploring. We respond to every partnership inquiry within 48 hours.
Prefer email? Reach us directly at partnerships@blueprinttravelers.com
We respond to every inquiry within 48 hours.