Dispatch № 12Spring 2026
Hilton Ahead
№ 01Partner With Us

Reach Hilton Head travelers in their 30-to-180-day booking window.

We write for the people planning a Hilton Head trip: high income, high intent, and not yet spent. Three partnership tiers, limited slots per year, honest editorial.

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Why it works

Not a newsletter. Not a billboard. Qualified buyer attention while people plan their trip.

30 to 180
day booking window

Our readers land on the site already planning a trip. You’re reaching them while the decision is open, not mid-scroll on Instagram.

$3,500+
median trip spend

Self-selected high-spend travelers. Typical reader drops $4k to $15k in 5 to 10 days on lodging, dining, activities, and shopping.

1 island
12 miles

No geographic waste. Every reader is either planning to visit Hilton Head or on-island now. 100% of impressions are local-intent.

№ 02Tiers

Three ways to partner.

Each tier is capped on slots per year. When a tier fills, we close it until the next cycle. Pay annually; cancel before year 2.

Featured Partner

$1,200 / year

$100/mo · 12 slots · 12 remaining

Your logo in front of qualified Hilton Head travelers, every page, all year.

  • Logo + 75-word blurb in the footer of every page on hiltonahead.com
  • Named in one monthly newsletter per quarter
  • Quarterly Instagram field tag (one visit, one post)
  • Listing on the Partners page
  • Quarterly analytics summary (pageviews to your link)
Ideal for

Charter operators, boutique restaurants, tour companies, tennis & pickleball programs.

No setup fee · Cancel before year 2
Curated Partner

$4,800 / year

$400/mo · 6 slots · 6 remaining

Honest editorial mention in a tier list + monthly reach + co-branded travel assets.

  • Everything in Featured Partner
  • One mention in our restaurant, stays, or activities tier list (placement stays merit-based; we never rank by payment)
  • Featured in one monthly newsletter per month
  • Co-branded "Insider’s Weekend at [Partner]" 2-day itinerary template (yours to distribute)
  • Priority Instagram + photography tagging
  • Monthly analytics summary
Ideal for

Mid-tier restaurants, boutique villa management companies, spa & wellness, wedding photographers.

Signature PartnerFlagship

$12,000 / year

$1,000/mo · 3 slots · 3 remaining

Top-of-footer placement, dedicated editorial, and a co-branded referred-guest Stripe checkout.

  • Everything in Curated Partner
  • Dedicated 1,500-word editorial post written by our team (one per year)
  • Featured newsletter placement in every issue
  • Co-branded referred-guest Stripe Checkout product on your page (revenue-share)
  • Quarterly strategy call + analytics deep-dive
  • First-refusal on all new editorial placements in your category
Ideal for

Major villa management companies, wedding venues, resort golf programs, flagship destination restaurants.

№ 03Guardrails

The things we won't do.

№ 01Do paying partners get higher tier-list rankings?

No. Our restaurant, stays, and activity rankings stay entirely merit-based. Partners get named in additional editorial real estate (sidebar mentions, newsletter, dedicated posts), never placement-for-pay on ranked content.

№ 02Will my sponsored links hurt your SEO?

No. We mark every sponsored outbound link with rel="sponsored nofollow" per Google’s webmaster guidelines. That’s industry standard and what every reputable publisher does.

№ 03Can I sponsor a specific blog post?

For Signature Partners, yes. The dedicated editorial post in your year is effectively yours, written by our team in our voice, clearly labeled as sponsored content. We don’t accept one-off sponsored posts from non-partners.

№ 04How do you pick which tier-list item my business fits?

We write the list based on our honest assessment of all island operators in that category. We don’t flex that for money. If your business isn’t in our S/A tier, a Curated mention goes in a related editorial post (best kept-secrets, neighborhood deep-dive, etc.).

№ 05What if my category already has a Signature partner?

We cap one Signature partner per category (one villa company, one wedding venue, one golf course, etc.) to avoid conflicts. If your category is taken, we’ll hold your spot for the following year or place you in Curated in the meantime.

Ready to talk?

Book a 30-minute partner call.

We'll show you our current analytics, talk through which tier fits, and give you 48 hours to decide. No-pressure.

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