Monetizing Leads from Travel Instagram

[StonewallHackson]

Hi BHW,

Tons of incredible information on here, so apologies if I've missed another forum covering this same topic.

I have an Instagram travel account with about 20k followers. I've found decent success monetizing shoutouts and recently setup a blog to try and capitalize off web traffic. But while growing this account, I've had tons of people reach out for travel help (ex: "can you help me and my friends book this hotel?" or "what do you recommend in Peru for November 10-18?").

I'd love to be able to send these leads to a travel agent or find some other way to package and sell them. On that note, has anyone on here found a way to monetize these requests? What other ideas might you have for these leads?

I'll keep experimenting and let y'all know if I find a compelling method. Thanks in advance for any help here!

 

[Jeancharles]

If you already have a blog about travel and your followers ask you these kinds of questions, you can succeed! It's a hot traffic.

The best way in my opinion is to play with companies like Booking, Hotels.com etc, and get a commission when one of your followers book a stay via your link. 15% commission on several nights of hotels can bring back!

 

[StonewallHackson]

Awesome! Glad to hear that @Jeancharles.

Most of these commissions sites haven't approved us, since our account is still too small. How large of an account do we need to start getting approved?

 

[Jeancharles]

Awesome! Glad to hear that @Jeancharles.

Most of these commissions sites haven't approved us, since our account is still too small. How large of an account do we need to start getting approved?

Unfortunately, I can not tell you the exact conditions. Normally a good blog with traffic should be enough, at least it was OK for one of my friends some time ago...