Description
Membership Help
Our Restaurant Partner Membership plan gives you access to ongoing courses and content relevant to your establishment, ways to develop your skills and interests, and things you can do to connect and help the network we have created. Plus plenty of offers and discounts.
There are 4 types of restaurant partners:
- Historic partners (2012 and 2013) – these are businesses who supported our foundation year road trip (in 2012) where we visited 192 towns in 250 days. 176 accommodation establishments helped us achieve this by sponsoring our meals when we passed through their area. This was then repeated in 2013 via three shorter, different road trip routes: https://
theexpeditionproject.com/ about/ - Experience partners – these are businesses who we have partnered with to provide meals for our experiences for travellers: https://
theexpeditionproject.com/ experiences/. - New Partners – these are new businesses who join our community. In order to join they should be willing to host two people for a meal for a minimum of once per year: https://
theexpeditionproject.com/ explore/. - Featured partners – these are partners which can fall into any of the above categories but have also 100% committed to host two people once per year, pay 7% commission on direct enquiries, and are a local contact for their area and provide us with regular updates. This category receives additional promotions and advertising.
There are two types of enquiries which will come to you via The Expedition Project:
- Direct enquiries – these will come direct to you inbox via the built in enquiry form at the bottom of your listing
- Indirect enquiries – it will be unclear that these have come via The Expedition Project because these enquiries may come via the direct links we provide of yours – e.g: social media and website. We offer direct links transparently and free.
With all our partners, we ask for the following:
- Reply to direct enquiries – this will come directly into your inbox via your built in enquiry form on your listing. Please reply to these as soon as you can and cc or bcc me in so I can see you have received it and replied. I will send you a test enquiry after this email – reply reply to it so I can see you have received it.
- Host us when possible – if you have space we may request a meal when passing through your area. This is something we would like you to be able to support us with, but we understand this is dependent on time of year and availability.
- Optional commission – all partners have the option of paying us a 7% commission for any enquiries that come via us if they can afford it. This is not a request, it is an option unless they are a Featured partner. As a social enterprise we are trying to remain sustainable with various revenue streams to keep us alive.
- Keep us updated – when you can, please send any updates that may be needed for your listing. We would also love you to be a contact for your area – you can let us know about any projects or events happening. This is all part of us trying to help and support your local area.
