What is simonseeks.com?
Simonseeks is a website where a community of travellers, journalists and celebrities can share their advice and their enthusiasms - giving you the inside story on their favourite destinations – and get paid for it.
How does Simonseeks work?
It works like this:
Simonseeks is a bit like the YouTube of travel. Every day, new travel guides are uploaded, telling you about the best places to stay, the tastiest places to eat, the unmissable things to do, and much more. As on YouTube, all guides are rated and reviewed by users – so the best guides find their way to the top of the search listings.
What makes Simonseeks different from other travel guide sites?
Firstly, quality. Before any guide is published on the site, it is first vetted by our editorial team to ensure it meets the Simonseeks quality standard. Another thing that sets Simonseeks apart is our powerful search tool, which makes finding the best guides as quick and easy as possible. Writers categorise their stories by trip type as well as by destination – so when users come to search, they can be really specific about what kind of guide they’re after, whether it’s ‘romance in Paris’ or ‘adventure in Australia’. If you want to narrow things down even more, you can filter by budget too. And if you’re not sure where you fancy going, that’s simple too: just choose a continent or country at random and let us inspire you!
Booking your next trip on Simonseeks
Once you’ve researched your trip, you may want to seize the day and book – so we’ve made that bit easy too! Simonseeks helps you compare prices and availability of hotels, restaurants and attractions instantly, thanks to our commercial relationships with hundreds of travel companies – from travel agents such as Expedia and Hotels.com to tour operators such as Thomas Cook and Seasons in Style.
Write for Simonseeks and earn money
What marks out Simonseeks from nearly every other travel site, is that the contributors are equal partners. We are looking for travellers who can write with passion, enthusiasm and first-hand knowledge, and as long as guides which we are offered meet our quality standards, anyone can write for the site and share in the sales commission or advertising revenue generated as a result of their guide. Intrigued? See Get Published for more details….
What’s the story behind Simonseeks?
Simonseeks is the brainchild of Simon Nixon, founder of Moneysupermarket and Travelsupermarket. Simon floated these businesses on the stock market in 2007 for £850 million – still the largest internet floatation in Europe. Still majority shareholder in Moneysupermarket, Simon is now focusing his energies on building Simonseeks into the most successful quality travel guide site in the world. The inspiration? His own passion for travel and frustration at being unable to find good-quality travel guides to suit his personal travel requirements. In his own words, 'I've built the site for me – but I’m sure many other people will also find it useful!'
