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How it works

Four steps from applying with your site to a link on your record. Here is what happens at each one, and the rules that hold it together.
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Step 1

Apply with your site

A short form, and one page on your own domain to show the site is yours.

travellerswelcome.com/directory/slowtravelspainExample

Slow Travel Spain

Food, culture and trains across Spain

Verified
DA
34
DR
38
Traffic
21,400
Spam score
1
Links given
11
Reports
0
foodculturerail2FA onMessage the owner

Step 2

Heidi reads it

Every application, by hand, usually within a few days. You hear the decision by email. If it's a no, Heidi's note says why, and you can ask for another review once it's fixed.

What Heidi looks at

  • Real, active site with readers
  • Niche fits the rest of the network
  • Metrics spot-checked against Ahrefs and Moz
  • Ownership proved on the domain itself

Turned down

  • PBNs and link farms
  • Sites built to resell placements
  • Thin or abandoned blogs

Step 3

Ask for links, and give them

Once your site is approved, the board opens: 2 open posts at a time, each up for 7 days.

travellerswelcome.com/board/newExample
Needs linksOffering a link

Page

slowtravelspain.com/la-rioja-by-train

Title

La Rioja by train: every route, costed

Why it's worth linking to

Updated this spring, with timetables and fares for all six lines.

Open for a week

Post

Step 4

Give as well as take

The board keeps it fair: you can be up to 2 links ahead of what you've given before it asks you to help someone else.

travellerswelcome.com/dashboardExample

Hello, Marta

2 things need you. You can take 1 more link before giving one back.

2 offers waiting on youOn “La Rioja by train”
1 conversation with something newAbout “La Rioja by train”

Asks in your niches

AAna F. · thequietcoast.ptDR 27

Algarve coastal walks guide could use a mention

Open6 days leftMake an offer
TTom W. · northofsomewhere.co.ukDR 24

Regional walking guide needs a link from Spain blogs

Open3 days leftMake an offer

Before you apply

Get in the queue today.

Add your site, publish the one page that proves it's yours, and Heidi takes it from there.
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