# Travel Bucket List - Wish To Go 

Contributors: @jseto
Author: Wish To Go Travel
Author URI: https://wish-to-go.com
Tags: travel, blog, bucket list, wish list, trip planner, itinerary
Requires at least: 3.5.0
Tested up to: 5.4.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Wish to go is a Travel Blog plugin that installs a Travel Bucket List and a Trip Planner for your readers

## Description

Wish To Go is a plugin for Travel Blogs that shows a heart ️❤ next to the posts headers or in the article body. The readers can click on them as they do on Instagram pictures. When the reader clicks on the heart, the destination described in the post is added to a reader's personal **Destination Wish List**. This is the same idea of Amazon _wish lists_. Wish lists feature has been implemented in Booking.com or Airbnb as well because they are a great tool for customer engagement.

The readers, once they have build up a destination wish list and are ready to travel, can use the provided **Trip Planner** in the bloggers pages to make a plan for their holidays. The trip planner offers the ability to book transport, accommodation and activities using affiliate links from the trip planner itself. On paid plans, the blogger can set up their own affiliate codes.

Wish To Go can help Travel Bloggers in several ways:

- **Engage visitors as it is offering an added value**
	
	The plugin installs the wish list and the trip planner as a feature of their blog. Readers do not have to leave the blog to use them.

- **Low friction reader's email acquisition**
 
	Readers understand that, to have a private wish list, they have to enter some kind of user identification and the email sounds as the natural choice. No need to offer free travel guides or other stuff to get the visitor's email.

- **They will know when a reader is ready to travel and where**

	When the readers start using the trip planner, it is likely they are ready to travel and spend on bookings and travel items. All marketing related efforts are more efficient at this time.

- **The travel affiliate marketing is focused at a unique place**
	
	Most affiliate conversions are lost because there is a long period of time from when the visitor reads a post and when decides to travel. When the readers are ready to travel, it's likely they will book through the trip planner because it is very easy to do it. In this way the affiliate links will be visited at the time of purchase and no cookies or unique visitors are lost.

You can find more information on my website at https://wish-to-go.com.

### A Plugin to Increase Visitor Engagement

Wish To Go Plugin implements a Travel Bucket List that allows your readers to add destinations in the same way you add products in a wish list.

Every online store have a wish list. Why a travel blog shouldn't have one? Wish lists are an excellent tool to increase income:

Attract new traffic as you offer an added value to your readers.
Increase visitor engagement as they keep returning to check the wish list.
Identify reader's favourite destinations and suggest other related blog entries or products.

### Trip Planning Tool for Enhanced Reader's Experience

To complement the Wish List, the plugin implements a Trip Planner where your readers can plan their next trip based on the destinations stored in the wish list app.

Select destination from different countries.
Synchronize Flights and destination arriving and leaving dates.
Book and Record Hotel Bookings.
Add Tours and Activities to do at destination.
Sort destinations.
Automatically calculates hotel and travel booking dates.

### Relevant Advertisements to Boost Monetization

Don't bloat your site with non-related adverts, readers hate it. Use a clever advertisement approach to monetize your travel site. Show ads only when the traveller is ready to buy. The Trip Planner is where affiliate marketing rocks:

- Traveller can book lodging, trips and tours from the Trip Planner
- No cookie expiration worries. Your reader will purchase immediately from the Trip Planner.
- Don't bother your readers with spam. Target visitors only when the booking or products that you offer are relevant to them.

## Installation

1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/wish-to-go` directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress
3. Use the Settings->Plugin Name screen to configure the plugin
4. To show the wish heart ❤️ in the post title, fill the `country`, `city` and `activity` custom fields in the edit post page.
5. To add a wish heart ❤️ in an arbitrary position in the post, use the `wishwidget` _shortcode_ in the form `[wishwidget country="ES" city="Barcelona" activity="Museu Dalí"]`. More details on parameters can be found at [Wish To Go website](https://wish-to-go.com/how-to-use)
6. To hide the wish counter go to the plugin settings page.

## Screenshots

1. Wish hearts

2. Trip Planner