Interested in listing your Turks and Caicos business on Visit Turks and Caicos Islands? We currently offer listings as part of an advertising package.
This page describes what we require and our guidelines for listing a business.
We reserve the right to not list a business or to remove a business listing for any reason.
It is important that website content is appealing to visitors. High-quality photos that show your business and staff in the beautiful Turks and Caicos instills trust. Stock photos should not be used. Photos used must be your own, or you must have clear permission to use them. We cannot use heavily edited photos, graphics, illustrations, or logos. Content generated with AI tools, including written content, images, and video, is not accepted.
Websites that we link to must meet minimum quality standards, should be a secure website (https), and should work on phones, tablets, laptops, and desktop devices.
We typically only list and link to businesses that are located in and operate in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
To list your business, we require:
*We prefer full-resolution and unedited images. Only professional photos will be accepted (photos taken with a phone camera will not be accepted). Portrait-orientation photos are not accepted (images must be landscape).
**The business overview's content should not have information that changes frequently, such as prices or special offers. This content must be unique, and not copied from any existing websites.
Accurate address and contact details are required, including at least one phone number, email address, and street address.
Our system supports multiple public and non-public email addresses. If you would like separate email addresses for business listing and advertising management/administration communications solely from Visit Turks and Caicos, please specify.
We require a minimum of six high-quality photos that represent your business.
The importance of having good photography cannot be stressed enough. Vibrant and interesting images greatly improve the success of business listings.
Photos must be of sufficient resolution. Our current minimum is 2048 pixels wide, yet we encourage you to send photo assets at the largest image resolution you have to ensure the best quality and future compatibility.
Portrait orientation photos (taller than they are wide) generally cannot be used on our website.
One of the provided photos will be used as the panoramic cover image—as can be seen at the top of every page on our site—on your business listing page. This is similar to a Facebook cover image. We are happy to crop a normal ratio (such as 3:2) photo to the appropriate aspect ratio, yet the subject and composition of the original image must support the panoramic crop.
Two to four images will be used for photos that appear on your business page and in business lists. These should be a normal 3:2 aspect ratio. As with panoramic images, we can often crop photos to the desired ratio, yet the resolution and composition must support it.
Please ensure you have the proper rights to use any images that you provide. By providing photographs to Visit Turks and Caicos Islands, you affirm that you have the legal right to use the image(s).
Generally, we do not accept image renderings, image compilations into a single image, or visible photo manipulations. Some exceptions exist for advertisers, such as architectural renderings for a real estate project.
We do not accept content generated with artificial intelligence (AI) tools, including photorealistic images, video, and written content.
Listings require a description of what the business is and what it offers to customers. This should describe what, where, and how your business operates, and what makes it unique.
An upper limit on the description is around 400 characters, including spaces. The description must be relevant and of good quality. As is the case with photos, good text improves the performance of a listing.
Please create new and accurate material for the text. Do not copy text from other sources, as we will perform a search to ensure that this is new and original content.
Do not use AI tools to generate text. If a business provides any content generated via an AI tool, this may lead to the complete removal of that business from our website.
Avoid subjective statements and writing styles (example: “This is the undisputed best restaurant in the country”).
Example good description: Oceanfront Restaurant serves a range of local and international cuisine. All fish and vegetables are locally sourced and dishes are prepared in the local style. A wide range of beverages and desserts are offered, including their famous Kew Lemon Meringue Pie. For dinner reservations and large groups, a reservation is recommended.
Example bad description: Come visit us and experience the best restaurant in the entire Turks and Caicos Islands. We offer a great menu selection to choose from that will make you want to visit again.
Visit Turks and Caicos Islands often makes edits to provided descriptions to allow content to better match the style of our site, to ensure accuracy, and to add links to any referenced locations or attractions.
We may also modify your description and other information at any time. We often indicate this to you in the case of substantive edits, but this notification is offered as a courtesy and is not guaranteed.
In addition to the short description, a business overview is also required.
This must be at least 500 words long. It must be written in the third person (no use of 'we' or 'us'), and should be a factual, informational overview of your business discussing your products and services and relevant information. It should not contain prices or any information that is subject to change frequently (such as specials).
This written content must be unique and written specifically for Visit Turks and Caicos Islands. Information copied from websites (such as your About page) will not be accepted.
Do not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate text. If a business provides any content generated via an AI tool, this may lead to the complete removal of that business from our website.
The Visit Turks and Caicos website takes a structured approach to how and where business listings appear on the site.
Fundamentally, all activities, attractions, and services have an article or page on the site which is impartial and gives a general overview. In many cases, we have an island-specific page for the activity, attraction, or service as well.
Example of a 'global' introduction article: Turks and Caicos Diving
Specific Providenciales article: Providenciales Diving
Specific Grand Turk article: Grand Turk Diving
If a business caters to a particular activity, it will be displayed on the activity page for the island where the business is based. If a business offers multiple services, it may appear on multiple pages. Please note that non-advertisers may only be placed within one category.
When sending your business information, you may state which activities and services you believe best apply to your business. However, Visit Turks and Caicos Islands reserves the right to assign activity and service relationships as we see fit.
Business relationships can also exist between locations on our site. For example, it is possible to be listed on our pages for Little Water Cay, Mudjin Harbour, or the Conch Bar Caves. We only add businesses to locations and attractions where we feel it will be helpful. For example, we will not list businesses on Grace Bay Beach or Taylor Bay.
To ensure that guests of the Turks and Caicos receive the best experience, we generally only assign business relationships where relevant. We do not want to list a business on an activity page unless the business actively caters to the activity or service, and is on the appropriate island.
A theoretical example is kayaking on South Caicos. We do not want to list a Providenciales watersports business on the South Caicos activity page, unless said business has an established practice of operating on South Caicos.
If the Providenciales business actively practices kayaking on South Caicos, or maintains a fleet of watercraft on South Caicos, it is valid for it to appear on the South Caicos Kayaking page (in addition to the Providenciales Kayaking page).
There are restrictions on the usage of geographic place names within a business name, especially at the end of a name. For example, a business called 'Five Cays Scooters' is acceptable, but a business called 'Beach Bar Grand Turk' will be restricted. By restricted, this means that in most cases, we will only use the name without the geographic place name. This is to avoid redundant references—for example, "Beach Bar Grand Turk is located in Grand Turk."
To be listed, businesses must be open and operating. Some exceptions exist for certain types of businesses that have an imminent and definite opening date.
If your business is listed on our site and is a legacy listing, it is your responsibility to ensure that the information is accurate. If data is incorrect or inaccurate, simply contact us and we will change it as appropriate.
If your data, such as contact information, location, or particularly your URL is found to be incorrect, your business listing may be removed without notice or notification.