Go To Places

About Us

We provide expert advice, robust research and funding know-how to make places thrive.

We work with local authorities, destination management organisations and tourism businesses to provide cost effective destination management services, tourism campaigns and other off the shelf services and products which can help local visitor economies to grow from day one.

Our Services

1 Audience and Market Research

2 Campaigns

3 Destination Management & Consultancy

4 Discover England Fund Projects

5 Marketing Consultancy

6 Securing Funding

Campaign Spotlight - The Big Weekend

One of Go To Places’ most successful campaigns is The Big Weekend which is a highly affordable and low risk ‘out-of-the-box’ activity for any destination. The campaign has been launched across Kent, East Sussex, Hertfordshire, Essex, Jersey and Norwich.

Find out how we can launch our campaigns in your destination

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1 The Big Weekend

2 Summer Destination Campaign

3 2FOR1

4 Big Ferry Fortnight

Current Projects

Go To Places is proud to lead the Discover England Fund (DEF) project the Gourmet Garden Trails of England and jointly lead England's Creative Coast. We are also partners for the US Connections and Explorers Road DEF projects.

We are also proud of our work with Wine Garden of England - a new collective brand and high quality visitor offer for seven of Kent's leading wineries.

Find out more about how we can help your destination or tourism business.

1 Wine Garden of England

2 England's Creative Coast

3 Gourmet Garden Trails of England

News and Insights

Find out more about our latest client campaigns and projects, successful funding bids and industry activity

Kent's Heritage Coast Isle Of Thanet Visit Kent

Kent’s Heritage Coast recognised as one of the world’s best regions to visit in 2022

Kent welcomes Minister for Tourism and Sport during English Tourism Week

Future of DMOs = Future of English Tourism

Hertfordshire Secures New Funding for Screen Tourism Programme

Norwich signs up for The Big Weekend

Jersey signs up for The Big Weekend

Visit Kent wins UKinbound Destination Marketing Organisation of the Year 2019

Go To Places provides vital support to tourism businesses during the pandemic

Hertfordshire tourism and hospitality businesses secure investment from COVID-19 emergency fund

Our Clients and Partners Say......

The Big Weekend in Kent is a fantastic collaboration and a great opportunity for our business. The results were overwhelming for our first time ever running an event - we had around 1,000 visitors.

— Tourism Business, Visit Kent

The Big Weekend has helped raise awareness of Visit Essex as a leading destination management organisation within the county, adding another marketing dimension to our activities and offering us a way to connect directly with our businesses, as well as the general public.

— Carol Jolly, Marketing & PR Manager, Visit Essex

Our Introduction to Tourism Workshop with Go To Places was energising, motivating and fun. Our team came back to the office enthused and full of new ideas!

— Liz Woodfield, Director, Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Go To Places helped us consider the options we had available to us to support our DMO to become more sustainable and strategic. In a rapidly changing environment for tourism, this has enabled us to get ahead of the game and we are now implementing a new strategic organisation with a bigger reach. This would not have been possible without the initial options appraisal that Go To Places undertook for us.

— John Wilkinson, Director, Bath and Northeast Somerset Council

Go To Places supported us throughout the campaign from collecting the information needed to build the website, to testing and advice on which marketing channels had been most successful. When things didn’t go according to plan there was always someone available to contact, even though it may have been outside of normal working hours.

— Emma Batchelor, Director, Discover Ferries

The Big Weekend in Kent is a fantastic collaboration and a great opportunity for our business. The results were overwhelming for our first time ever running an event - we had around 1,000 visitors.

— Tourism Business, Visit Kent

The Big Weekend has helped raise awareness of Visit Essex as a leading destination management organisation within the county, adding another marketing dimension to our activities and offering us a way to connect directly with our businesses, as well as the general public.

— Carol Jolly, Marketing & PR Manager, Visit Essex

Our Introduction to Tourism Workshop with Go To Places was energising, motivating and fun. Our team came back to the office enthused and full of new ideas!

— Liz Woodfield, Director, Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Go To Places helped us consider the options we had available to us to support our DMO to become more sustainable and strategic. In a rapidly changing environment for tourism, this has enabled us to get ahead of the game and we are now implementing a new strategic organisation with a bigger reach. This would not have been possible without the initial options appraisal that Go To Places undertook for us.

— John Wilkinson, Director, Bath and Northeast Somerset Council

Go To Places supported us throughout the campaign from collecting the information needed to build the website, to testing and advice on which marketing channels had been most successful. When things didn’t go according to plan there was always someone available to contact, even though it may have been outside of normal working hours.

— Emma Batchelor, Director, Discover Ferries