Adding your tour to Google Things to Do
2 min readWhat is Google Things to Do?
Google Things to Do links your tour's Major Landmarks directly to locations on Google Search and Google Maps. This link significantly increases discoverability across two of the most popular products used by travellers.
Things to Do on Google Maps
Google Maps is a perfect fit for VoiceMap tours because it's used for on-the-go queries by people who are comfortable navigating independently. When you're already in a destination, ready to go, scheduled tours that need to be booked in advance don't make nearly as much sense as on-demand, self-guided tours.
If your tour is correctly linked to the locations it passes by and describes, it'll display under Experiences for some but not all location types.
Things to Do on Google Search
A Google Search result for a landmark with related experiences in the knowledge panel can also display your tour, linking it directly to the places it covers.
How to add your tour to Things to Do
You can connect your tour to Google Things to Do through the Distribution tab in Mapmaker:
- Open your tour's Distribution tab
- Navigate to the Google Things to Do section
- Add your tour's major landmarks by searching for them using Google Places or adding them as plain text
- You can find most major landmarks in the Google Places search. If you don't find it with only the name, try adding the destination name or consider alternative spellings
- Click Save
What happens next
Once you've saved your updated locations, your tour will automatically be submitted to Things to Do. Submitting the products involves manual review processes, so it may take a few weeks to a month for your tour to start appearing on Google.