Reach can be bought. Judgment cannot.
That's why the reach is worth buying.
The Sales Traveler serves account executives, CROs, RevOps leaders, travel buyers, and the operators who support their trips. A partnership buys disclosed placement beside that work. It never buys the verdict, a score, or control over what I publish.
When not to partner
If your KPI is raw impressions, buy programmatic media and use the calculator below to compare the economics. This partnership is designed for teams that value a narrow professional audience, relevant decision context, and an independently governed publication.
Why an exact audience beats a big one
Business travel is a $1.57 trillion global market (GBTA). This publication narrows that market to revenue-travel decisions: trip approval, hotel readiness, conference yield, and follow-through. Your disclosed placement appears in that context without influencing the recommendation.
Decision-moment reach
Readers meet you inside the workflow, trip approval, hotel choice, event selection, not in a feed.
First-party field data
The Field Index and the Revenue Travel Benchmark are built from traveler-reported evidence no booking platform can see.
Standards, not placements
The Sales-Ready mark is earned through audit. When your property carries it, buyers know it wasn't bought.
Four ways to work with us
1 · Sponsorship
Underwrite the Field Brief newsletter or a research cycle. Always disclosed, never steering coverage. You get the association; readers keep the independence that makes the association valuable.
2 · Research collaboration
Commission a study on hotel programs, city readiness, event yield, or policy friction. You fund the question. I control the method and publish the findings whether they help your position or not.
3 · Sales-Ready licensing
Properties that pass the independent audit may license the Sales-Ready mark for their own marketing. Passing is earned. The audit is the product; the mark is the proof.
4 · Advisory
Market diagnosis and offer design for hotels, destinations, and travel platforms serving revenue teams — informed by the field data, bounded by the editorial firewall.
Sample deliverables before you buy
Operator dashboard
A scored view of where your public commitments gain trust, where they fail the buyer moment, and what changed since the last review.
Score-improvement report
The evidence packet behind “why you lost points,” mapped to the exact claim gaps a buyer can see in public.
Benchmark sponsorship package
Cadence, distribution rights, sample report structure, and the firewall language procurement and legal need before approving the spend.
Procurement-ready proof pack
Published pricing, governance, corrections rules, methodology, and trust-center links in one buyer-facing path.
Buy a decision context, not generic reach
Be seen on hotel decision pages
Show up where travelers decide whether a property is demo-safe, quiet enough, and worth trusting with a client-facing day.
Support Conference ROI distribution
Place a disclosed sponsorship beside conference-planning guidance without controlling the recommendation or tool.
Underwrite a category benchmark
Fund distribution and research access while I retain control of the method, findings, and corrections.
License score-improvement reporting
Use recurring operator-side reporting to track what changed in writing, where you lost points, and what closes the gap.
Run the numbers yourself
Partnership rates — published, because our readers would expect nothing less
We write about pricing discipline for a living. Hiding ours would be off-brand. Every product below is disclosed to readers, and none of them touches the verdict.
- One dedicated, clearly-labeled feature on thesalestraveler.com
- Written or polished to TST editorial quality
- Full FTC-compliant paid-partnership disclosure
- One newsletter mention · yours to keep and share
- Disclosed brand placements on the pages agreed in writing
- No affiliate tags, no revenue share — one flat fee
- Logo in the Partner Network footer
- Monthly mentions & referral-traffic report
- Everything in the monthly partnership
- Locked rate for the full term
- Quarterly strategy note from the editor
- Quarterly sponsorship inventory update
- Independent evaluation on the Stay · Meet · Explore · Equip framework — criteria published in full
- License the Certified™ mark for 12 months
- Badge kit + verification link + directory listing
- Annual re-evaluation keeps the mark current
Reserve below and we'll invoice (ACH/wire welcome), usually within one business day. Data licensing lives separately: see the Benchmark Research Partner program ($7,500 / $25,000 per cycle).
The seats above the ladder
Two positions sit above everything on this page, sold by application because a seat is a relationship, not a checkout. Presenting Partner of the Index Desk & Benchmark — $400,000/yr, one seat. One non-scored-category brand presents the Desk, the Benchmark, and the Field Brief — the frame around every verdict we publish, never the verdicts. Category Partner — $150,000/yr, three seats. Category exclusivity, every relevant mention linked, a co-branded Benchmark cut, and four Field Brief presences a year. Charter rates; $480,000 and $180,000 from July 1, 2027. Apply: rachel@thesalestraveler.com — the same house rules apply at $400,000 as at $299: partners buy the frame, never the picture.
Before you apply, three things in writing. First, we only recommend a top-tier seat when the audience fit and decision context truly justify it. Second, shorter entry paths can scale into larger commitments when the fit is proven. Third, procurement support is ready, and the governance page provides the operating discipline serious buyers expect.
Talk to Rachel directly: rachel@thesalestraveler.com · LinkedIn — replies inside one business day, calendar link in the first reply if you want a call.
Self-serve, starting today
No call required for any of these: City Guides Edition No. 1 — Phoenix sponsorship ($2,500 to apply, closes before Sept 3) · Claimed & Managed profiles ($2,500/yr) · Ranked Seal licensing ($7,500/yr) · Self-Assessed listings ($950/yr) · the Data Shop ($299–$1,499) · Benchmark Founding slots (window closes Aug 14) · Road Board listings ($299) · keynotes ($18,500) · the Awards (Q4).
Presenting seat: $400,000 → $480,000 · Category seats: $150,000 → $180,000 · Sponsored Post: $8,750 → $11,500 · Monthly: $12,800 → $16,000 · Annual: $128,000 → $156,000 · Certified: $24,000 → $29,500 from July 1, 2027. Today's price is the charter rate, held until the first annual re-score edition. Buy at charter and your rate is grandfathered for every uninterrupted renewal. Increases are announced here first — never invoiced retroactively. The step-up isn't a discount trick; it's the published cost of the desk's growing record.
The verdict is never for sale — no purchase on this page can move a score, in either direction. Corrections land in 7 days and live on the public ledger. The full protocol, including your right of reply, is published at /governance/.
Orders are governed by the Terms of Sale.
Reserve your slot
Self-serve, no call required. Pick a tier, tell us who you are, and you'll have confirmation and an invoice within one business day. Slots are held in the order reservations arrive.
What money can't touch
Ready to talk? Tell us what you're trying to reach and we'll route it to the right program — sponsorship, research, licensing, or advisory.
Want the numbers first? Request the media kit. For the concise operating brief, see how partnerships work.