More exposure, more fans, more success for your business
If you're a passionate, original small business with a genuine desire to show weekenders how utterly brilliant your stay or experience is, the Weekend Wishlist Collection is the place for you.
By partnering with Weekend Candy and becoming a part of our Collection, you get an affordable and effective way to showcase your uniqueness and connect with the thousands of engaged people who come to this site for short break ideas.
Claire, Founder and Editor
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exclusive business benefits
The Weekend Wishlist is the UK’s first dedicated weekend getaways collection championing brilliant weekend stays and experiences; helping small businesses connect with people looking for things to do on a weekend or a short break.
Our collection is fully searchable by region and/or category and makes it simple for our female audience to find the very best, trusted business to visit on a weekend away in the UK. It also provides the ultimate platform for us to shout about amazing escapes all over the British Isles and enable you to reach a huge audience of highly-motivated weekend warriors and staycationers. Building your brand faster than you may be able to do single-handedly.
However, not every business makes it into the Weekend Wishlist Collection. People trust this site and our judgement; they rely on us to give quality recommendations. As such, we only let specially-selected businesses that we truly rate join the Collection. So if you’re genuinely a business you think we’d love, apply now – and tell us why you deserve a slot.
Approved Weekend Partners Get:
As well as your own dedicated portfolio page where you can showcase the very best your business, you also get an official approved supplier badge, plus…
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Connect with our audience
- Shared with over 35k Weekend Candy social followers
- Professionally-written, bespoke portfolio page created by our talented award-winning writer and founder, Claire
- Unlimited, commission-free website traffic
- Increased website traffic
- Increased social media visibility
- SEO for your directory listing page
- Increased Google ranking for your business
- Shout out on our Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram and Instagram Stories
- Access to our exclusive short breaks Facebook group with over 3K members
- Feature in our weekly newsletters, The Weekend Edit and The Weekend Mini
- Word of mouth recommendation across our network
- Approved supplier badge for enhanced credibility
Exclusive PR opportunities
- Dedicated PR support and outreach by our Head of PR (Our Partners have been included in the Times, Time Out, The Sunday Telegraph, Vanity Fur and Hello)
- Opportunities to work with our large network of bloggers and influencers
- Extended press opportunities – we are connected to journalists of national newspapers
- Opportunities to feature in lead Weekend Candy on-site content and editorials
Insights, mentoring & training
- Mentoring opportunities covering hospitality branding, copywriting, blogging, digital and social marketing with Claire, Weekend Candy Founder and digital consultant
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"It has been an absolute delight and privilege to work with Claire. Her drive, enthusiasm and energy is contagious. We would not hesitate to recommend Claire to any small business in need of creative marketing. She is definitely her weight in gold and we can not wait to continue working with her."
Harta Retreats, Devon
“I am one VERY HAPPY CUSTOMER. I cannot stop smiling. Friends and customers are messaging me to tell how incredible my business is looking now. I originally contacted Claire to find out if I could join Weekend Candy and then discovered the branding services she offers. I also commissioned a Weekend Candy stay and competition. The results and payback have been immediate. Within 48 hours of Claire posting her stay on Instagram, I had three bookings. Working with Claire has been the best business decision I have made.”
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FAQs
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What do you look for in a small hospitality business?
We love small, independent businesses who are passionate about the value they add to people’s lives. So we look for start-ups (who’ve been trading for more than 6 months), growing small businesses and more established brands that will inspire our readers. We want people to be excited to try your business on a weekend because it has character and quirk, it’s unique and different, it’s trendy and innovative. If we’re excited to try you, we’re pretty sure our readers will be too.
How do I get approved?
All applications are vetted by Weekend Candy’s Founder and Editor, Claire Robinson, and measured against our own criteria. All of our team pride themselves on only working with heart-centred, independent suppliers who provide high quality products and services that our audience can trust.
Is this the right investment for my business?
We understand how every penny counts when you run a small business. And whilst we can’t guarantee bookings – because we are not an OTA, we do promise that you will be seen by people who want new weekend inspiration. So if it’s website traffic growth you want, this is an affordable way of stimulating the process. Plus, we promote every listing to the best of our ability at all times – to make you really stand out.
Why do you charge a yearly fee?
Simply because we need to cover our professional time creating your bespoke content and then sharing it across our channels throughout the year. If we did it all for free, a huge chunk of our day would disappear and Weekend Candy would become unprofitable. A recurring fee is the best way to make sure you get the exposure you want.
What happens next?
If you’re approved, we’ll email you with the information we need to get your listing live. Once we have all the information, we’ll schedule in your portfolio page to be written. We’ll then create the assets to promote your brand and book in a date for an in-person visit, if you’ve decided to choose our content creation package.
Weekend Wishlist Membership T&Cs