Sponsorships & packages

Own your city on the map.

Venue sponsorships and brand packages inside the community-built LGBTQ+ travel app. Founding-partner rates, one sponsor per metro.

accent
+ Expanding
Austin anchor city
Live
Web + app ecosystem
iOS + Android
Platforms
1 per metro
Category exclusivity

We publish what we can verify. Traffic and install figures are shared directly with partners under NDA rather than posted on a marketing page — ask and we'll send the current numbers.

Venue sponsorships

For bars, restaurants, hotels, and community spaces. Founding-partner rates hold for 12 months from signature.

QR Certified

Free
community verification

Get mapped and verified. No pay-to-play on safety ratings, ever.

  • Verified safe-space badge & vibe scorecard
  • Listing on the live interactive map
  • Inclusion in web & app city directories
  • Digital merchant onboarding kit & window decal
Most popular

Featured Venue

$149
per month

Preferred placement in your city, on the web, and inside the mobile app.

  • Everything in QR Certified
  • Top-of-list placement on local city guides & map view
  • Featured logo + photo on local category directory pages
  • One dedicated social spotlight per quarter (UGC highlight)
  • Custom venue check-in perks for app users (e.g., drink/event discounts)

City Sponsor

$500
per month · one per metro

Category exclusivity for an entire city. First come, first served.

  • Everything in Featured Venue
  • Exclusive category lock — no competing venues featured in that metro
  • "Presented by" credit on web city guides and the app directory home screen
  • AI itinerary integration — featured recommendation inside custom trip routes
  • Co-branded event activations & high-priority app push notifications
  • Named partner status in city expansion press pushes and monthly member blasts

What a placement looks like

Real examples of the inventory, so you're not buying something you can't picture.

Featured venue card — top of a city guide
Featured

Your Venue Here

Cocktail bar · Your neighborhood

QR Certified

Two lines of your own copy, written by you and edited by us to match the guide's voice. Appears above every organic listing.

City sponsor — guide header credit
Austin city guide · Presented by
Your Brand

Exclusive to one non-competing partner per metro. Appears on the guide, the gay-bars page, and the downloadable PDF cover.

Sponsored itinerary — Scout AI
Sponsored route
"A perfect queer Saturday, presented by Your Brand"
  • · Brunch → your venue
  • · Afternoon → partner shop
  • · Night → your venue's drag show
Vendor spotlight — editorial feature
Spotlight
Vendor Spotlight: Your Venue

A full editorial post, permanently indexed and built to rank — the same format as our Whip My Soul feature.

Brand packages

For hospitality groups, tourism boards, and national brands that want to show up for this community with something real.

Vendor Spotlight

From $750

A dedicated editorial feature on our blog, written with you — like our Whip My Soul spotlight. Permanent, indexable, and shared across our channels.

Sponsored Itinerary

From $2,500

A branded route inside Scout AI, surfaced to travelers planning a trip to your market at the moment they're deciding where to go.

Pride Month Takeover

Custom

June brand presence across the app, city guides, and blog. Limited to a single non-competing partner per category.

National Launch Partner

Custom

Multi-city, multi-quarter presence with co-created campaigns and first look at every new market we open.

Straight answers

Can I pay for a better safety rating?

No. Safety verification is community-driven and is never for sale. Sponsorship buys placement and visibility — never a rating.

Why is this priced below what a national ad network charges?

Because we're early and honest about it. These are founding-partner rates that lock for 12 months. Partners who come in now get their category before it's contested.

What reporting do I get?

A monthly report with placement impressions, guide downloads, and app link taps for your venue. We share what we can measure and don't estimate the rest.

Do you do trade or in-kind deals?

For local venues in a city we're actively launching, sometimes. Ask.

Not sure which fits?

Tell us your venue or brand and the city you care about. We'll come back with the honest recommendation, even if it's the free tier.