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Tourism directory software for visitor guides.

Yclas is tourism directory software for tourist boards, destination websites and regional guides: places to stay, eat, see and do, each with hours, a map, photos and reviews, in the languages your visitors speak. Businesses keep their own pages current, and featured places pay for the guide.

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Free for 15 days · No credit card · Several languages on Professional

Real screenshot
frontrange.yclas.com
The home page of Front Range Local, a demo directory made with Yclas
The same site on a phone
40+languages, including right-to-left
20languages each listing can be translated into
30special dates per place for seasonal hours
5review criteria per category, such as value and service
Who builds a visitor guide directory

For whoever welcomes the visitors.

Visitors decide where to eat and what to see on their phone, often in their own language. A guide that answers them in a few taps wins over a brochure.

Tourist boards and DMOsAn official guide to a town, valley or coast.
Regional mediaA visitor guide next to your local news, with featured places to sell.
Business associationsEvery member business in front of visitors.
Travel bloggersYour recommendations as a searchable guide.
See it working

Tourism directory software, page by page.

Real screenshots of Front Range Local, our directory demo. A tourism guide uses the same pages for hotels, restaurants and attractions.

frontrange.yclas.com
Directory home page
Visitors from everywhere Professional and up

A visitor guide in your visitors' languages.

On Professional, visitors choose a language from the footer. Pages, categories, places and menus get a name in each language, and AI translates each listing's title and description, labelled "Translated automatically" with a link to the original.

  • Up to 20 languages per listing, re-translated when the business edits it.
  • Translations a month: 750 on Professional, 1,500 on Marketplace.
  • Right-to-left languages such as Arabic and Hebrew.
More on multilingual sites →
Languages settings with several languages switched on
Languages, in your settings
Hours that change with the season Every plan · branches on Nova

Open now, even in the off season.

Every place has weekly hours and up to 30 special dates for holidays and seasonal closures. Visitors see an Open now or Closed badge and can search for places open right now. Places with several sites, such as a museum with two buildings, list each branch on the map with its own hours.

  • Attributes visitors filter on: step-free access, parking, Wi-Fi, card payments.
  • Events with a venue, dates and repeats, on a calendar page.
Opening hours with special hours
Seasonal hours
A place with several branches
Several sites

The Open now filter uses the weekly hours; special dates show on the page.

What other visitors said Reviews add-on · extras on Nova

Reviews, replies and awards.

Visitors rate places on criteria you choose, such as value, service and location, and add photos. Businesses reply in public and hand out QR posters asking for reviews. Each year the best-reviewed places get a "Best of" award for your guide.

  • Review guard holds reviews that look like they come from the business itself.
  • AI summary of a place's reviews, on paid plans with Nova.
A review with the owner's reply
A reply from the business
Tours and stays Professional and up

From browsing to booking.

On Professional, tour operators and holiday lets can take booking requests on their listing, with a calendar, prices per day or session and instant booking if they choose. On Marketplace, bookings can be paid on the site with a deposit and your commission.

More on bookings →
A booking card on a listing
Booking on the listing
Everything included

Everything a visitor guide needs.

Starter is $19 a month for one language; Professional adds several languages, AI translation and bookings.

For visitors

  • Search by what, where and category
  • Open now filter
  • Map of every place
  • Reviews with photos and criteria
  • Events and a calendar
  • Deals
  • Their own language, on Professional

For businesses

  • Claim the page by email
  • Hours and special hours
  • Reply to reviews
  • Deals and featured places
  • Booking requests, on Professional

For the guide

  • CSV and Google Places import
  • Sponsored places and banners
  • Blog for itineraries
  • The Holiday, Coastal and Passport looks
  • Your own domain
Revenue

How a visitor guide pays its way.

Listings stay free so the guide is complete. Businesses pay to be seen first in the season.

Sponsored placesTop of Restaurants or Things to do.e.g. $20 / 7 days
Seasonal bannersBooked by the week for the summer.e.g. $35 / week
Business membershipsFeatured placement all year.e.g. $25 / month
Commission on bookingsOn the Marketplace plan.e.g. 8% per booking

Prices are examples: you set your own, in your currency. Yclas takes no commission on what you earn. All the ways to make money →

Launch plan

From sign-up to the first season.

  1. Choose a directoryStay, Eat, See, Do and Events as categories.
  2. Import the placesFrom a spreadsheet or Google Places with your own key.
  3. Add languagesThe two or three your visitors speak most.
  4. Invite businessesThey claim their page and add photos and hours.
  5. Promote itQR posters in hotels and the visitor centre.
Questions

Tourism directory software FAQ

Part of:

Business directory
What is tourism directory software?

Software for a website listing a destination's places to stay, eat, see and do, with opening hours, maps, reviews and events, where businesses manage their own pages and visitors search in their language.

Can the tourism directory software show several languages?

Yes, on Professional: the visitor picks a language, and listings are translated by AI, labelled with a link to the original.

Can businesses update their own pages?

Yes. They claim the page with an email at their own website's domain and edit hours, photos and deals.

Can visitors book tours or rooms?

On Professional, booking requests with a calendar; on Marketplace, paid bookings with deposits.

Can I import every hotel and restaurant?

Yes, from a CSV file, or from Google Places with your own key, up to 60 per search. Photos are not imported from Google.

Does it have an events calendar?

Yes. Events carry a venue, dates and repeats, and appear on a calendar page and in the weekly digest.

Is it a visitor guide directory or a booking engine?

A directory first. Bookings are an option on paid plans; it does not connect to hotel channel managers.

Business directory

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The parts of Yclas this leans on.

Business directoryThe full directory page City guide builderA guide for locals MultilingualLanguages and translation BookingsTours, stays and rentals

Your destination's guide, ready before the season.

Import your places, add languages and invite businesses. Free for 15 days.

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