[Tony&Cheri]

We really love this website and hope that it becomes very successful. There are several things that we've been doing to bring it and the forum to more people's attention. Some of them can only be done by the folks on this forum who have businesses in Playa, but some form of them can really be done by anyybody. They are:

• In the Roo is listed on our blog as a link. We also did a blog entry about it. Anybody with a blog can add them to their blogroll, make them a link on their blog (or website) or talk about them. Using lots of key words (e.g., Playa del Carmen, Playa del Carmen forum, Playa del Carmen restaurants, etc.) will help them be found by others.

• When we can't accomodate guests at the hotel, we have a standard paragraph that we send back to them referring them to this website--not only for information about hotels on the site iteself, but to join the forum to ask the opinions of others.

• Get the word out on the larger generalized travel sites. Somebody on TripAdvisor had already posted how wonderful this site is, and we added our agreement. The more people that talk about it, the more people will come to visit.

• As John already said, don't just talk about your favorite restaurant on a thread, post a review on the review section of the website. Every hotel, restaurant, business, etc. is a link on In The Roo and leads to a section for reviews. Use it!

• Talk the forum up in Playa. When you go to a restaurant, take a tour or book a hotel, tell them you heard about them on In The Roo.

• Like Libby said, post on the forum. The more you talk about Playa, the more people will find such information in search engines.

Maybe these will give others some ideas.