MCVA Membership Information and Application

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MCVA Membership Benefits

Diversify and make a little extra income

Meet new people from all over the world and make new friends

Share your life-style with urban people so they can better understand the limitations of our resource-based livelihoods

Promote Your Business

• Listing in the MCVA brochure with map of members’ locations that is:

• Mailed by MCVA, in response to inquiries

• Mailed in information kits by Travel Manitoba

• Distributed to Tourism Information Centres throughout Manitoba

• Distributed at public events in Manitoba and North Dakota

• Listing in the Travel Manitoba Travel Guides

• Listing in the MCVA Website with personal Website address, i.e. www.countryvacations/yourname.mb.ca

• Listing in the Travel Manitoba Website

• Be represented at Trade Shows in Manitoba

• Opportunities to be included in new MCVA promotional programs

Recognized Standards           

• Belong to an organization with standards designed for ‘Country Vacation’ businesses, not hotels and motels

Peer Support

• Opportunities to meet and learn from your peers

Networking

• Opportunities to meet other tourism operators and develop packages and other mutually beneficial relationships

Keep Informed

• Notifications of workshops and conferences

• Notifications of events where you can promote your business

Protect Your Interests

• Be part of an organization that:

• Speaks on behalf of the interests of its members

• Promotes rural tourism development

• Promotes the sustainability of rural Manitoba