Specialized Tour Manager
Client from 2011 – Present
Category: Website Design, WordPress, Managed Web Hosting
Industry: Religious Organizations & Ministries
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About Client
Give Thanks and Remember, LLC, better known as GTR Pilgrimage, is a website for Heidi Watson, a Certified Tour Manager and a member of the International Tour Managers Association, for her tours/pilgrimages to holy shrines throughout the world.
From 1984 until 2026, through the Grace of God, hundreds of pilgrimages were coordinated for priests, families, and church groups to holy shrines throughout the world, providing a unique faith journey experience. It is my hope that all those who journeyed with us were enriched through their experience.
Project Overview
Heidi came to Simply Web Services in 2011 to redesign her website for her specialized tour business.
Challenges
Heidi had a very straightforward and simple design in mind, basically updating her current website to look more modern. The most important element that Heidi wanted was to be able to edit the website herself. That is where the WordPress Content Management System (CMS) came into play.
Solutions
This brochure-style website was built on WordPress.
Solutions and Services We Provided
Conclusion
Having been with Simply Web Services for 15-plus years speaks volumes, and it is obvious that Heidi loves her website and our support.
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Why Faith-Based Travel & Tour Businesses Need a Trustworthy Website
For a specialized tour business organizing pilgrimages to holy sites, trust is the entire foundation of the relationship — families, priests, and church groups are committing significant time and money to a faith journey, and they need to feel confident in the person guiding it long before they ever book. A clear, professional website that communicates decades of experience, certifications, and genuine passion for the work reassures potential travelers that they’re in capable, caring hands. For a business built almost entirely on reputation and word-of-mouth within faith communities, a website that’s easy to update and keep current matters just as much as one that looks polished on day one.
Simply Web Services has supported Give Thanks and Remember, LLC (GTR Pilgrimage) for over 15 years, building a responsive WordPress website that Heidi, a Certified Tour Manager, can update and manage herself — exactly what she needed to keep her site reflecting her ongoing work coordinating pilgrimages to holy shrines around the world. We’ve handled the full technical foundation: secure hosting, domain management, SSL, and basic SEO, so Heidi can focus on what she does best without worrying about the website behind the scenes. Whether you run a faith-based travel business, tour company, or any service built on long-term trust with your clients, Simply Web Services can build a website that’s both easy to manage and genuinely represents your work. Call us today at (540) 479-6350 to bring your travel or tour business online.