Three tracks, one coastline
Partner with Certified Best Beaches
Travelers come here to find beaches with independently verified water quality — including every beach that holds Blue Flag certification worldwide. Partners come here to meet them. Whether you run a city's beaches, a business on the sand, or the keys to the houses behind it, there's a track built for you.
For city Parks & Rec and tourism boards
Government Portal
Daily water-quality and safety-flag logging for every beach in your city, a .gov-ready embed widget, automated safety alerts, and beach pages that answer travelers before they call your office. One flat rate covers all your beaches — one or twenty.
- Tier 1 — Compliance Core$197/mo
- Tier 2 — Economic Engine$497/mo
Economic Engine adds unlimited business invites: your local hotels, restaurants, and operators list free.
For hotels, restaurants & activity operators
Business Direct
Your listing on the beach pages travelers are already reading — photos, hours, coupons and specials, and a Book Direct link we never take a commission on. If your city runs the Economic Engine, your listing is free; otherwise Business Direct puts you on the sand for less than a tank of boat fuel.
- Tier 3 — Business Direct$29–49/mo
Every listing category can attach coupons and specials — proof of traffic your bookkeeper can see.
For local real-estate professionals
Real Estate & Featured Placements
Travelers who favorite the same beach five times aren't planning a trip — they're planning a life. Our beach-town-living pipeline connects consenting relocators with local professionals in the towns they're researching, and featured placements put your listing first on the pages they read.
Leads are consent-first and town-specific — no lists, no cold data.
FAQ
Partnership — quick answers
- Which partnership track is right for my organization?
- Cities and tourism boards want the Government Portal (compliance logging, embed widget, alerts — Tier 1, with the Economic Engine tier adding free listings for all local businesses). Individual hotels, restaurants, and operators want Business Direct. Real-estate professionals plug into the beach-town-living pipeline and featured placements.
- Is Certified Best Beaches affiliated with the Blue Flag programme?
- No. Certified Best Beaches is an independent directory. Blue Flag® is a registered mark of the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE); we are not affiliated with or endorsed by FEE. We report certification status factually, year-stamped, and never blur certified beaches with our own editorial designations.
- Do you take commissions on bookings?
- Never. Book Direct links go straight to the business — 100% commission-free is the point of the platform. Partners pay a flat subscription; travelers and businesses keep the whole transaction.
Certified Best Beaches is an independent directory. Blue Flag® is a registered mark of the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). We are not affiliated with or endorsed by FEE.