Since 1955 Charleston Gateway has circulated millions of digest sized magazines and map guides directly into the hands of visiting tourists, vacation homeowners, and residents.
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Readers find useful articles and tips about Charleston in the Gateway products; an average 67% visit and patronize businesses they discover on our pages.
Print Map
- Published biannually, January and July | 200,000 copies each | 400,000 copies annually~
- Distributed free to 250+ key locations throughout Charleston and the Lowcountry — just about anywhere a tourist might go: visitor centers, area hotels, the airport, restaurants, shops, attractions, and all statewide Welcome Centers~
- The largest size tourism map in Charleston, ensuring maximum readability across all age spans: full color 22″ × 33″, foldable to our standard compact 5-1/4″ × 8-1/4″~
- Not just a map: features travel and tourism editorial content with direct QR links to expanded web content~
- No distracting map graphics: favored by tour guides, concierges, and tourists for its clear navigation~
- Maps cover all Charleston areas: downtown/peninsula, North Charleston, Mt Pleasant (with expanded Patriots Point / Shem Creek), Sullivan’s Island / Isle of Palms, West Ashley, James Island, Johns Island, Folly Beach, Kiawah, and Summerville~
- Professional career distributors with uninterrupted and ongoing restocking service for 20+ reliable years~
- Our most popular, and cost-effective advertising tool with dedicated coupon section, co-op panels, and organic editorial features~
- High quality displays provided at all distribution points: free-standing dual-tier wire-coated racks, and premium grade acrylic countertop easels~
Print Magazine
- Published bi-annually April and October | 150,000 copies each | 300,000 copies annually~
- Distributed free to 250+ key locations throughout Charleston and the Lowcountry — just about anywhere a tourist might go: visitor centers, area hotels, the airport, restaurants, shops, attractions, and all statewide Welcome Centers~
- The only Charleston area travel and tourism publisher with 67 years of continual, ongoing publication~
- Features acclaimed historical content from archives dating back to 1955~
- Professional career distributors with uninterrupted and ongoing restocking service for 20+ reliable years~
- High quality displays provided at all distribution points: free-standing dual-tier wire-coated racks, and premium grade acrylic countertop easels~
Website
- Newly redesigned site with hundred of ideas through fresh content and 60+ years of archived features and stories~
- Popular ongoing pages draw 10K+ loyal visitors each month~
- Discover section features Eat & Drink, Shop, Play, and Stay sections with correlating travel, tourism, and lifestyle articles~
- Complimentary Patron Pages available to all travel, tourism, and lifestyle businesses — includes multiple images and detailed business information — complete your free Business Submission here~
- All Patron Pages featured organically within respective Discover category page, and Features page~
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I truly enjoy sharing my hometown. From growing up behind Rainbow Row on Bedons Alley, to scampering around Mt Pleasant’s Old Village, and finally settling downtown in Harleston Village, the decades of memories and discoveries are meant to be shared. Add 67 years of archived Gateway content and there’s an ongoing supply of both new, and historical features to share.
Wouldn’t you like to peek back in time and read Mayor Joseph P. Riley’s congratulatory letter on our 50th anniversary? Or coverage from the first Spoleto when Gateway publisher’s were on the founding board? What about a 1966 feature on Gourmet Charleston? Gourmet in 1966? Now that’s a fun comparison to today’s gourmand heaven.
It’s easy to see why Gateway is Charleston’s one true legacy publication. Including your business alongside such content is an honor. After all, we wouldn’t exist for nearly 70 years without the support of folks just like you.
Your trust is invaluable. Let us show you how hard we’ll work to keep it.
