Become a Belize.com Advertising Partner

First...meet the founding webmasters:

Manolo Romero established Belize's first electronic Bulletin Board System in 1994 when the Internet was in its nascent stage. Ahead of even the then telephone monopoly BTL, the Belize Online BBS polled via long distance dial-up a UUCP feed at the University of Puerto Rico 4 times every day delivering electronic mail to some 60 Belizeans and thus making the Internet a reality in Belize. Soon after, the University College of Belize began offering email for students and faculty. Both email services were eventually shut down by the local telephone monopoly Belize Telecommunications Ltd. Shortly thereafter Belize.com was launched using servers based in the U.S. outside the reach of the local telephone company.

Manolo was trained as a journalist at the Caribbean Institute of Mass Communications, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. He began his career as a cub reporter at Radio Belize in 1975. He did tours of duty as Assistant Editor of The Reporter Newspaper, Editor of the Belize Times, Photo Editor of Fun and Games Magazine (Published by the Amandala Newspaper Group), News Editor of Radio Belize, and Chief Information Officer at the Belize Information Service. He was also a popular D.J on Radio Belize along with contemporaries Rene Villanueva, Ernesto Vasquez and Enrique David Martinez.

His final posting in the public service was as Communications Advisor in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in 1995.

Manolo is a single parent. He is Director of Belize.com Ltd. which operates this web site. He enjoys surfing the Internet, travel, good books, photography and working on his web sites.

Susan and Izzy Garcia live in Northern California and also own resort condos in Paradise Villas, San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye, Belize. Susan is an attorney-at-law. Izzy, a former engineer consultant with Advanced Micro Devices, is the owner of Garcia Project Management, a construction project management and consulting firm. They plan to relocate to Belize eventually.

Manolo and the Garcia's founded Internet Travel Marketing. Inc. in January, 1995, as a joint Belizean-U.S. enterprise. The purpose of the partnership is to create and maintain Belize Online, as a vehicle for promoting responsible tourism and investment in Belize, and for providing affordable online advertising to the tourism and investment sectors in Belize. They went online in April 1995. Belize Online Inc. and Belize.com Ltd. operate the only independent Geo Portal devoted to Belize. We are not controlled by any government or para-statal entity. Our support comes solely from advertising partners and business affiliates.

Our Promise to you: Belize.com is free of Belize Tourism Board marketing hype. "Official" and other web sites bankrolled by the Belize Government Tourist Board or trade lobbying bodies are long on carefully edited touristy fluff but short on down-to-earth information real travelers are looking for. We love our country and this will always be reflected on www.Belize.com. But we will always strive to give you truthful and independently researched information on Belize - the straight dope on Belize.

We want your feedback!

Do you like our site? Do you have suggestions for how we can improve it...or information you wish we'd include? Would you like to submit an article for the web site? Did you find a mistake (oops!) Please tell us what you think! You can reach us by email at:

Would you like to submit content for our consideration?

If you have an interesting, well-written first-person Belize travel adventure or cultural experience, you may send it to us for consideration. We also welcome educational, adventure, scientific, or research material relating to Belize. We welcome submissions for inclusion on this web site and will credit you as requested. Write to You can also submit Belize-related information at the Belize Forums. This is also an excellent facility to post questions.

Would you like to list your web site on Belize.com?

It's easy to become an advertising partner with Belize.com We cater to small and medium sized businesses. Our rate is U.S $49. per month - minimum one year contract. Most of our advertisers have been with us for many years - and they make money even in the off season! As an example, one of our clients rents out condos and he usually has a 60% occupancy rate in the off season - when many of his competitors traditionally close down and lay off staff. You do not even need a web site as our listing service includes a mini-web site complete with detailed description of your property and pictures. Check out a sample Here.

If you wish, we can also build and host a full-fledged web site for you - check out www.BelizeanReef.com for an example.

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Do you need more information about Belize?

Please note: We publish only in cyberspace and cannot provide you with print information, brochures, school project materials or assistance, etc. If a question is not answered here, by all means write. We will try to reply as time permits. We also cannot provide you with travel agent services or plan your Belize vacation for you. However, there are many excellent travel guides and reference books on our Belize Books page. If you are looking for hotel accommodations, we encourage you to contact the hotels and resorts listed in our Hotel and Resort directory . (Be sure to click the hyperlinks to each hotel's home page.) For basic tourist information, for e.g., entry requirements, how to get hitched, bringing Fido, belize annual rainfall, getting to Belize - visit our Belize Factsheet page. We have a tremendous amount of information available for you, and its all on Belize.com!

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