What Guía Boquete does
Every service the platform offers, what it costs, and who it's for. Built by people who live here, reviewed listing by listing, published in English and Spanish.
For visitors
Search verified businesses
Browse listings by category, neighborhood, or name. Every business has been manually reviewed before going live. Reach businesses directly through clickable contact at every tier.
Bilingual everything
Every public page is published in English and Spanish. Listings include both languages when available; when only one is provided, the missing translation is being worked on. Switch languages with the header toggle.
Living-in-Boquete orientation
Practical answers about money, healthcare, transport, schools, housing, and connectivity. Boquete-specific. Updated as things change. For visas and taxes, this content points you to a professional.
Editorial guides
Long-form pieces on local topics that don't fit a single category: coffee farms, hiking, food culture, neighborhood profiles. New guides published as the calendar allows. Currently in beta.
Events listings
Local events, classes, and workshops as residents and businesses submit them. Currently in beta as the public approved-event calendar rolls out.
For business owners
Free verified listing
Any real Boquete business can be listed for free. Manual review, 48-hour SLA, owner-verified or Guía-verified status depending on the verification path. Clickable contact (phone, WhatsApp, website, email) included at every tier.
Paid promotion tiers
Optional Verified Profile ($10/mo) or Spotlight ($25/mo) tiers add richness and visibility without changing organic search rank. The free tier keeps full clickable contact; paid tiers add photos, longer descriptions, and a Spotlight module slot.
Full breakdown at /why-we-charge→
Commercial placements
Limited, clearly labeled commercial slots (Brand Spot, Directory Link, Event Promotion) for organizations that want broader association with the platform. All paid placement is visually marked as such.
Owner dashboard with analytics
Sign in to see pageviews, contact actions taken, and a monthly performance summary. Re-verification reminders surface here every 90 days; one-click re-verify keeps your listing fresh.
Listing claim workflow
Already on Guía Boquete and want to manage your listing? Claim it. Owner verification confirms control of the business and unlocks the dashboard, contact-info editing, and tier upgrades. Free.
Behind the scenes
Manual editorial review
Every submission (new listing, update request, event, removal request) is read by the editor before it goes live. 48-hour SLA. No automated approvals, no fake reviews, no machine-translated listings published.
Bilingual help for one-language submissions
Submit in whichever language you have. If only English or only Spanish is provided, we prepare the other version as part of the review. No need to translate yourself.
90-day re-verification cycle
Owners get a one-click re-verification nudge every quarter. Listings that go 12 months without re-verification are archived. The directory shrinks rather than carrying stale entries. Archived listings can be reactivated any time.
Direct editor contact
One email to the contact form reaches a person, not a queue. Reports, corrections, suggestions, questions: all read and answered by the editor directly.
No ads, no data sales
Guía Boquete is funded by optional paid tiers and labeled sponsorships only. No banner ads, no email-list rentals, no SEO link sales, no data brokerage.