Membership Benefits

Dear business owner,

Greetings from the Death Valley Chamber of Commerce.  We invite you to join us, working together to promote our unique desert area and businesses during these financially challenging times.  Membership for a year costs only pennies a day.  We don’t think you will ever find more effective or economical advertising.

• DEATH VALLEY has a lot of name recognition all over the world.
• Our website gets over 5,000 individual visitors each month, people who are researching our area or planning their next vacation.
• We list a complete calendar of all member events.
• We offer maps and weekend itineraries built around member businesses.
• Tourists are very enthusiastic about our Trip Planner Tool. 

The interactive Trip Planner feature results in better informed tourism, more return trips, broader interest in local attractions, and increased prosperity. Wouldn’t you like your business to be noticed by people deciding their route, lodging, meals and more? 

We invite you to review this interactive website, and see how to benefit your business.  Work with us to include your own description, contact info, and banner photo under the listings of destinations, activities, services, lodging and dining.  Reach 60,000 new people every year with information about your business.

Additional advantages in 2009/10:

• Listing in the annual Inyo County Visitor’s Guide.
• Rack space for member brochures at the Chamber Visitor Center in Shoshone.
• Invitations to membership events and the Spring Brunch at Furnace Creek.

We hope that you take advantage of these unique resources by returning this form.    

Sincerely,

Amy L. Noel, Chamber President

Membership Guidelines

• Memberships are held in the business name.
• One person (the designated member) represents the business.
• The area represented by the Death Valley Chamber of Commerce includes all of Death Valley National Park, Shoshone, Tecopa, and Death Valley Junction.
• Memberships are available in a number of categories. These include: Voting Business/Nonprofit, Non-Voting Business/Nonprofit, Government (either) and Individual (Non-Voting). Voting Businesses and Nonprofits ae those whose primary activities take place within the Death Valley Chamber regional boundaries.
• membership dues are sliding scale, based on number of employees (see application).
• The designated member of a Voting Business or Nonprofit is entitled to one vote, and may become a candidate and hold office.
• All members benefit from access to the name recognition of Death Valley, to the visitors of this website, and from collaborative efforts between our member businesses.
• All employees of the firm may participate on committees.
• All memberships shall be continuous unless cancelled (A) in writing by the member, (B) by the Chamber for non-payment of dues after 90 days, or (C) for non-compliance with Chamber policies, according to the terms set forth in its by-laws.
• Membership dues are non-refundable.
• Membership plaques (if available) are the property of the Death Valley Chamber of Commerce and are required to be returned if membership is cancelled for any reason. All newer members will receive an annual certificate confirming membership.
• Your membership dues are usually tax deductible.