Time to Book for Places to Stay and Parties!

Here is Salem we are gearing up for our 28th Annual Haunted Happenings. The HauntedHappenings.org website is get changed daily, the Official Guidebook is in production and advertising is being created.

So it is time for all of our visitors and friends to get booked and ready to come and visit. If you need a place to stay....BOOK NOW! Halloween weekend is totally sold out in downtown Salem but our great regional partners on the Salem.org site are ready to welcome you!

Also...if you are going to parties...BOOK NOW! Parties in the Witch City sell out rapidly! Parties to buy your tickets NOW for are....

• October 10 - The Retro Zombie Ball at FestivalOfTheDead.com
• October 23 - Monstah Smash Costume Gala sponsored by JourneysOfHopeMA.org
• October 23 - Vampire Masquerade Ball at FestivalOfTheDead.com
• October 24 - Wicked Night on the Wharf at SalemWaterfrontHotel.com
• October 30 - AOL's Top Rated Official Salem Witches' Ball at FestivalOfTheDead.com
• October 31 - The Reality Bites Costume Ball at HawthorneHotel.com

Stay tune to this page and the HauntedHappenings.org website for many more report and updates on what is coming up for this year!

So many things to do!

The HauntedHappenings.org Web site is filling up quickly, and we are working hard on the Official Guide to the 28th Annual Salem Haunted Happenings.

If you would like to automatically receive the printed schedule of events when it is hot-off-the-press in August, send us an email with your mailing address to info@hauntedhappenings.org. You can also request a Salem Visitor Guide through Salem.org and indicate interest in Haunted Happenings and/or October and you will receive a Salem Visitor Guide and the Guide to Haunted Happenings.

The calendar of events on HauntedHappenings.org is being updated daily, so make sure to check for the events you want to attend. Are you working on your costume for the Hawthorne Hotel's annual costume ball? Getting psyched for the Zombie Ball? Ready already for your annual reading at one of the psychic fairs? Can't wait for your first trip to the cinnamon bun kiosk behind the Haunted Neighborhood?

Or, perhaps you are planning your first visit to Salem and you can't wait to delve into the lessons of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, visit the House of the Seven Gables, or rendezvous with a pirate (well, at least he'll look like a pirate...).

Check back often, as we will be updating the blog regularly from here on out. Look for new-and-noteworthy events, sites not to miss, and insider ideas for Salem Haunted Happenings. You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook, too.

It's never to early to say HAPPY HALLOWEEN! We're getting ready... are you?!

Image credit: Fairies in the 2008 Haunted Happenings Parade, by Jerrie Hildebrand.

Time to Advertise in the OFFICIAL 2009 SALEM HAUNTED HAPPENINGS EVENT GUIDE & MAP!

More than 200,000 people choose to celebrate autumn and October in Salem, Massachusetts each year. This is your opportunity to connect with these visitors and make them aware of your business, venue, attraction, accommodation, and so on!

All advertising revenue generated by Destination Salem’s Event Guide & Map to Salem Haunted Happenings and HauntedHappenings.org is reinvested into the destination marketing of Salem during October. In 2008, advertisers’ investments paid for print advertising in The Boston Globe Magazine, The Boston Globe (“G” Section), and Community Newspapers; radio advertising with Kiss 108, and four billboards placed by highways in eastern Massachusetts. Advertising also paid for public relations efforts and media FAM (familiarization) tours that have successfully generated editorial coverage from Boston to London, Canada, Italy, and beyond.

What you get in return for your advertising sponsorship is HUGE!

This year for the first time we are offering the opportunity for advertisers to have display advertising!!!!!!! Yes we have listened. We will offer everything from 1/8 page to two page spread style ads.

The event booklet is distributed throughout key outlets in New England. On top of advertising in the book you get links and ties in from the website depending on the size of your advertising sponsorship.

For more information on advertising in conjunction with Salem Haunted Happenings click here and download the insertion order! Discover the magic of advertising with Salem Haunted Happenings!