Create a Things to do campaign

  • Implementing Things to do ads begins by creating a Things to do campaign within Google Ads, setting its budget, bidding strategy, and linking your Things to do Center account.

  • Key steps in campaign setup include setting the advertising channel type to TRAVEL and subtype to TRAVEL_ACTIVITIES.

  • You must create TravelCampaignSettings, specify the travel_account_id from your Things to do Center account, and add it to the campaign.

  • For Things to do campaigns, the bidding strategy must be set to MaximizeConversionValue.

The first step in implementing Things to do ads is creating a Things to do campaign. In creating the campaign, you set its budget, bidding strategy, and Things to do Center account ID.

Here are the steps in setting up a campaign:

  1. Setting the campaign's advertising_channel_type to TRAVEL and advertising_channel_sub_type to TRAVEL_ACTIVITIES.
  2. Creating a TravelCampaignSettings, setting its travel_account_id, and then adding it to the campaign.
  3. Creating a MaximizeConversionValue bidding strategy for the campaign.

The following code demonstrates these steps.

Java

private String addThingsToDoCampaign(
    GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient,
    long customerId,
    String budgetResourceName,
    long thingsToDoCenterAccountId) {
  // Creates the campaign.
  Campaign campaign =
      Campaign.newBuilder()
          .setName("Interplanetary Cruise #" + getPrintableDateTime())
          // Configures settings related to Things to do campaigns including advertising channel
          // type, advertising channel sub type and travel campaign settings.
          .setAdvertisingChannelType(AdvertisingChannelType.TRAVEL)
          .setAdvertisingChannelSubType(AdvertisingChannelSubType.TRAVEL_ACTIVITIES)
          .setTravelCampaignSettings(
              TravelCampaignSettings.newBuilder().setTravelAccountId(thingsToDoCenterAccountId))
          // Recommendation: Sets the campaign to PAUSED when creating it to prevent
          // the ads from immediately serving. Set to ENABLED once you've added
          // targeting and the ads are ready to serve
          .setStatus(CampaignStatus.PAUSED)
          // Sets the bidding strategy to MaximizeConversionValue. Only this type can be used
          // for Things to do campaigns.
          .setMaximizeConversionValue(MaximizeConversionValue.newBuilder())
          // Sets the budget.
          .setCampaignBudget(budgetResourceName)
          // Configures the campaign network options. Only Google Search is allowed for
          // Things to do campaigns.
          .setNetworkSettings(NetworkSettings.newBuilder().setTargetGoogleSearch(true))
          // Declares whether this campaign serves political ads targeting the EU.
          .setContainsEuPoliticalAdvertising(DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING)
          .build();

  // Creates a campaign operation.
  CampaignOperation operation = CampaignOperation.newBuilder().setCreate(campaign).build();

  // Issues a mutate request to add the campaign.
  try (CampaignServiceClient campaignServiceClient =
      googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createCampaignServiceClient()) {
    MutateCampaignsResponse response =
        campaignServiceClient.mutateCampaigns(
            Long.toString(customerId), Collections.singletonList(operation));
    MutateCampaignResult result = response.getResults(0);
    System.out.printf(
        "Added a Things to do campaign with resource name: '%s'%n", result.getResourceName());
    return result.getResourceName();
  }
}
AddThingsToDoAd.java

C#

// Creates a campaign.
Campaign campaign = new Campaign()
{
    Name = "Interplanetary Cruise #" + ExampleUtilities.GetRandomString(),
    AdvertisingChannelType = AdvertisingChannelType.Travel,
    AdvertisingChannelSubType = AdvertisingChannelSubType.TravelActivities,

    TravelCampaignSettings = new TravelCampaignSettings()
    {
        TravelAccountId = thingsToDoCenterAccountId
    },

    // Recommendation: Set the campaign to PAUSED when creating it to prevent
    // the ads from immediately serving. Set to ENABLED once you've added
    // targeting and the ads are ready to serve
    Status = CampaignStatus.Paused,

    // Set the bidding strategy and budget.
    MaximizeConversionValue = new MaximizeConversionValue(),
    CampaignBudget = budget,

    // Set the campaign network options.
    NetworkSettings = new NetworkSettings
    {
        TargetGoogleSearch = true
    },

    // Declare whether or not this campaign contains political ads targeting the EU.
    ContainsEuPoliticalAdvertising = EuPoliticalAdvertisingStatus.DoesNotContainEuPoliticalAdvertising,
};
AddThingsToDoAd.cs

PHP

private static function addThingsToDoCampaign(
    GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient,
    int $customerId,
    string $budgetResourceName,
    int $thingsToDoCenterAccountId
) {
    // Creates a campaign.
    $campaign = new Campaign([
        'name' => 'Interplanetary Cruise Campaign #' . Helper::getPrintableDatetime(),
        // Configures settings related to Things to do campaigns including advertising channel
        // type, advertising channel sub type and travel campaign settings.
        'advertising_channel_type' => AdvertisingChannelType::TRAVEL,
        'advertising_channel_sub_type' => AdvertisingChannelSubType::TRAVEL_ACTIVITIES,
        'travel_campaign_settings'
            => new TravelCampaignSettings(['travel_account_id' => $thingsToDoCenterAccountId]),
        // Recommendation: Set the campaign to PAUSED when creating it to prevent
        // the ads from immediately serving. Set to ENABLED once you've added
        // targeting and the ads are ready to serve.
        'status' => CampaignStatus::PAUSED,
        // Sets the bidding strategy to MaximizeConversionValue. Only this type can be used
        // for Things to do campaigns.
        'maximize_conversion_value' => new MaximizeConversionValue(),
        // Sets the budget.
        'campaign_budget' => $budgetResourceName,
        // Configures the campaign network options. Only Google Search is allowed for
        // Things to do campaigns.
        'network_settings' => new NetworkSettings(['target_google_search' => true]),
        // Declare whether or not this campaign serves political ads targeting the EU.
        'contains_eu_political_advertising' =>
            EuPoliticalAdvertisingStatus::DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING
    ]);

    // Creates a campaign operation.
    $campaignOperation = new CampaignOperation();
    $campaignOperation->setCreate($campaign);

    // Issues a mutate request to add campaigns.
    $campaignServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getCampaignServiceClient();
    $response = $campaignServiceClient->mutateCampaigns(
        MutateCampaignsRequest::build($customerId, [$campaignOperation])
    );

    /** @var Campaign $addedCampaign */
    $addedCampaign = $response->getResults()[0];
    printf(
        "Added a Things to do campaign with resource name '%s'.%s",
        $addedCampaign->getResourceName(),
        PHP_EOL
    );

    return $addedCampaign->getResourceName();
}
AddThingsToDoAd.php