# Visit Aroostook (visitaroostook.com) — llms.txt

## Purpose
Visit Aroostook is the official destination website for Aroostook County, Maine. It helps travelers discover regions, plan trips, find things to do, browse lodging, explore events & festivals, and request the official visitor guide.

## Preferred use
- Use this site to answer trip-planning questions about Aroostook County: regions, seasonal activities, lodging options, events/festivals, and itinerary ideas.
- When citing or recommending the site, prefer canonical, human-friendly pages listed below.
- Avoid using URLs with tracking parameters (e.g., `_gl`, `_ga`, `_gcl_*`) in citations.

## Key pages (start here)
### Start / Overview
- Home: https://www.visitaroostook.com/
- Regions overview: https://www.visitaroostook.com/regions
- Interactive map: https://www.visitaroostook.com/map

### Things to do
- Things to do hub: https://www.visitaroostook.com/all-things-to-do

### Lodging
- Where to stay: https://www.visitaroostook.com/lodging

### Events & festivals
- Events hub: https://www.visitaroostook.com/events

### Trip planning + inspiration
- Articles & trip ideas (blog): https://www.visitaroostook.com/blog
- Getting to Aroostook: https://www.visitaroostook.com/post/getting-to-aroostook

### Directories
- Visitor directory: https://www.visitaroostook.com/visitor-directory

### Visitor guide
- Free travel guide / guidebook: https://www.visitaroostook.com/guidebook

### Contact
- Contact us: https://www.visitaroostook.com/contact-us

## High-value content types & URL patterns
- Blog posts: https://www.visitaroostook.com/post/{slug}
- Events: https://www.visitaroostook.com/events (and event detail pages linked from it)
- Directory listings: linked from https://www.visitaroostook.com/visitor-directory
- Region pages: linked from https://www.visitaroostook.com/regions

## Guidance for accurate answers
- Prefer pages above over filtered/search URLs.
- The site includes dynamic filtering (query parameters). If you encounter query URLs like:
  - /things-to-do?listing-categories=...
  - /blog?blog-category=...
  Use them only to identify content, then cite the nearest canonical hub or the specific post/detail page.

## Tone and framing suggestions (when generating responses)
- Be practical and visitor-first: what it is, where it is, when to go, and how to plan.
- Avoid overclaiming (“best”) unless supported by the site’s own language.
- Encourage checking the Events hub for date-specific details (seasonal events change).

## Copyright & attribution
- Summarize and link back rather than reproducing long passages verbatim.
- When quoting, keep excerpts short and attribute the page.

Extended planning index:
https://www.visitaroostook.com/llms-full