Holiday Gift Guide · 2-page spread
Highlights local gift ideas, not coupons. Featured Local Gifts get a big numbered box with several photos; More Local Gift Ideas listings appear in a clean grid below.
Local Loop Holiday Gift Guide 2026
Reserve your spot in the paper
An 8-page, full-color 11×14 newspaper. 15,000 full-color copies of the Local Loop Holiday Gift Guide, handed out free at busy local spots — restaurants, grocery stores, shops and waiting rooms — across western and central Sussex County: Georgetown, Millsboro, Ellendale, Greenwood, Bridgeville, Seaford, Laurel, Delmar, Frankford and Dagsboro. Every advertiser also gets a listing in the interactive online guide.
The paper also includes local events, puzzles (crossword, sudoku) and holiday recipes and stories, so people keep it and pass it around.
- Early-bird ends
- Oct 26
- Spots close
- Oct 26
- Ad content due
- Oct 30
- Papers out
- Mid-November
Sample layout — pages and content may change before print.
What's inside
Advertising options in the paper
Gift Guide Sponsor
A full-width banner across the top of a gift guide page. Only 2 available.
Local Deals page
Coupon tiles, each with a real offer, alongside a 12 Days of Local sidebar and the Scan & Win local gift cards giveaway banner across the bottom of the page.
Local Businesses Worth Knowing
Larger ads on the back cover of the paper — home services, legal, medical, real estate, financial and other trusted local pros.
Want to see the whole paper first? Flip through the full sample layout, page by page. It's a sample only — layout and content may change before print.
View the sample paper layoutPricing
Early-bird and regular prices
Early-bird pricing runs through 11:59 PM ET Mon, Oct 26; regular pricing starts Oct 27. Every option is paid in full and includes a listing in the online guide. Sales tax is added at checkout where it applies.
Holiday Gift Guide spread
Gift Guide Standard Listing
More Local Gift Ideas
A gift idea from your business in the More Local Gift Ideas grid, with a photo and short highlights.
$79 Regular price · early-bird was $49
Reserve Gift Guide Standard ListingHoliday Gift Guide spread
Gift Guide Featured Listing
Featured Local Gifts
A big numbered box in Featured Local Gifts, with several photos and more space for your gift ideas.
$149 Regular price · early-bird was $129
Reserve Gift Guide Featured ListingHoliday Gift Guide spread
Gift Guide Sponsor Banner
Only 2
A full-width banner across the top of a gift guide page.
$495 Regular price · early-bird was $395
Reserve Gift Guide Sponsor BannerLocal Deals page
Local Deals Coupon
9 spots
A coupon tile with a real offer on the Local Deals page, alongside the Scan & Win local gift cards giveaway banner.
$199 Regular price · early-bird was $149
Reserve Local Deals CouponBack cover
Local Businesses Worth Knowing Ad
6 spots
A larger ad on the back cover of the paper — extra exposure for home services, legal, medical, real estate, financial and other trusted local pros.
$299 Regular price · early-bird was $250
Reserve Local Businesses Worth Knowing AdPrint + online
A paper people keep
- Free at restaurants, grocery stores, shops and waiting rooms
- Local events, puzzles and holiday recipes and stories
- Every advertiser gets a listing in the interactive online guide
Design support
Your ad design is included
After you reserve, we'll email you within 1 business day to collect your logo, photo and holiday offer. Ad content is due Oct 30, and papers are out mid-November.
Ready to claim your spot?
Reserve online in a few minutes, or call or text Ryan with questions.
Ryan Horne · 415 Media Group302-381-8438 · rhorne@415media.net · 415media.net