Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Our Own Stimulus Package

We know times are tough right now .

If you have never booked with us or have never sent us a friend, it is still a perfect time to book with us. Read the testimonials from our clients and you will see that they all rave about our low prices compare to our competition. Considering the state of the economy we just contacted all of our suppliers and pleaded with them to lower their prices. Some resorts did it automatically. They know the state of the economy here and overseas, so if they want their rooms to be full, they have to work with us. If they don’t give us good rates, we are taking them off our program. In addition, my boss just lowered all of our mark-ups and told us to match anyone who had a lower rate.

Refer your friends to us and you can travel for less or even free.

Tons of our clients refer their friends, co-workers, and relatives to us, and we really appreciate it. Then they call us the next time they are ready to book their vacation and they say, “By the way, my cousin Ana said she booked 4 people with you. Is there anything you can do for me?”
Yes for every client you send us we will give you $25 Off your next package.
Most client have never asked for anything in return except that we take good care of them and the people they recommend. This is rare. I truly think that they are just nice people, and I have never met them, but I consider them my friends.

A couple of days ago a very nice client called (also a referral) and said he only wanted a 5 star resort, first class air, and wanted to spend less than $6,000. I gave him some excellent prices, but he wanted to go for 10 nights and the best deal I would find him came out to $7,400. He really was doing an excellent job negotiating the prices, even bringing up today’s economy and unemployment and how tough things are (all valid points). I agreed with everything he said, and then he said, “Beth, I am ready to give you $6,000 right now if you can make this trip happen”. Sure I can make it happen. You’ll now be sitting in row 12 instead of row 2, and you’ll be staying 7 nights instead of 10, but I can make it happen. He didn’t like my idea, but I didn’t like his idea either.

So this is the deal. Send us a client, even an annoying client, and if they book and pay for any of our vacation packages, you get $25 off your next trip. They have to tell us they heard about us from you, and if they do, we will email you a $25 voucher. You can collect as many $25 vouchers as you have friends, so get to work.


The bottom line is: take a vacation now prices have never been so low in the middle of the winter. If you can’t go yourself right now, send us someone else and start collecting your vouchers. It is our own little “stimulus” package.

On a personal note, I think things are going to work out for my family after all, but I don’t want to jinx it, so look for some exciting news in the next few days.