She Quit her Retail Job to Travel the World! This is what she learned.

Theresa on the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland

I came across this article about a retail worker Theresa who got tired of working her life away and after losing her mom whose one regret was never seeing Paris, she made a decision to change her life right then and there.

At age 60, She was still putting in 60- to 70-hour work weeks, trying to stay afloat. She would drag herself out of bed before the sun was up… face traffic… and then spend 12 hours manning a cash register before crawling home, exhausted.

The story of Theresa struck me because Freedom and Travel are the exact reasons many of our travel agents join  Your Travelution Inc.  Our agents are seeking a  a life with more fun, more excitement and more dream travel experiences.  Like the story of Theresa, becoming a home travel agent with Your Travelution gives our agents the same amazing travels, perks and benefits that Theresa in the article describes.

Dave Manning and myself had the exact epiphany when we started Your Travelution Inc 5 years ago.   It’s not too late to start living your best life.  We are committed to to travelling the next 20 years with cool people we love.  Will you be one of them?

Let Theresa’s story inspire you.

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Travel Agents Tips for Booking Groups

Booking Groups in travel is Big Business and can boost your business significantly.  For the same effort often to gain 1 client and book 1 trip why not  focus your efforts in gaining a new group that can pay you 10 times greater in commissions!

A lot of the tips were borrowed  from Travel Pulse.

Selling group travel can boost your business significantly, and an easy way to get started is by following the advice of travel advisors who specialize in the niche.

For Claudia Mace of Delray Beach, Fla.-Commodore Travel, “communication is key. “Whatever you’re involved with is a place to start communicating,” she said, noting local churches and wine clubs as examples. “Everybody has some sort of connection to somebody. You just have to start the dialogue.”

 

Pied Pipers

One of the best ways to generate a group is finding a Pied Piper—someone who has a following. “If you’re an established agent and have a client base, you [may] already have a point person for groups

Melissa Erskine of iDream Travel booked 280-plus travelers on a six-night Royal Caribbean cruise for spring break. All she did was propose the Caribbean cruise and its kids-sail-free promotion to a Pied Piper with a large Facebook following. “She got me in front of an audience of 130,000” Facebook users, Erskine said, adding that the Pied Piper also promoted the cruise within her own community. “Bookings exploded overnight.”

To promote the cruise, Erskine gradually released information and branding images that she created on the destination, itinerary and other aspects of the trip on social media throughout the year leading up to the departure date.

Social Media

Social media is also an important marketing tool for Gwiin Correa of Memorable Moments Travel . She creates a marketing plan that includes posting photos and information about the cruise or resort, as well as the destination, to her 1,000 Facebook followers, who repost them on Instagram.

For a girls’ getaway package at Beaches Turks & Caicos, Correa designed a Facebook group for professional women and booked 25 people, eight of whom she knew and had invited via Facebook Events.

Supplier Support

In many cases, suppliers can make booking groups easier with dedicated group departments. “I find that certain cruise lines and tour operators are very friendly to groups and very agent-friendly,” Erskine said.

Other supplier-provided perks can include free accommodations after a certain number are paid for, tour conductor credits toward amenities like onboard credits and cocktail parties, and commissions on shore excursions for private groups, agents said.

There are benefits for clients, too. “Clients have a richer experience,” Correa said. “We all like to feel like we belong.”

The Challenges

Groups can often come with challenges, however. “You’re dealing with lots of different personalities—people who have different experiences with travel,” she said. “And you still have to deal with cancellations, keeping your space and being well organized.”

To make the process easier, Correa suggested using spreadsheets and setting up an organization system from day one.

For those agents just beginning to sell groups, she suggested looking for cruise line deals and “talking them up to anyone you know.”

She added, “I was on the Celebrity Edge’s inaugural and started talking to somebody who wants to charter a river cruise with us now. You never know who’s going to be at the end of that phone call or right across from you.”

Selling Tips

—Typically groups take nine months to a year to create. Gwiin Correa of Memorable Moments Travel suggested using spreadsheets and setting up an organization system from day one.

—Use Facebook Live to promote groups. Correa interviewed a cruise line business development manager on Facebook Live about Alaska cruising.“The next morning, I had six balcony cabins to book,” she said.

—Group rates are locked in, so clients who book closer to the departure date aren’t subject to rising fares.

 

 

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Black Friday Cyber Monday Cruise Deals!

Black Friday and Cyber Monday Cruise Deals 2017black_friday

Scoping Black Friday cruise deals (and Cyber Monday too!) is an annual tradition for any cruiser looking to reel in a little end-of-the-year savings. Lucky for cruise-hunters, we have a preview of Black Friday cruise discounts and promotions from all your favorite cruise lines — and most run through the long holiday weekend.

Cruise Critic has done a great job of sorting and categorizing all of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Cruise Offers going on with all the Major Cruise Lines.

To Take Quick Advantage of one of these Super Cyber Cruise Deals- Call a Travelution Agent Today!            904-999-1290   support@yourtravelution.com

 

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Black Friday 2 For 1 Sale at Club Med

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How about a Club Med Black Friday Sale with the BEST Club Med Prices of the Year?

I can’t say enough good things about this incredible resort chain with 65 Club Med Resorts and all offering an experience that that is unique, warm, personal and well-suited to families, couples, professionals  and active travellers.

I have personally experienced the Club Med experience in both Club Med Sand Piper Bay-right here in the United States in Port Saint Lucie and also the Club Med Yucatan in Cancun, Mexico. club_med_yucatan_001

I enjoy the G.O. experience.   The G.O. or Gentil Organisateur is the Club Med employee acting as the ambassador of the Club Med Experience.   G.Os are fun, energetic, and truly create the spirit of Club Med

The next Club Med I want to experience is the Club Med Punta Cana.

I can list a lot of great reasons to try Club Med Punta Cana but let me start with 1 word for me.  Creactive!  I can’t wait to experience this Circus Soleil personalized experience to be a performer in my own little circus fantasy.

This completely transformed resort boasts exciting new attractions, including a creative and acrobatic playscape for kids and adults, a luxurious new area that is exclusively for adult couples,and other renovations.Whether you desire a fun-filled vacation packed with sports and acrobatic activities that are guaranteed to give kids the time of their life – or you want a relaxing and romantic getaway – Club Med Punta Cana has it all!

Here are 5 More Reasons to choose Club Med Punta Cana-

5 REASONS TO CHOOSE CLUB MED PUNTA CANA:

  • 553 rooms including a 5 Trident Luxury Space
  • 3 gourmet dining options, including 1 all-day snack bar
  • An endless array of sports and activities
  • 3 swimming pools, with 1 dedicated to the Mini Club and 1 to the Spa
  • Club Med Spa by L’OCCITANE® featuring the latest exotic treatments designed to renew the senses
  • Children’s programs available for ages 4 months – 17 years
In 2017, thanks to the millions of reviews left on Tripadvisor, 25 of our Resorts throughout the world have been awarded with Travelers’ Choice Awards – family category.

Among them, Club Med Punta Cana is #8 in the category: Top 25 Hotels for Families – Caribbean.

Certificate of Excellence 2017 - 2017 Club Med Punta Cana (Caribbean) has received the 2017 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence! The Certificate of Excellence honors accommodations, restaurants and attractions that consistently receive great traveler reviews on TripAdvisor.
 Now is the Time to Book with Club Med’s Black Friday Sale going on which gives you 3 Free Nights When you Book 3 nights!
Call a Travelution Agent Today!
You can reach me at 904-537-1799 or email support@yourtravelution.com
The Club Med Black Friday Sale end on November 27th 2017!
 Don’t Wait til it’s Gone!

 

 

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Think Big but Step Small to Accomplish Big Dreams

Think Big but Step Small to Accomplish Big Dreamsthink_big

These are take-aways from Top Consortia Ensemble Travel Conference in Dallas Texas.  These words from Ensemble Travel Insites.

Hundreds of top travel agencies with Your Travelution Inc  ranked at 176 of 850 host travel agencies in  just 1 short year.

Your Travelution Inc is among agencies over 40 years old but we have proven our agents have what it takes to compete with the best travel agents in the country.

With a Focus on Training, Support and a Family Atmosphere of Love and Support, Your Travelution Inc is a  rare find among host agencies.  At Your Travelution Inc you will find great travel training with a unique combination of love, teamwork and a burning desire to help one another be the best we can be.think_big_3

Dream Big – but with Small Steps  paving the way to accomplish Big Dreams!

This is the take-away from Ensemble Travel Insights.

Thinking Big is about dreaming and strategic design; it answers the question, “What do I want?”  Thinking Small is about tactical planning; it answers the question, “How do I accomplish it?”

Great things are accomplished through thinking in small steps. People with big business dreams often forget these well-known truths about how to tackle big things. We become frustrated because things aren’t moving fast enough. We are ready to give up a dream because there is too much to do and don’t know which task to do first. When we do start a task, we abandon it if it takes longer or is more complicated than we think it should be.

We live in a world of instant gratification. We’re afraid that thinking small and taking small steps forward because we equate it with being small and having a small life. Nothing could be further from the truth.

No matter how much you try, you can only really do one thing at a time. You may think that multi-tasking makes you more productive, but studies show that multi-tasking actually reduces your ability to accomplish tasks. So instead of trying to do five tasks simultaneously put conscious effort into one task at a time, complete it, and move on to the next.

How do you know what small step to take first? Start by asking yourself, “What one small thing can I do, right now, that will move me towards my big goal?” Don’t give up if the answer doesn’t come to you immediately; have patience and allow the answer to bubble up to the surface.

If the answer still doesn’t come to you, ask other people for help. Talk to supportive people who fully understand your big dream and can help you to look at the small tasks you must do to accomplish the goal. Write down the tasks or draw them on a piece of paper and ask yourself, “Does this feel right?” Write in pencil so that you can re-arrange it until it truly feels right to you. Then do one small task at a time.

I’m encouraging you to do both, dream big AND think small.

 

 

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Carnival Cruise line Hosts Travelution Seminar At Sea

Carnival Cruise Lines recently hosted a Seminar at Sea for Travelution Travel Agents. carnival_travelution_group

From November 13th to November 19th 2016, Travelution travel agents got to experience their first Seminar at Sea.

A Seminar at Sea combines the excitement, adventure and experience of a cruise vacation with a cruise educational experience.    Travelution Travel Agents got a chance to cruise from Miami to Montego Bay Jamaica, to the Grand Cayman Islands to Cozumel on a 6 Day Adventure.

The Carnival Cruise line BDM Business Development Manager, Kirsten Sanchez accompanied the travel agents where they toured together, ate together and trained together.

One of the most important part of the Travelution Seminar at Sea was to allow the Travelution travel agents to personally experience the cruise product with enthusiasm so they can enthusiastically sell the Carnival product to their travel clients.

Some of the highlights of the Carnival Cruise included a snorkel adventure in the Grand Cayman islands where they swam with stingrays and even kissed them.  The water was amazingly turquoise as far as the eyes could see just like we moved into paradise. stingray_encounter_2stingray_encounter_001

In Montego Bay Jamaica we enjoyed the a popular turquoise beach, historical sites like Rose Hall and shopping adventures together which concluded with a local food favorite Jamaican jerk chicken.   In Cozumel, we got to experience more snorkeling and aqua sports with delicious traditional Mexican all-inclusive food, Margaritas and the famous shopping that Cozumel is known for.

Over sixty of the Travelution travel agents participated and created memories that will last a lifetime.

Your Travelution Inc has a strong focus on training and personal experience and Travelution Travel Agents get to follow their passion of travel, more than they ever dreamed of with a family of Travelution Travel Agents who share the same passion for travel.

Next Up for Travelution Travel Agents- a Fam Trip to Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic in January.  Hope to see you there!

 

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Club Med Sponsors Travelution University Agent Learning Event

Travelution Agents experienced an amazing travel and learning experience this past weekend at Club Med Sandpiper Bay.

Travelution agents got to learn all about the Club Med’s 65 resorts around the world while they personally engaged and experienced all that Club Med Sand Piper Bay has to offer.   Fam or familiarization trips allow travel agents to learn all the features of a resort property so they can professionally and thoroughly share their knowledge about the resort to their travel client.

 

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Travelution specializes in travel agent training with brand new agents and “fam trips” are an important indoctrination into the travel agent lifestyle that creates real enthusiasm about the properties they represent.

Club Med Sandpiper Bay is convenient for most of the Travelution Florida-based agents.   Club med Sandpiper bay sits on the serene Port St. Lucie Bay and is the only all-inclusive resort in North America boasting of a wide variety of freshly prepared foods and premium drinks, top of the line service, a full line-up of entertainment nightly, daily exercise and yoga classes, a huge assortments of sports choices, one of the best spas in the country and exceptional kid-clubs with highly interactive activities.

Many of the Travelution travel agents experienced their first “all-inclusive” resort experience ever where they formed new relationships and took home new skills and memories to last a lifetime.

Travelution agents pride themselves on the “family-atmosphere” and personal interaction with corporate and other travel agents who work to help one another.

This is the 2nd invitation from Club Med this year to expose new Travelution travel agents to the Club Med experience.  The event was huge success for all.

Your Travelution Inc was formed in November of 2015 and is among the fastest growing travel agencies in the Ensemble consortia, rising to the top 20% of host agencies under that consortia umbressa of 900 travel agencies in the past 3 months.

The next “fam trip” is already on the books for Puerta Plata in the Dominican Republic for  January 26th of 2017 with many more in the plans for the year ahead. We can’t wait for the next one!

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