Sunday, April 06, 2008
Cruise A Thon in Vancouver
I look forward to seeing all my travel agent friends at the Cruise A Thon in Vancouver, May 15 to May 17. If you have not signed up yet, click on this link and register today. http://ttshows.com/CAT08agents.html See you all in Vancouver...The Travel Doctor
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
MSC to Pay Commission on Shore Tours
MSC Cruises has implemented a commissionable shore excursion program. Rick Sasso announced the program at the Cruise Holidays Conference in Miami this past October. The program will pay 5% commission on all pre-booked shore excursions. Agents can book the excursions via the MSC website or by phone.
This now gives the Travel Agent the ability to increase their bottom line by adding tours to the total price of the package. And your customer is going to buy the tours on board anyway, so why not look like a hero and book it for them.
This now gives the Travel Agent the ability to increase their bottom line by adding tours to the total price of the package. And your customer is going to buy the tours on board anyway, so why not look like a hero and book it for them.
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Back to back airline tickets
When are the major airlines going to give it up? This back to back ticketing that passenger’s use is a real sticking point with me. What is a back-to-back ticket? Simply it is when a consumer buys a round trip supersaver ticket to let’s say Chicago to New York and then buys another supersaver ticket round trip from New York to Chicago. They then intertwine the dates so the passenger will fly out on ticket one to NYC and Return to Chicago on leg one of ticket two. Then fly back to NYC on leg two of ticket two and return to Chicago on leg two of ticket one.
Now you may say, why would anyone do that? Well it’s simple. The major airlines fare structure is so out of whack that it is cheaper to buy two round trip supersaver tickets than to buy one regular round trip ticket.
The majors have threatened their customers with all kinds of fines and penalties for buying back-to-back tickets. I think it is time for them to stop this nonsense and get real. The discount airlines don’t have this problem because their fare structure is sane and it is not cheaper to buy two round trip tickets to your destination.
It is time for the general flying public to tell the major airlines to “Give it UP!”
Now you may say, why would anyone do that? Well it’s simple. The major airlines fare structure is so out of whack that it is cheaper to buy two round trip supersaver tickets than to buy one regular round trip ticket.
The majors have threatened their customers with all kinds of fines and penalties for buying back-to-back tickets. I think it is time for them to stop this nonsense and get real. The discount airlines don’t have this problem because their fare structure is sane and it is not cheaper to buy two round trip tickets to your destination.
It is time for the general flying public to tell the major airlines to “Give it UP!”
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