On Dec 20 2006, 12:47 am, Dillon Pyron
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> Thus spake "Von Fourche" :
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> >"Dillon Pyron" wrote in message
> >news:bn4eo21aea2m3mtgp3g0uugccgk2v6cdk6@4ax.com...
> >> Thus spake "Von Fourche" :
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> >>>"Dillon Pyron" wrote in message
> >>>news:69k1o2d28krajo26agj3c1f35pjocdf22i@4ax.com...
> >>>> Thus spake "Von Fourche" :
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> >>>>> The local news did a story on people at work who do online shopping
> >>>>> in
> >>>>>their spare time while sitting at their desk at their jobs. They did
> >>>>>the
> >>>>>story at a localtravelagency. I was surprised at what I saw. The
> >>>>>travel
> >>>>>agents desk had only a few things on it - a computer screen, and a few
> >>>>>trays
> >>>>>for paper. But I saw no desks withtravelbooks, magazine, or anything
> >>>>>like
> >>>>>that. That leaves me to believe thesetravelagents do 100% of their
> >>>>>work
> >>>>>on the computer. That also leads me to believe thesetravelagents are
> >>>>>only
> >>>>>re-sailingtravelpackages that's on their computer screen. I'm sure,
> >>>>>because of memory and repetition, they could tell you the top one or two
> >>>>>resorts in Jamaica. But besides that, what else do they know? Would
> >>>>>they
> >>>>>know the best snorkeling areas in St. Lucia off the top of their head?
> >>>>>I
> >>>>>bet not. The news cast also showed the owner of this business. He did
> >>>>>not
> >>>>>look like a tough character to me.
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> >>>>> Well folks, I have a new target. I'm going to put this business out
> >>>>> of
> >>>>>business. I am going to crush this business. I will get trained as a
> >>>>>travelagain. I will work as atravelagent for two to five years,
> >>>>>maybe
> >>>>>even at the place above. Then I will start my owntravelagencies with
> >>>>>my
> >>>>>own agents. And, I will specialize: Gaytravel, Christiantravel,
> >>>>>Spanish
> >>>>>departmenttravel, Seniortravel, handicaptravel, familytravel. I
> >>>>>will
> >>>>>grow my agency. I will crush all the competition around.
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> >>>>> This is going to be easy. I'm going to make my money sending people
> >>>>> on
> >>>>>cruises. Heck, I bet this is going to be easier than a woman selling
> >>>>>herself on the street.
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> >>>> Do you know how many cruises you have to sell to make $50K?
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> >>> Do TA's ever make outgoing sales calls? Are they required to try to
> >>> get
> >>>up sells? Say for instance, if someone calls and wants to go on a five
> >>>day
> >>>cruise, you are supposed to try to get them to take a seven day cruise
> >>>instead. Or do you basically try to give the client exactly what want
> >>>they
> >>>want and help them choose?
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> >> I have my trick list (erh, client list) that I email on a regular
> >> basis. I don't spam and I don't do cold calls (most people are on do
> >> not call lists these days. I do advertise locally, but I'll take
> >> business from anywhere. I've gotten some business from here, some
> >> from various fora I belong to. Some word of mouth, some from placing
> >> various brochures for handy access at local business. Different media
> >> work at different times.
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> > Do you advertise in magazines? Are you a one person business or do you
> >have agents working for you? What percentage of your sales are in person
> >vs. over the phone?
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> No to the magazine ads. National advertising is just too expensive.
> I'm a one person shop as part of a 500 member host agency. Although
> all of my sales start as either email or phone, most are finalized
> with a visit to the client's house. I like to make the face to face
> contact where I can. Can't do that with out of town contacts, but I
> give everybody as much hand holding as I can, if they want it.
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> > Also I still want to know, do you think the phone agents at Cruises Only
> >are trainedtravelagents or are they just phone reps?
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> dillon
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