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Vacation Search 2.0

So instead of sending endless emails and waiting for customers to visit my website, I installed a tool known as TripBlip™. I’m a beta tester for this product and I think, for the customer, it is a great tool as well. 

TripBlip™ empowers the customer to take control of the message and shape it to fit his/her needs.  TripBlip™ enables the user to create up to three different trip profiles and when a vacation comes along that matches the profile, TripBlip ™ notifies the customer with a discreet message next to the TripBlip™ icon.  The customer can look now or later or not at all.  Offers can be deleted from the current page and will remain in a history area for a while and eventually will disappear.

It is easy to use, easy to download and, best of all,  the customer decides what to receive.  Instead of endlessly searching through weekly emails and travel websites, set the parameters and receive the offers that are of interest.

What I have found so far is that when one of my customers receives a Blip, the customer realizes that it is from me, can read through it and discuss it with me in person, by telephone or by email. I’ve had some consumer sign ups from people who I don’t know and they, too, are accessing offers and contacting my office by email.

Give it a try and let me know what you think.

New Paltz Travel’s TripBlip™ 

 

 

Filed under: Abercrombie & Kent, Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America, International Travel, Social Media Tools, Summer Vacation, caribbean cruises, carnival-cruise-lines, popular vacation destinations, travel technology

International Summer Travel Hot Spots

For Americans traveling abroad, Western European destinations are the most popular summer spots in 2008 with five cities coming in the top 10. Mexican destinations are the other major grouping in the international top 10 list.

Italy remained the top international country/region booked by U.S. travel agents with an 18.7 percent share. Mexico came in second with 16.1 percent, and the UK received a 12.5 percent share of the votes. The UK was second in previous years and both Italy and the UK had larger percentage shares in 2007 and in 2006, suggesting the weak dollar is shifting some travel away from Europe with Mexico and other locations not in the top five benefiting.

Survey data was collected through the 2008 ASTA Research Family, a representative sample of ASTA member travel agency owners and managers. www.asta.org

Filed under: Air Travel, Foreign Travel, International Travel, Summer Vacation

 

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