PRESS RELEASE from TopTravelSites.com dated December 18th, 2007
American Travelers can now get Savings in over 60 countries.
The Top Travel Voucher service that was introduced late in 2006 to the travel industry now offers coverage and savings on travel in over 60 countries to consumers who are comfortable with handling their own travel arrangements directly with travel suppliers on the internet. The consumer launch of this service is now under way.
The service enables travellers to get fairer fare prices because they are dealing directly with tour operators or accommodation and activity providers who are willing to offer net prices facilitated by the use of these unique vouchers.
Although we offer the travel trade a 'no cost' opportunity to participate in our program, we are unable to reach out to all of them. We need the help of organizations such as Tourism Offices who recognise the benefits of our innovative service for their own regional travel businesses. Should you, after your review of our website, agree that we can achieve results for travel operators in your region with our new, easy-to-use, money-saving and guaranteed toptravelvoucher service for travellers, please take the opportunity to make them aware with this press release, or inform them of our website where they can access all the information necessary to make their decisions.
How the service works:
The service is based on the traditional, or pre-internet, ways of pricing travel, where various levels of middlemen are used. These middlemen need to be paid fees or commissions of 10 to 25% or more. Such fees are added to the cost price at the source. This site offers vouchers that are valued equivalent to, or more than, these mark-ups, and sells them at very deep discounts to travellers who want to go directly to the listed operators on this site, thereby getting cost or net prices for themselves.
The vouchers are available for purchase. For $30usd you can get a voucher for between $100 and $149usd, for $50usd you get one for between $150 and $299usd, and all vouchers over $300usd can be purchased for $100usd (or equivalent foreign currencies). One voucher onsite is for a small boat charter cruise in the Greek Islands valued at 1,500euros which can be purchased for $100usd. There are many escorted tour packages with savings of 10% per person in a variety of countries from Europe to South America. Asia travel and African safaris are also well represented with vouchers, together with a few dude ranches and fishing lodges in Canada and the USA.
The site does not sell travel, and all dealings are made directly with the listed operators. Consumers are advised to check availability and quality of the offers before buying the vouchers. Vouchers come with a full money-back guarantee, even if, after completion of travel, the traveller is unhappy with the quality of the experience.
So as not to alienate the retail agency system the site offers professional travel agents a similar opportunity to offer this voucher service for their own travel packages and products. The site strongly advises that the agents have knowledge, experience and expertise of either destinations or activites, and not be just a specialist who may have taken a very simple test operated by a national tourism office or tour operator. The site advises travellers who need assistance to use different experts for different destinations and activities but to be sure of their qualifications and expertise by asking questions. Travellers should give as much emphasis on agent selection as they would give to hiring any professional. With the internet now allowing both expert agents and travellers to link up and transact business no matter where they may be located, both parties must be comfortable with this new way of booking travel arrangements. Travel agents need to be comfortable dealing with potential new clients outside of their normal trading areas.
TopTravelSites.com is a clean and simple-to-use directory of travel which directs travellers directly to travel operators who offer net prices for direct bookings. It is also associated with a site offering last minute deals for world travel, as well as an online travel ezine.
These savings may help travellers decide to visit your travel region.
Contact:
nomad at toptravelsites dot com
www.toptravelsites.com
PRESS RELEASE from TopTravelSites.com dated December 16th, 2007
American Travelers can now get Savings in over 60 countries.
The Top Travel Voucher service that was introduced late in 2006 now offers coverage and savings on travel in over 60 countries. The service targets consumers who are comfortable with handling their own travel arrangements and dealing directly with travel suppliers on the internet.
Top Travel Vouchers enable these travelers to get fairer fare prices because they are dealing directly with tour operators, accommodation and activity providers who are willing to offer net prices facilitated by use of the vouchers.
How the service works:
Traditional, or pre-internet, ways of pricing travel uses various levels of middlemen who need to be paid fees or commissions of 10 to 25% or more. The costs of these commissions are added to the cost price at the source. TopTravelSites.com offers vouchers equivalent to, or more than, these mark-ups. The vouchers are sold at very deep discounts to travelers who can then go directly to the travel operators, thereby getting close to cost or net prices for themselves.
For $30usd you can get a voucher for between $100 and $149usd.
For $50usd you get a voucher for between $150 and $299usd.
All vouchers over $300usd can be purchased for $100usd(or equivalent foreign currencies).
One voucher on the website is for a small boat charter cruise in the Greek Islands valued at 1,500 euros, and can be purchased for only $100usd. The site has many escorted tour packages with savings of 10% per person in a variety of countries, from Europe to South America. Asia travel and African safaris are also well represented with vouchers, together with a few dude ranches and fishing lodges in Canada and the USA.
The site does not sell travel, and all dealings are made directly with the listed operators. Consumers are advised to check availability and quality of the offers before buying vouchers. Vouchers come with a full money-back guarantee, even if, after completion of travel, the traveler is unhappy with the quality of the experience.
So as not to alienate the retail agency system, the website offers professional travel agents a similar opportunity to offer this voucher service for their own travel packages and products. It is strongly advised, however, that the agents have knowledge, experience and expertise of either destinations or activites, and not be just a 'specialist' who may have taken a very simple test operated by a tourism office or tour operator. The site advises travelers who need assistance to use different experts for different destinations and activities, and to be sure of their qualifications and expertise by asking questions. It also advises to give as much emphasis on agent selection as they would give to hiring any professional. With the internet now allowing expert agents and travelers to link up and transact business, no matter where they may be located, both parties must be comfortable with this new way of booking travel arrangements and of dealing with potential new clients outside of their normal trading areas.
TopTravelSites.com is a clean and simple-to-use directory of travel which steers travelers directly to travel operators who offer net prices for direct bookings. The site is also associated with another website offering last minute deals for world travel, and with our dollar in the doldrums these savings may just help Americans get on the road again.
Contact:
nomad at toptravelsites dot com
Vancouver, BC. / Carlsbad, CA
Skype: nidalap14
PRESS RELEASE from TopTravelSites.com dated July 8, 2007
SAVE MONE ON TRAVEL WITH TOPTRAVELVOUCHERS
We All Win At TopTravelSites.com
Did you know that up to 25% of the cost of your vacations can be paid to a travel agent?
Fair enough when you need and get knowledge, experience and expertise of the destination or activity that you wish to book from the agent.
But if you simply need to book your vacation or travel arrangements from websites...
WHY DO YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY THE COMMISSION?
When you book your own travel using TopTravelSites.com most of that commission ends up in YOUR OWN WALLET!
TopTravelSites.com is currently offering TOPTRAVELVOUCHERS (equivalent to the commission paid to an agent - or even more!) for destinations and activities ALL OVER THE WORLD.
There is absolutely no limit to the face VALUE that travel providers can issue vouchers in, and the traveller pays $30, $50 or at most, $100usd or equivalent foreign currency for each voucher.
Still not clear? Okay, here it is - step by step:
- Check out TopTravelSites.com for an exciting destination or activity.
- Contact travel operator to check quality, pricing and availability.
- Book DIRECTLY with the travel operator using the TOPTRAVELVOUCHERS.
(saving from $70usd per person to $100's or $1,000's per package). - 100% money-back guarantee on all vouchers.
Simple Isn't It - GO-DIRECT and TRULY SAVE!
You have just saved yourself the commission that your travel provider would have paid to an agent and the travel provider has just saved advertising costs.
There is NO COST to the travel provider (B&B, Hotel, Lodge, Tour Operator, Activity and Adventure Operators). They authorize TopTravelSites.com to issue TopTravelVouchers to be sold to travellers at greatly reduced prices.
EVERYBODY WINS!
PRESS RELEASE from TopTravelSites.com dated June 19, 2007
GIVING BACK TO TRAVELLERS
A new travel website is now available that purports to be a 'first of its kind' for web travel, offering savings on every featured travel selection, as long as you 'do-it-yourself'.
Sean Swain of S2 Designs in Carlsbad, California, explains how TopTravelVouchers came to be:
"From our design and marketing involvement with TopTravelSites.com and LastMinuteDirect.net, we realized that the world of travel on the internet demanded more than just directories of endless travel choices that often seem to be platforms for advertising revenues, or were vast booking engines for hotels and global travel companies offering their own products and thus lacking in consumer choices.
"Something different was required to appeal not only to travellers, but also to travel operators and specialist travel agents around the world. We wanted to give every type of travel business, from B&B's to day-tour operators, luxury lodges, extended tour operators and specialist travel agents, an opportunity to incent travelers to visit, stay or tour with them. We also wanted them to be able to do do it without the need for expensive marketing and advertising budgets.
"There are so many quality travel choices that are not generally seen by travellers either because they don't get sufficient representation on the larger sites, or their websites don't generate enough visitors on their own. We want to change this with our TopTravelVouchers program."
TopTravelSites.com offers some creative and unique options not found on other internet travel sites.
This is how it works:
Based on the premise that most travel prices are set to allow payment of a commission to a seller of
travel, ranging from 10% to 25% or more, this site wants to give most of that element back to travellers who
take the time and effort to book directly with the travel provider. In effect, travellers who
book direct earn the commission that would have been paid by the travel operator.
This program is available to all travel businesses who pay commission on their sales, whether they are a small B&B, Luxury Lodge, Day Tour or Extended Tour Operator. According to Swain, because of their the low overheads and cost-efficient marketing and sales, the company is able to return a large proportion of the commission element to travellers, retaining only a small percentage to meet their own revenue goals. Swain also admits that the success of the program is based on high volumes of sales at the discounted rates but is confident that once the website is found, volumes will follow and travel operators will see that this is a unique option to be added to their own marketing and sales efforts.
Travel Operators and Specialist Travel Agents are invited to supply their own travel vouchers or gift certificates to the website, equivalent in value to the commission that would be paid to a third party seller of travel. In exchange they will recieve online marketing of their travel services and lead generation of 'do-it-yourself' clients. These travel vouchers are converted into TopTravelVouchers (TTV) or Gift Certificates and offered to travellers at deep discounts to their redemption values. TopTravelSites retains a small percentage from each voucher sale. Travellers may purchase one or more TopTravelVouchers depending on the number in the party, so savings are available to single travellers, families, groups or teams who wish to choose a travel operator or specialist travel agent from the site. Travellers must book directly with the travel operator or specialist travel agent as the website does not sell travel or handle travel arrangements.
The voucher instructions suggests that
- travellers select a travel operator or agent that offers TopTravelVouchers
- contacts them prior to purchasing the voucher in order to confirm the travel services on offer and the date availability.
- If the travel selection is available the traveller informs the operator or agent that they will be using one or more TopTravelVouchers.
- Once satisfied with the travel pricing they may then proceed to make reservations and then purchase the necessary TopTravelVouchers online.
These vouchers are available for purchase at three different rates offering three levels of savings.
- A $30usd purchase offers savings from $70 to $119usd per each TTV.
- A $50usd purchase offers savings from $100 to $249usd per each TTV.
- A $100usd purchase offers savings in excess of $200usd per each TTV ( one TopTravelVoucher presently onsite for 1,500 euros (around $2,000usd) may be purchased for $100usd ).
There are thousands of travel websites, however a few webtravel giants that are prominent. It is refreshing to find an original concept brought to reality that will produce real incentives and savings for travellers while offering valuable exposure and new sales opportunities for travel operators and travel agents around the world.
This site has to be found by both travellers, travel operators and travel agents but with a no cost entry for travel businesses and savings for every traveller, this should not be a problem. Swain says the next challenge is to get site visitors. As of press time, TopTravelSites.com can be found on the first page of Google Canada searches for the terms 'top travel sites' and 'travel sites'.
With the extra costs of driving, pump prices reaching an all-time high, the proliferation of fuel surcharges and the hassles with flying, maybe these toptravelvouchers will be seen as a way to help travellers travel for less.
TopTravelVouchers can be found at toptravelsites.com.
Contact:
Sean Swain
TopTravelSites.com
TRAVEL ANNOUNCEMENT from TopTravelSites.com & LastMinuteDirect.net for April 17, 2007
TOPTRAVELVOUCHERS HAVE ARRIVED!
- The first TOPTRAVELVOUCHERS & GIFT CERTIFICATES are now ON SALE!
- FIND OUT HOW "every traveller gets a deal and every travel business gets a sale
- ADD YOUR TRAVEL OFFER to this innovative and unique travel program.
- NO cash required, NO click-through fees, NO commissions, NO worries.
- ALL travellers GO-DIRECT to you for reservations.
If 'SPACE AVAILABLE' is bad news and 'SPACE LOST' is very bad news in your travel business, find out how to encourage and INCENT our travellers, visitors and subscribers to travel and stay with you by taking a few minutes to fully understand this new program at TopTravelSites.com.
If you wish to discuss the program in person, please email us using our contact page, or sales AT toptravelsites DOT com, with your contact details ( with country and time zone ) and the most convenient time to call you.
We are looking forward to showcasing YOUR travel operation ( NO google ads! ) and creating a > TopTravelVoucher / Gift Certificate to offer to our travellers, visitors and subscribers - FOR YOU!
In 'KISS' terms...(Keep It Simply Simple)...and UNLIKE anything else on the web!...
- There is NO COST to joining our program!
- You will make a SALE! > * We advertise,market and promote YOU in EXCHANGE (online) for your own travel voucher / coupon / gift certificate!
- We CONVERT (online) your voucher into a TOPTRAVELVOUCHER / GIFT CERTIFICATE from TopTravelSites.com!
- We SELL the TTV at a discount of 50% - 70% and anticipate that at least TWO people will travel together giving you an
- opportunity to offer them other products and services and recover any costs involved in your voucher issue!
- When we have SOLD the TTV we ADVISE YOU of the purchaser in order for you to make contact and offer assistance in their tour planning!
- You may ADD another voucher after the sale if you so wish!
- We CONTINUE marketing and promoting you for 12 months, even AFTER the TTV has been sold!
Contact: TTS Group / nomad AT toptravelsites DOT com / skype available
Option: You may USE YOUR OWN Travel Voucher / Gift Certificate in this program instead of our TTV/GC.
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