Over the years, many of us have heard about the opportunities available in wholesale travel. As a consumer, we can recognize that if these wholesale travel packages are legitimate, then we will have access to vacation packages that would make the average traveler drool over their possibilities in travel destinations. When we slide the shoe to the other foot and consider wholesale travel as a business opportunity, we question whether we have the knowledge or fortitude to succeed in this type of business. Read on as we examine wholesale travel from the perspective of the consumer and the online businessperson seeking new opportunities in profit. While the wholesale travel industry is a legitimate industry offering legitimate travel packages, there are a few people out there offering deals that are less than favorable to consumers. The most common travel scam is the kind used to sell timeshare packages in real estate. The real estate agent will give you a free three day package to an attractive destination, IF your yearly salary meets certain minimums AND you agree to sit down and listen to a sales pitch for timeshare properties. Now, there is nothing wrong with timeshares per se, but the methods that some unscrupulous agents employ to sell timeshares are shameful to say the least. Timeshare supported vacations are well known for their hard sell approach to the sales process. As a result, when most people speak of discount travel or wholesale travel, the first thought that comes to the mind of most consumers is the timeshare sales pitch. As a result, consumers generally have a poor opinion of discount travel or wholesale travel, based only on their fears of timeshare selling scams.

Obituaries: Obituaries
Washington Post - he owned and operated a guest house and played the organ at Key West Christian Science Church. In the late 1990s, he returned to his native Washington state, where he worked as organist and choirmaster at First Presbyterian Church in Port Townsend. No Conscientious grocer wants his […]

NATIONAL NEWS
NorthJersey.com - in port ID card delays Senate Democrats accused the Bush administration on Thursday of bungling a much-needed port Confident climatologist says he’s not all wet LOS ANGELES — The celebrity TV weatherman was pretty much invented in Los Men charged for roles in bird deathsSeattle Post […]

sports digest: Apr. 16
Knoxville News Sentinel - could happen to us in Vegas happened but, this week, the McDonald’s car showed what we could do,” said Bourdais, who collected his thoughts and regained his confidence by taking the time to drive his family from Las Vegas to Long Beach in a motorhome A-to-Z […]

Motor Home Living - Part 2
Motor Home Living - Part 2 Yes, we have moved to full time rving. I took a few months to figure out that we wanted a 5th wheel for the best support of our type of lifestyle. We settled for a new 35 foot Montana with 3 slide outs. We also had to upgrade our […]

After decades, church still unfinished
Austin Daily Herald - This is my last winter, Deye said with relief. From this time on, my motorhome will be much closer to the equator. His only immediate plans for retirement include a trip via motorhome from here to Glacier Park, Mont., in June. As […]

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