Let's face it, a VACATION is
one of-- if not THE-- biggest things folks look forward to all year long. You
save your money & your days off to take a preciously earned vacation, which
means you have INVESTED your precious time & finances into this. A vacation IS
an investment, after all! That means your vacation better be GOOD, if not
GREAT. So how can you ensure that it is? By NOT booking this preciously earned
vacation on a website! Especially
if your vacation is a BIG trip like a honeymoon or anniversary trip, it is of
UTMOST importance to ensure that nothing bad happens & your vacation is smooth
as silk & as worry-free as possible!
There are so many places on
the internet "blink-blinking" at you to book on their websites. Why do you think
that is? There are so many sites offering the "cheapest price", "best deal",
"lowest offer", etc. That may or may not be true. Also, EVERYTHING looks good on
the internet, otherwise it wouldn't be there. Not everything that glitters is
gold, as we all know. These internet sites want
your money, that's all... they do NOT back up their sale (which you did
all the work searching & clicking to book) with service, quality assurance,
personal knowledge of the destination, personalized travel tips for your
destination, going the extra mile to make you happy, NONE of that. Price is the
only driving factor on these sites; if price is the only important thing to
consider, please go to them immediately!
SURPRISING FACT: PRICE IS NOT—REPEAT NOT—THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT
YOUR TRIP!
WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT? GETTING WHAT YOU PAID
FOR! Which the internet cannot
guarantee!
(Read the fine print!)
Is price the
ONLY thing that matters to you? Really? What about actually getting what you
paid for, what you agreed to buy?!
The internet won’t promise you that… in fact, these internet sites will make you
agree to their fine print that you may NOT get what you buy! Crazy, isn’t it?!
What about saving hours & hours of time looking & not knowing if what you are
looking at is really what it seems… what about quality assurance (making sure
what you buy IS good!), knowing the person you are talking to (& it's a PERSON,
not a website, & not an anonymous 800-line!)… what about knowing where & with
whom you are spending your precious vacation funds… what about speaking to
someone with personal knowledge of your destination… what about having an
advocate in case of flight disruption/schedule change/natural disaster/death in
the family/international crisis, etc. Your vacation (that you had to earn money
& save vacations days for), the one you spent all those hours & effort to
book on Orbitz only needs one bad little thing to happen to send any hope of
your precious vacation INTO Orbit!
THE # 1 REASON
NOT TO BOOK ON THE
INTERNET THAT THESE SITES WON'T TELL YOU: 
If you book on the internet, you
belong to NOBODY, which basically means you are exactly that.
What does this mean? Well,
if you book on an internet site, you are one of the anonymous millions out there
in the world who clicked on a website to buy something. Who cares? The internet
sites don't. So, when the flight is oversold or the hotel has only a few rooms
left, the hotel's "problem room" (& every hotel in the world has a
"problem room" or two or twenty… it's the room with the bad location, funny
smell, next to the elevator, etc.) has to go to someone, & guess who that is?
The "nobody", the internet customer! Some websites even contract under-the-table
to offer a substandard category of rooms (the worst rooms) to internet customers
just to be able to offer the cheapest deal. Did you hear that? CHEAPEST
INTERNET DEAL= WORST ROOM! OR even worse, the hotel is oversold,
meaning there are too many guests arriving & not enough rooms (which is common
with internet bookings these days)… so guess who gets "bumped", involuntarily
sent to another hotel without their consent? The "nobody", the internet
customer! Did you get that? INTERNET CUSTOMER= FIRST TO GO BYE-BYE! Ask
someone who's had this happen, & they will tell you ALL about it. Or, WORST of
all, the internet customer arrives at the hotel, only to be told, "Sorry, we
can't find your reservation"! Did you catch that one? INTERNET CUSTOMER=
SORRY, CAN'T FIND YOU! And they charged your credit card for your trip &
took your money for it! THEN WHAT? Do you have an extra $1000 to cover your stay
in the meantime? Better yet, who do you call? Did you see them pull that fast
one? INTERNET BOOKING= PROVE THEY TOOK YOUR MONEY, PAY AGAIN IN THE MEANTIME!
Even if they offer you "compensation" at another hotel or a refund,
that's not the point… you took the time off, you scheduled your precious
vacation, you packed your bags & flew all those hours, you are THERE to start
your vacation right THEN at THAT hotel, & they are denying you that! Your
vacation is ruined, whether temporarily or permanently… & nobody wants to start
a vacation like that. Even more importantly, if it is a BIG trip like a
honeymoon or anniversary trip, it is of UTMOST importance to ensure that nothing
like this happens & your vacation is smooth as silk & as worry-free as possible!
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1—ONLY A DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED!
To reserve your trip well in advance, we only require a DEPOSIT! That’s right,
unlike many places on the internet, you do NOT have
to pay in full when you book if you book in advance! (Unless you are
traveling within 60 days from the day you make your reservation… anything close
to departure—within 60 days—will require payment in full quickly). Only trips
leaving soon require payment in full… the rest of the time you only need to make
a deposit to make your reservations & hold the space! That is EXCELLENT, happy
news for many, especially honeymooners who do not have several thousand dollars
to plunk down right this minute. In many instances, if you waited until you DID
save up to have the money to go, your trip would be MUCH higher and/or sold out
by that time! So it PAYS to get that trip reserved as soon as possible… the
longer you wait, the higher it will be!
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2-- WE STAND BEHIND WHAT WE SELL--the buck stops here!
First & foremost, you are a
CLIENT of Tiki Trips, NOT a "customer" & definitely not a "nobody" like you are
on the internet… you are a SOMEBODY, our CLIENT.
This is where the difference starts. We do everything in our power to ensure
a great vacation for our clients. You will know your agent's name, & we will
know yours. Personalized service is the name of the game. We have strong,
long-term industry relationships… you are our client, & we are a client of the
airline & hotel AND the tour company with whom we made your arrangements,
therefore we can make special requests & get VIP treatment if needed. Before
you even arrive at your destination, the airline & the hotel & everyone else
already know who you belong to--Tiki Trips & our affiliates-- so you are the
LAST one they will choose to give a problem to (& usually the first for a better
located room, upgrade, & various other special treatment!) So…. if on the
rare chance you have a problem on your vacation, you have someone to call--US!--
& we have our industry reps & entire chains of command to help us deal with the
issue. If you ever have a problem, we are your best friend & their
worst enemy, plain & simple. HOWEVER, it usually never comes to that! Why?
Because the airline or hotel can see who you belong to (us & all of our industry
contacts & their chains of command!), so you are the LAST person they want to
give problems to… if needed they will go pick on someone else (the "nobody", the
internet customer!) to give the bad room or involuntarily bump to another hotel.
And who better than that anonymous "nobody" guy who booked on some website? If
the airline or hotel bumps the internet customer, they only upset one
guy… if they bump our client, they would upset us & all of our industry contacts
& their chains of command… that could be dozens or even hundreds of people, &
they could be hearing about this from all of these people for days or weeks!
SO, if you were the hotel manager,
who would you give the problem to,
the "nobody" internet customer or a "somebody", a personal client of Tiki
Trips & ALL of our affiliates? You get the idea!
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3-- EXPERIENCE IS EVERYTHING… & we pass that on to you!
We at Tiki Trips interview
you to help you decide what destination & accommodations are best suited to you.
And how do we know? Because we have BEEN
there, stayed at that hotel, seen the surroundings, & experienced it!
EXPERIENCE IS EVERYTHING, as the saying goes, & KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. We are very
selective in what we sell, therefore our website only offers what we know will
make our clients happy. Also, you cannot book on our website because we want to
ensure you that you are given utmost personalized service & that you receive
what you want & need. Frequently, what a client thinks he needs or wants turns
out to be different than what he actually chooses in the end because we may
offer a better suggestion on place or accommodations or special deal or help him
afford what he did not think he could. If he had simply clicked on the internet,
he would not have had the better place or better price that we showed him
personally!
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4 -- HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY… WE WILL "JUST SAY NO!"
This goes along with what
was mentioned above… everything is not great, therefore we do not sell
everything. NOBODY WANTS TO BUY GARBAGE, THEREFORE WE DON'T SELL IT. We
will be honest with you about your selection, sometimes even resulting in the
loss of a sale on a rare occasion. Why? Because we want you to be HAPPY with
your vacation! If we sell you a trip to a bad place or even a mediocre one, you
are going to have a bad or mediocre trip… & then how excited will you be about
calling us again or sending others to us? But if we initially told you no, we
would then show you an alternative place or give another suggestion… you may not
buy anything, but then you have also not bought garbage & you won't be able to
blame us later for a bad trip! We want you to be HAPPY with a GREAT trip, &
that's what we will help you find!
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5 -- WE CARE… BUT WHY DO WE?
We at Tiki Trips want to do
everything in our power to make sure you have a great vacation! Why? Our
reputation is everything to us. If you have a bad time, you'll never come back
to us & we lose your business forever… but if you have a positive, happy
experience, you'll come back to us again & again, & you'll probably send your
friends to us as well! And that makes YOU happy, US happy, & everyone WINS!
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6 -- EXTRA BENEFITS! (Exclusive offers, parties & perks!)
Because you
are a client of Tiki Trips, we offer YOU our very special trip offers FIRST
on our exciting upcoming trips, well before they are announced to the "general
public"... we also offer certain exclusive specials & perks to our "Tiki Heads"
that no one else gets! It pays to be a client of Tiki Trips!
We at Tiki Trips believe
in treating our clients more as friends than anything… after all, good will goes
a long way! Therefore, we throw parties & offer perks throughout the year
(other agencies &
internet sites wouldn't DREAM of doing this!). Ready to party? We throw
an annual monster LUAU just for our client friends! Thirsty? Come by our
office ANYtime, we have a cold one waiting for you! Hungry? We have
dinner parties & open houses throughout the year, especially right before our
GIANT trips we take several times a year! Headed to Hawaii? We order
fresh flower leis for you to be greeted with upon your arrival in Hawaii & we
have a top-of-the-line guidebook we have special ordered, bought just for you.
Going to be in Maui for a few days? We will give you the phone numbers &
addresses of our friends & local contacts, they will be expecting you! Want to
travel with friends, yet you can't get any of your friends motivated? Don’t wait
on them, come travel with the Tiki Heads! (See # 7 below). We believe in doing
things “outside the box”… come see us & experience the difference with Tiki
Trips!
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7 -- TRAVEL WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS… OURS!
We have a group of traveling
friends who travel the world called the “TIKI HEADS”!
We’ve been many places such as: CHINA, TAHITI, GREECE, HAWAII, RIVIERA
MAYA, GERMANY, FRANCE, CARIBBEAN CRUISES, COSTA RICA, FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA,
JAMAICA, CABO, BAHAMAS, PUERTO RICO, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, CANADA, you name it,
we have been near & far. Our "Tiki Heads" travelers are our friends &
friends-of-friends referred to us over the years... therefore, you are among
friends! We are a very welcoming, friendly, non-exclusive (non-snooty!) group
who like to have a great time... we look out for each other on the trip... we
include each other on outings & meals & activities... just like friends do.
(Bailing persons out of jail not included!! ha ha). The "buddy system"
rules with us! So if you are a rookie Tiki Head & don't know many
folks (or anyone!), don't worry, you'll only be a stranger for about TWO
minutes! WELCOME is the word!! Check out more info about our Tiki Heads
at:
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8 -- WE SAVE YOU TIME… LOTS OF IT!
You can spend hours or even
DAYS or WEEKS looking at webpages on the internet… & still not be able to
decide! The big question is: how do you know what you are looking at on the
internet is good or bad? After all, EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD ON THE
INTERNET, OTHERWISE IT WOULDN'T BE ON THERE. Wow. It's a roll of the dice.
And what if your trip is the ONE trip you’ve saved for that you’ll take all
year… or even MORE important, it’s your HONEYMOON?
You cannot
afford to get it wrong, which is so easy to do on the internet! What
to do??? Simply call us, we’ll help you decide on something positively
wonderful, & you have saved hours of your valuable time & a possible bad choice
off the internet! And how do we know?
Because we have BEEN there & experienced it personally… & we back up what we
sell, so you have someone to call “just in case”… this is HUGE peace-of-mind
when you have more important things to worry about like planning a wedding,
raising a family, keeping up with your busy schedule, or just making ends meet!
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9 -- ALWAYS A GREAT DEAL!
We work very hard negotiating a good deal for you, so you can always rest assured that our price is very competitive, possibly lower than what you may find on your own for that time. Keep in mind that WE ARE NOT SELLING WHAT THE INTERNET IS… the internet does not guarantee that you get what you buy (we do!), the internet is not giving you the best room of that category (we do!), the internet does it give you extras, bonuses, perks (we do!), or a contact to call in case something goes awry (we do!). THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE. So… that means you don't have to knock yourself out trying to find a great place, a great price, & quality assurance, we have all of those covered! Add that great price & place with all the benefits listed above & other extras we include, & you've hit the jackpot!
And last but not least…
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10-- WE SELL HAPPINESS... THEREFORE WE ARE!
Because we sell happiness,
we are friendly, happy people! We want you to "hear" our smile on the phone &
feel it in our spirit, our office, our website, our brochures, our parties, our
trips, everything! Folks tell us they feel like they are talking to a friend, &
we do our best to treat them as such. Folks say that they can tell we LOVE what
we do & that it SHOWS. We want that to be your experience, too! We love our
business… we experience & sell vacations to amazing places. What in that
equation is bad? Nothing!
FUN + RELAXATION + GREAT
PLACE = FANTASTIC VACATION!
And in most everyone's
mind, VACATION = HAPPINESS!
A little footnote…
Our logo & "mascot" is
the Tiki, officially a statue of South Pacific/Polynesian origin. We chose it
for many reasons. In ancient times, the Tiki was worshipped & prayed to for
peace, prosperity, safety, & happiness. Hmmm, don't you want your vacation to be
all of those things? In modern times, the Tiki has come to be a symbol of exotic
locales, & it has evolved further to something even more basic... the Tiki
symbolizes "VACATION". Furthermore, studies have shown that the image of a Tiki
with its big, dramatic face & giant growling or grinning mouth puts a SMILE on
folks' faces. Who doesn't want that?!
Please don’t hesitate to
contact us… we are here & happy to help you plan your
next amazing trip!
TIKI
TRIPS®,
LLC
2715-C McKinney Avenue
(in the heart of Uptown!)
Dallas,
TX 75204
214-999-1009--phone
1-877-999-1009--toll free outside the DFW area
E-mail:
info@tikitrips.com
Website:
www.tikitrips.com
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We SPECIALIZE in VACATIONS, HONEYMOONS & DESTINATION WEDDINGS!
We
would love to help you plan your next exciting vacation to:
HAWAII~ MEXICO~ CARIBBEAN ISLES~ BERMUDA~ COSTA RICA~ BELIZE~ BAHAMAS~
TAHITI/ BORA BORA/ MOOREA~ FIJI~ COOK ISLES~ AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND~
U.S.A.~ CALIFORNIA~ VEGAS~ FLORIDA~ NEW YORK~ EUROPE~ ASIA~ AFRICA~ CRUISES~
Contact
us today!
All
payments are non-refundable once made; please be certain of travel plans before
payment.
PASSPORTS ARE NOW REQUIRED FOR U.S. CITIZENS TRAVELING TO ALL INTERNATIONAL
DESTINATIONS (including MEXICO, CARIBBEAN ISLANDS & CANADA)...
get one soon! (Passports can be obtained through your local gov't tax office or
main U.S. post office… please visit our website's main page at the bottom for
more helpful info on obtaining a passport). Don't forget to re-confirm all
flights with the airline 24 hrs prior to travel for any last-minute changes, &
be sure to arrive at the airport 2 hrs before departure with proper
identification. Happy travels!