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Of course, we know the answer to that; but not everyone does. Let’s see if we can help you understand.
Travel professionals are not that different than financial planners. When you are planning your vacation, you are investing your hard earned dollars in hopes of having a dream trip. When investing money, you want the best rate of return. There are numerous places on the Internet to help you plan this investment on your own, but do they have the knowledge and experience to do it? There is also the issue of credibility. How long has this company been in business? What is their success rate? How hard are they to reach if you have questions about your investment? Will they offer you advice or just read from a canned response? Are they looking out for your best interest or are they just after the sale? Most clients of a financial planner want guidance and someone with knowledge of the market to assist them with planning their future.
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Travel professionals do the same thing, only with vacations. They sit down with you and discuss your vacation dreams and desires and try to plan your perfect vacation. How often have you gone to a financial planner and not heard from them for months or years? Have you invested on your own and just neglected your investments? Has time run out on you; and now you are trying to play catch up, so your investment can be where you want it when you retire?
Too often, you do the same with your vacations. You miss details or are unsure of new security procedures, documents needed to travel, recommend items to pack, etc. Then you hurry around at the last minute trying to correct details or make changes, only to find the costs of these changes are expensive or, more often than not, simply cannot be done in time for your trip. A good travel professional takes care of these details. They make sure you have the proper documents; they advise you of schedule changes or changing travel conditions. They offer advice on how to get the most out of your vacation. Travel professionals follow up with you before you go to make sure you are prepared and follow up with you when you return to make sure your dream vacation (investment) was what you expected.
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You go to a financial planner as you want someone you can trust; who has integrity and your best interest in helping you with your investment goals. You do not want to have an Internet computer planning your future, nor should it be planning your dream vacation. The Internet can’t know what you want out of your experiences or suggest alternatives. When planning your vacation, find a travel professional you can trust and build a relationship with and then your travel dreams will always be fulfilled.
Let us be part of your network of service providers. You have relationships with many people, such as your mechanic, housekeeper, hairdresser, accountant, attorney, massage therapist, medical doctor, chiropracter, computer technician, handyman (handyperson!), personal trainer, plumber, interior designer, and so forth. The better your relationships, the better the services target your needs/wants. Let us build a relationship with you. Without a travel agent, you're on your own.
Time is life's most valuable gift. Why would you spend your time being buffeted by online ads and websites of uncertain origin, any more than you watch informercials on t.v.? Distinctive Destinations can save you this time and sort through the chaff for you. Many components of travel have become discounted commodities, whereas the creation of exciting and satisfying travel experiences is an art form requiring equal measures of destination, product, and traveler knowledge.
How do you know there's any validity to our claims that we know these destinations? Because the national tourist offices of Mexico, Kenya, Tanzania, China, Ireland, and South Africa recognize us as experts, as do other national tourist offices and recognized training institutions. We've only provided a small amount of evidence here on this page, but this should be enough to set the stage.
Travel is about being in a new, exciting destination. Travel is about the smells, the sights and the sounds. Travel is about strange food. Travel is about being a little bit frightened. Travel is about experiencing things you have never before seen, maybe things you have thought about since you were a child. Travel is about Big Ben, the EiffelTower, the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx. Travel is about wind on your face and sun in your hair, it’s about seeing your child visit the Grand Canyon for the first time or watching your father take the trip he denied himself so you could go to college. Don't trust these lifelong experiences to a novice.
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