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EdwardD

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May 23, 2010 11:52 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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So, It just clicked. I live in one of the US most popular vacation spots.

My idea was to setup a website offering fully personalized vacation planning. Heres how it would work.

Target: Medium high/ High income families. Those who can afford a nice vacation but would like it to be planned for them.

Competition: Travel Agencies. Mass vacation planing agencies.

Adavantage over competition: Fully personalized/customized! World class customer service.

So I would get in touch with the family, learn as much as I can about them, such as how many in the group, ages, interests, etc.

I can set up as little as Hotel reservations and tickets to main local attractions and go as personalized and detailed as to set up travel arrangements, airport transport, dinner reservation, intineraries, leave maps/brochures in their room prior to their arrival etc!

Probably my biggest challenges are going to be Marketing, and getting my clients to trust their vacations in my hands.

Any ideas of what should be my pricing structure / cost driver?

Pls brainstorm with me as I just came up with this but feel really strong about it!

Thanks!

FastVentures

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May 24, 2010 12:58 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Hi there. Your idea sounds a little like a concierge service for the wealthy! So, maybe you can model it after that concept. Following that line of thinking you shouldn’t be seeing travel agencies etc as competition, but as your allies and potential partners.

There are certain things that you won’t be able to do (such as airline reservations) unless you’re a fully licensed travel agency yourself. But even if you were, traveling agencies generally cater to a broader base of customers than you ever will, so leaving them that portion of your business probably isn’t a bad idea.

You should be focusing on your core strength – meaning organizing exciting, one of a kind vacations for your clients. You don’t live in Miami by any chance, do you?

As far as charging your clients for your services is concerned, I think you should model your revenue model after that of a production company, which usually charges a percentage (6%-10%) of the total cost of a production to their clients. You can probably go even lower because most vendors such as hotels, car & yacht rentals, or tour guides will gladly give you a cut in return for your business.

If you’re interested in discussing this in greater detail, please feel free to send me a PM and I will try to give you a few additional pointers.

I hope this helps.

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May 26, 2010 2:24 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Did you try finding out if there were similar personalized services available for your city? I would start with competitor analysis and then develop your unique selling points.



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jovelyn

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Jun 02, 2010 2:15 AM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Hi Edward,

Your plan is great. But I also agree with FastVentures that "You should be focusing on your core strength – meaning organizing exciting, one of a kind vacations for your clients. "



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EdwardD

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Jun 09, 2010 11:49 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Thx for your feedback!

Any ideas on names for the website?

Like: dreamvacation, magicplanners, *cityname*vacationplanner, etc, what you guys think?

Johan21

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