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Reward your Employees with Travel Incentives
By Sheryl Strasser
Motivating employees, especially highly competitive employees like
inside and outside salespersons and telemarketers, can be a
challenge. Sure, everyone likes cash, but what if you could offer a
incentive that was worth more than cash? That's what travel
incentives are all about.
What do you think would generate more excitement among your
employees; offering $50 to the person who sets the most
appointments in one day, or offering a 3 day and 2 nights hotel
stay in Hawaii including airfare? I'll bet that you didn't have to think
about that for too long. The Hawaii trip wins hands down.
I'll also bet that you're thinking "sure, I would love to give away a
travel incentive deal like that, but how can I afford it?" Prepare to
be shocked. You see, travel incentive coupons sell for pennies on
the dollar. The key to success in offering travel incentives is their
perceived value, not their actual cost to you. The truth is, most
travel incentive coupons cost under $10 each. That means that
instead of giving away $50 in real money, you're spending less
than $10 and giving away something that's worth hundreds or
even thousands of dollars!
Travel incentives are coupons good for real travel to desirable
destinations. There are no gimmicks. The travel industry authorizes
distribution of these coupons through approved brokers.
Depending upon the offer, these certificates can be redeemed for
air travel, cruises, hotel stays, and lots of other travel
opportunities.
Hotel and airline operators know that they will rarely be booked to
100% of their capacity. Rather than have empty seats or rooms,
they offer free travel deals. They know that the vacationer is going
to spend more money on food, sightseeing, and other products
and services during their stay, so the free travel offer isn't a dead
loss. In addition, airline and hotel management is counting on the
fact that the guest will have such a good time that they will come
back some other time and pay full fare.
This means that travel incentives are a triple win. The airlines win,
the hotels win, and you win by offering a productivity incentive
with a perceived value many times greater than the actual cost.
You'll be a hero with your employees and productivity will soar.
Where to buy travel incentives
You should only buy your travel incentives from an authorized
travel incentives broker. That way you are assured of receiving
genuine certificates that are good on major airlines and at quality
hotels. There are a lot of inferior travel offers out there, and you
don't want to disappoint your employee by sending them to a
second-rate hotel on an unknown airline.
One of the other advantages of dealing with authorized brokers is
that they are able to offer you the ability to combine different
travel incentive coupons to create even better packages. For
example, you can combine a 3 day, 2 night, 3-star hotel package
with a $500 spending certificate in some cities.
Another popular combination is to create a getaway package that
includes dream vacations like a 4 or 5-star hotel package that's
combined with a free round-trip airfare travel coupon. It doesn't
get any better than that!
Stop offering boring bonuses and give your best performing
employees the travel vacation of their dreams. Ordering travel
incentive coupons is easy, inexpensive, and can be done 100% on-
line.
About the Author
Sheryl Strasser makes it easy to learn how to motivate employees. Learn the top 10 essential ways to motivate employees. To receive your free mini ecourse visit http://www.travelvacationvouchers.com
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