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It takes time and energy to research that dream vacation. Hours (or days, let's be real) spent online, reading reviews, researching airline and train connections, finding the best hotel or resort for your family... I take all that off your plate. You’re a busy person. You honestly don't have time to do this. But I do. I plan all the little details of your trip....answer all your questions, from the big ones, right down to the questions you think are “silly.” When you leave for that long-awaited trip, you want to be confident in the choices you’ve made. The only surprises you want are happy ones.  Do you REALLY want to spend $5000, or $10,000 or whatever chunk of your hard earned money on a dream vacation with the push of a button online, without ever actually.....talking to a person? I’M that person. You can turn to me for help and answers before, during, even after your trip. I LOVE what I do. I get to DREAM with people! Every. Day. Need help planning a destination wedding? Longing to cruise the high seas? Or the rivers of Europe? Is your dream trip a whirlwind tour of Italy’s major cities? Perhaps an African safari? Or a leisurely beach vacation where the most strenuous thing you do is lift your hand for another drink? Let's gets started making your dreams a reality. Book a complimentary chat with me here: https://bit.ly/2tripchat

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Jun 1, 2021 | Feature Article , Kimberly Hand - Senior Writer , Uncategorized

Tanya Murphy, Destination Director, Cruise Planners®

“If there’s any silver lining to this [the pandemic], I now know there are some people who will never, ever, ever even think about planning a trip again without talking to me first.” Tanya Murphy, a Cruise Planners independent Destination Director , and her clients had quite the journey together during the travel industry’s crushing 2020.

During those dark days, she wasn’t sure if her franchise would even survive. She describes it this way, “It was a really rough, awful time. At the beginning, I just had to watch my business be completely annihilated. And one of the more horrible parts was I couldn’t just walk away. I still had to work through the cancellations and the rebookings, working through helping people figure things out.” Travel credits, refunds, when to expect them, it all had to be determined and explained and followed up.

“I had to be there for my clients and help them navigate this. And when everybody in the whole world has to cancel all their travel at the same time, you can’t call anybody. You can’t get through to anybody. It was the biggest mess,” said Tanya.

How did she survive? How is it that April 2021 was the best sales month in her franchise’s history? How does it feel to be on the other side?

To answer the first question, Tanya felt the fear and did it anyway. There was at least one moment when she said, “I just don’t want to do this anymore,” but realized, “I couldn’t not do it if I wanted to have a business to come back to.”

She began to hear “horror stories” from fellow travel agents that clients were threatening to sue them. Luckily for Tanya, her clients understood none of what was happening was her fault nor was she the one holding on to their money.

Tanya thinks it’s because she, “did a good job proactively communicating and talking people off the ledge a little bit.” She explained to them “what was going on from a worldwide perspective.” “While it’s really hard to wait 90 days or four months for your refund or your credit, you have to realize that it’s literally millions, if not billions, of transactions that the travel industry has to work through” she explained to her clients. “They will get to you,” she assured them.

While some issues still need sorting out in the travel sector—like finding enough people to meet staffing needs—things are picking up in a big way. Tanya calls it a “rush” and believes it’s a function of people finally getting their shots: “Anybody who wants one has had the ability to get it, for the most part.” The mindset now is, “OK, I’ve got my vaccination. I’m ready to go. Let’s plan something,” she said.

Another reason for the surge in travel? People are ready to spend. Many of them had jobs and incomes which weren’t affected by COVID-19 and, according to Tanya, “they also didn’t spend any money all year because we couldn’t do anything or go anywhere. We didn’t even go out to dinner.” Add to this reserve the stimulus checks and now, she says, “we’re seeing a bunch of spending happen.”

Tanya, herself, feels the difference. She described a recent night out with husband and friends that she didn’t want to end. “I couldn’t believe how happy I was. I experienced it with so much more joy and gratitude than I probably ever have in the past because I wasn’t able to do that for a year,” Tanya said.

She adds, “It’s good to feel like we’re coming out the other side. You can just kind of feel the energy shifting. And, boy, it was a rough ride.” Tanya is working so many hours these days and is “loving every second of it.”

Tanya and her clients have a valuable lesson to teach based on their 2020 experiences. The smart ones among us will pay attention. Never was it more clear that opting for personalized travel assistance versus online was and remains the wise choice. Travel planners receive their commissions from the suppliers, not the clients. Having a Destination Director like Tanya during the pandemic meant they had a human connection to help them make sense out of the confusion. Someone who understood their frustration and served as their personal advocate. People who booked online had, well, a website address.

Let’s stress that lesson again. Clients pay agents nothing; the planners receive their commissions from the destination spots and suppliers. For all those who don’t like to spend hours doing and/or being overwhelmed with vacation research, why not get free personal attention and let someone else do the details? Even better and more importantly, if things go wrong, and we now understand they can in a really big way, clients know immediately who their point person is. A problem-solver for free.

Notes to Readers:

(1) If you or someone you know is interested in opening a Cruise Planners franchise , Tanya Murphy has this to share:

“If anybody is looking to get into the travel industry, I would definitely highly recommend Cruise Planners as a host agency because they do a wonderful job. They really are one of the best in the business. When we go to conferences and meet the heads of cruise lines or airlines, they’re always telling us that Cruise Planners is one of the best host agencies to be with.”

(2) When Tanya was asked what type of mini vacation she’d recommend for small business owners, she said, “What I’d recommend is that we have a 30-minute phone call so I can understand what it is that they really need out of the trip.” Spoken like a Destination Director who has her clients’ best vacations at heart.

(3) Don’t let the name “Cruise Planners” fool you. Tanya coordinates cruise and land travel.

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Cruising the Moskva River: A short guide to boat trips in Russia’s capital

There’s hardly a better way to absorb Moscow’s atmosphere than on a ship sailing up and down the Moskva River. While complicated ticketing, loud music and chilling winds might dampen the anticipated fun, this checklist will help you to enjoy the scenic views and not fall into common tourist traps.

How to find the right boat?

There are plenty of boats and selecting the right one might be challenging. The size of the boat should be your main criteria.

Plenty of small boats cruise the Moskva River, and the most vivid one is this yellow Lay’s-branded boat. Everyone who has ever visited Moscow probably has seen it.

This option might leave a passenger disembarking partially deaf as the merciless Russian pop music blasts onboard. A free spirit, however, will find partying on such a vessel to be an unforgettable and authentic experience that’s almost a metaphor for life in modern Russia: too loud, and sometimes too welcoming. Tickets start at $13 (800 rubles) per person.

Bigger boats offer smoother sailing and tend to attract foreign visitors because of their distinct Soviet aura. Indeed, many of the older vessels must have seen better days. They are still afloat, however, and getting aboard is a unique ‘cultural’ experience. Sometimes the crew might offer lunch or dinner to passengers, but this option must be purchased with the ticket. Here is one such  option  offering dinner for $24 (1,490 rubles).

If you want to travel in style, consider Flotilla Radisson. These large, modern vessels are quite posh, with a cozy restaurant and an attentive crew at your service. Even though the selection of wines and food is modest, these vessels are still much better than other boats.

Surprisingly, the luxurious boats are priced rather modestly, and a single ticket goes for $17-$32 (1,100-2,000 rubles); also expect a reasonable restaurant bill on top.

How to buy tickets?

Women holding photos of ships promise huge discounts to “the young and beautiful,” and give personal invitations for river tours. They sound and look nice, but there’s a small catch: their ticket prices are usually more than those purchased online.

“We bought tickets from street hawkers for 900 rubles each, only to later discover that the other passengers bought their tickets twice as cheap!”  wrote  (in Russian) a disappointed Rostislav on a travel company website.

Nevertheless, buying from street hawkers has one considerable advantage: they personally escort you to the vessel so that you don’t waste time looking for the boat on your own.

Prices start at $13 (800 rubles) for one ride, and for an additional $6.5 (400 rubles) you can purchase an unlimited number of tours on the same boat on any given day.

Flotilla Radisson has official ticket offices at Gorky Park and Hotel Ukraine, but they’re often sold out.

Buying online is an option that might save some cash. Websites such as  this   offer considerable discounts for tickets sold online. On a busy Friday night an online purchase might be the only chance to get a ticket on a Flotilla Radisson boat.

This  website  (in Russian) offers multiple options for short river cruises in and around the city center, including offbeat options such as ‘disco cruises’ and ‘children cruises.’ This other  website  sells tickets online, but doesn’t have an English version. The interface is intuitive, however.

Buying tickets online has its bad points, however. The most common is confusing which pier you should go to and missing your river tour.

“I once bought tickets online to save with the discount that the website offered,” said Igor Shvarkin from Moscow. “The pier was initially marked as ‘Park Kultury,’ but when I arrived it wasn’t easy to find my boat because there were too many there. My guests had to walk a considerable distance before I finally found the vessel that accepted my tickets purchased online,” said the man.

There are two main boarding piers in the city center:  Hotel Ukraine  and  Park Kultury . Always take note of your particular berth when buying tickets online.

Where to sit onboard?

Even on a warm day, the headwind might be chilly for passengers on deck. Make sure you have warm clothes, or that the crew has blankets ready upon request.

The glass-encased hold makes the tour much more comfortable, but not at the expense of having an enjoyable experience.

Getting off the boat requires preparation as well. Ideally, you should be able to disembark on any pier along the way. In reality, passengers never know where the boat’s captain will make the next stop. Street hawkers often tell passengers in advance where they’ll be able to disembark. If you buy tickets online then you’ll have to research it yourself.

There’s a chance that the captain won’t make any stops at all and will take you back to where the tour began, which is the case with Flotilla Radisson. The safest option is to automatically expect that you’ll return to the pier where you started.

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