How an international business model in vacations can take root in India

Over the years I have watched timeshare from the ringside – as a committee member at AIRDA. I have also been inside the ring, as a timeshare customer. And I am happy to say that I can see that the product offering and the service support around it, has gone up several notches.

If I were to look back just twenty years at the “typical customer”, I can see someone who would duck every opportunity to go on a vacation. Because he looked at holidays as an intrusion into workspace – with the Boss, happily agreeing with that sentiment. His family on the other hand, waited patiently for things to ease at office.

B. S. Rathor
Advisor & Member – Executive Committee

More on this story at the link below >
Message of the Month – May 2018

 

Read Full Post »

Do you long to go on that annual vacation?

The stories featured here have been compiled from conversations across a wide cross-section of people. These are young professionals who are inclined to go on a vacation, but don’t have plan in place. Not always easy to do at that age, when you don’t have enough time, or money. Or maybe both.

A long term vacation plan such as timeshare could come way down a “consider list” for these professionals, but the ones we spoke to are willing to stretch a bit and invest in the good times.

Over to some of the young professionals we spoke to about work, vacations and the need to prioritize on work-life balance.

More on this story at the link below >
Q&A – May 2018

Read Full Post »

Overheard in airplanes, and on the beach :)

Many people know these feelings really well…#brightside #brightgram #picture pic.twitter.com/87295StTog

— Bright Side (@bright_side_me) May 9, 2018

In our March Q&A feature we shared tips on packing your bags when you go on a vacation – look at this cartoon again and you’ll see what worried looking couples talk about when they set off on a holiday.

Our feature story is on what you need to keep in mind even before you start packing your bags. We share a compilation of tips and guidelines you can consider that will ensure peace of mind and a feeling of total control over the situation.

Take a look and you’ll see how this cartoon makes total sense, in a funny sort of way 🙂

http://airda.org/airda-views-interviews/views_2018-mar-customer-education.html

Read Full Post »

Let’s leave footprints behind at a vacation spot, not garbage

What I find absolutely shocking is the amount of litter we can generate – especially on vacation. Cigarette butts, water bottles, biscuit & chocolate wrappers, empty foil packs, paper plates, food remnants – the list goes on and on.

On a forest or cross-country trek for instance, we need to carry along a convenient dump bag with us that can contain litter the group typically generates – each one of us could also carry our own individual dump bags if that can make things simpler. I’ve seen litter being dropped from tourist boats along picturesque stretches of river – and this tends to
float or even sink to be swallowed by fish. (And that spins off a whole new set of problems . . .)

Manoj Keshav, IT professional

More on this story at this link >
Let’s keep our vacation spaces clean

 

This image sourced from pixabay.com
https://pixabay.com/en/garbage-plastic-waste- waste-2416624/

 

Read Full Post »