IC TRAVEL AGENT November 2013 | Page 8

Holiday Promotions Every religion celebrates a special day and with 4,200 religions in the world… some of those days will double up. The graph below is very important to you as it presents statistics you may want to review directly on the Adherent website: www.adherents.com. It would pay you dividends to know the preferred religion of your clients as this knowledge would prevent the wrong promotion going to the wrong people. Coming up is one of the biggest holidays around the world. It was once call Christmas and somehow morphed to The Festive Season and The Holiday Season, The Holidays. Leaving all that politically correct verbiage to one side – for many, the dates around December 24 through to January 1st are prime travel days. You can take advantage of this fact by creating any number of promotions. Here’s a couple that might work for you. Everybody loves a holiday: No matter what faith or religion, believer, nonbeliever – when it comes to a day off the collective human race are up for it. Keep that in mind. holidays but to head to the beach, the shows, the mountains… wherever it is – it’s last minute. Even better if you have a product you can offer to start the engagement process. December 25 is a day to travel: Most holiday travellers want to be at the table for that Christmas dinner. That means they travel a few days before. This also means that generally on Christmas Day there are seats open to many destinations subject to local weather conditions, strikes and anything else that might prevent business as usual. Sell December in November: Use this month, the month of November to capture those last minute bookings from people that have just decided not to go home for the Page 8