NEWSLETTER 2016
Today, 01 December, as I write this, I celebrate 13 years to the day that I started by business and path with Travel Counsellors. I wanted to personally thank every one of you that have been with me along the way. Some of you for the whole of this journey and some not so long, but every one of you are important to me and I wanted to say a big thank you for allowing me to be a apart of you lives, arranging your holidays and being a part of creating some great memories for you and your families. Without your continued support and referral I wouldn’t have imagined achieving so much in the past 12 years and I am so looking forward to the years ahead with you all.
This year has been a great year for me and after some upheavals in the last few years, I returned to GOLD, a huge achievement for me and I again only have you to thank. GOLD status is a sales target set for the highest and best Travel Counsellors with only just under 10% of the TC’S around the world achieving the accolade, and believe it or not there are now just over 1,600 of us out there!
As well as achieving GOLD I have also had a great year of travels and as usual started the year off with my favourite winter pastime, skiing on Courcheval in the French Alps. I then spent a wonderful week playing golf and sunbathing in Jamaica back in May. In October I went off to San Diego for four days – a bit of a long way for four days but I had an amazing time. My blog is on my webpage so have a read if you want to know more! Next year I will be again skiing in France in February and then Colin and I celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary in October, so we are celebrating with an amazing trip to Vietnam and Singapore. So excited I can’t tell you! And as a Gold TC I shall also be attending the Gold Conference which is either a trip to Jamaica in May or and MSC cruise in October. I will also be going to Bangkok and Phuket! I promise to be here and be booking your fabulous holidays though. Hopefully I will retain this next year, and with your continued and much appreciated trust in me and Travel Counsellors and of course you referrals to your friends, family and colleagues; I am sure I will.
Although it has been a great year for myself and Travel Counsellors, the industry has had its challenges again this year. Once again we have sadly seen the loss of some tour operators and holiday companies, some of this due to some terrible incidents across Europe that have affected us all in some way. The loss of Low Cost Beds/Holidays was the biggest loss this year and I am sure we all know of someone that was unfortunate to be caught up in this. It showed how important it is to book your holiday with a trusted company that not only looks after you but is also the most financially trusted and secure company in the industry, so please continue to shout me out to everyone for next year every time they mention the word holiday!
This year we have launched our Travel Counsellors app - MYTC. You can download this on your smartphone, IPad etc. You can then see in your hand all your holiday details, documents and itineraries. You also will have my contact details in there so you can call or email me directly from the app and also share my details. If you have already downloaded it I am sure you love it! If you haven’t, download it now! MYTC in the app store is free! And it’s fantastic! And more things will be added to the app in 2017.
I could go on and on but think I should stop here before I write a book! Thank you, thank you, thank you once again for making 2016 so amazing and I am looking forward to 2017 and sharing it with you. Take care and speak soon; Jenni