Wednesday, September 3, 2008

How to beat rising fuel surcharges!

That is tough to do, since the airlines have raised them over 20x since the first of the year.
However --- if you are traveling anytime in the next 11 months, you CAN keep the cost of your travel to the lowest possible base fare by either purchasing in advance, or holding the space (usually with no deposit) on one of our student, missions, humanitarian, or consolidator fares.

Many of our non-profit clients are already booking their travel for next summer, believe it or not! Here's how it works:
1.) Airlines only have a small percentage of their inventory set aside for negotiated group travel or discounted travel. This number is shrinking with each passing day.
2.) For the prepared individual or organization, securing the best possible BASE (before taxes) fare is really the only 'tool' you have at your discretion to offset the rising tax and fuel surcharge fury.

Even if you have a group -- most contracts allow us to refund your deposit up to 90 days prior to travel, so it is to your advantage to start working early on your teams for the upcoming year!

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