Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Is it possible to travel inexpensively with a group?

Group Air Travel can sometimes be quite an experience. You are competing for an increasingly small percentage of each aircrafts' available seating - at a discounted rate. If you have 20 passengers, and there are only 15 at the lowest 'class' of service - than the next five will be a bit higher, and the (average) cost for your entire team will go up.

There are several ways we can help you in this - including:
1.) Splitting your team up in to two smaller groups -- and working to get you to the same location within an hour or two.
2.) booking your team as individual missionaries, instead of a group. This is possible for smaller groups -- but for larger ones it is significantly more difficult.
3.) If you are 'Flex' with your dates - we can use this flexibility with the airlines to negotiate the best rate on the best dates. Let us know if this is the case. If you are not flexible -- we'll still make it work! :)


The BEST thing you can do to keep your costs down is to hold your space as early as possible.
If you wait until just 6 months prior to travel to secure your space -- you will likely not get the best fare anymore. Many ministries and agencies are booking 10 and 11 months out -- to secure the best base fares. IF you are able to purchase your tickets early -- you will also (likely) save additional funds by avoiding the taxes and fuel surcharges which almost always go up these days prior to ticketing.

Tomorrow? -- A few words about DEPOSITS!

Happy Traveling,

Mike

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