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Can you assist us with group travel arrangements?

Definitely. We have a dedicated travel professional in the association program to help organizations plan group trips for 20 people or more, including cruises and special excursions.

Are there any additional costs?

No. There is only a one-time set-up fee of $449.95. After that our services are free. And, there is no minimum level of activity.

What type of marketing assistance do you provide?

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YTB International, Inc, (OTC BB: YTBL), a leading provider of internet-based travel services, announced that it has expanded its agreement with World Choice Travel, a
division of Travelocity, enabling our clients to book hotels via a privately branded booking engine. They also now have access to two industry leading dynamic packaging products, Last Minute Deals and Custom Trip. Our web based booking engines feature the same inventory and pricing as Travelocity.com.

“Our World Choice agreement represents another opportunity for our agents to develop an exclusive online business that combines two of the most popular trends today — the Internet and travel,” said Lloyd Tomer, YTB International’s Chairman of the Board.

YTB’s ability to refine and expand our agreements with travel vendors such as the World Choice division of Travelocity, provides our representatives such as the Clifton Travel Group with the confidence in selling travel through our Continue Reading »

The National Foundation for Cancer Research and YTB Travel announced that they have formed an Internet-based discount travel service, that gives a percentage of the booking fees to the cancer research efforts of the NFCR. The site works like similar discount travel websites, allowing individuals to book their travel arrangements, golf tee times and event and ticket reservations online along with a number of other travel related services.

“In a world where most travelers today are planning their vacation destinations, event packages and business trips online, our new travel website gives booking these activities a real purpose,” said Franklin Salisbury, president of NFCR. “Best of all, 100% of donations raised through this partnership will fund our cutting-edge cancer research projects–in the laboratory where a cure will be found.”

How it works is similar to most other travel websites. Reservations are made through the YTB customized web site Continue Reading »

The Clifton Travel Group understands that your preferred focus is on your non-profit activities…not on fund raising. As a client of the Clifton Travel Group, our goal is to provide you, not only with an invaluable program that produces significant funds for your organization, but also one that is easy to implement and manage. Our local consultant, as well as the YTB home office, will work with you through all phases of the process making sure that your program is set up properly and that you understand every detail completely.

YTB places your group on the “Please Do Not Contact” list to prevent being called by other representatives.

YTB will provide any information needed for board approval. Plus, we will conduct conference calls or Continue Reading »

The Clifton Travel Group provides a “Private Label” Booking Engine web site for our non-profit clients to use and market to their members and supporters, which provides ongoing fund raising revenues.

As members and supporters book their travel using their customized YTB Association website, it creates a consistent stream of funds from commissions paid by travel vendors. A significant portion of these commissions are then paid on a monthly basis to the non-profit organization as royalties. The booking engine uses the same technology and provides the same features and prices as other online booking engines such as Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity.

With 85% of personal travel booked online, the non-profit organization is not asking members to do anything Continue Reading »

The Red Carpet Day is still being held tomorrow: however, the lunch will not be at the Country Club behind the Corporate office but will be held at the Collinsville Convention Center in Collinsville, Illinois. That is located right off of Route 157 in Collinsville. The reason for the change is because there are almost 750 people attending this event! Don’t miss the excitement, and opportunity to learn more about your home based travel agency.

If you are going to attend tomorrow and do not know how to get to either place please call us at 314-265-9732 and we will give you directions!

Carol Clifton - Your Travel Biz