Get Primed for Peak with ALG Vacations®
You know how it goes. Just as the hectic pace of the holidays simmers down at home, your job as a travel advisor heats up. With chilly to downright freezing temperatures across the country, everyone wants to get out of town and soak up the sun.
While that’s certainly a good thing, unexpected weather can wreak havoc on flights. ALG Vacations® has thought ahead and wants you and your clients to be prepared if they become the unfortunate victims of Mother Nature. After all, even the most experienced travel advisor can’t foresee every snare in the plans.
You can, however, know exactly how to react.
ALGV’s Guide to Customer Support During Travel covers the gamut from delays to cancellations and when—and where—to reach out for help (now easier with click to chat, click to email, or click to call functionality on the new ALGVacations.com). It’s a must for quick resolution during the winter months when travel volume is at its highest.
Of course, peak season’s nomenclature is due to the number of bookings peaking. Advisors searching for the greatest deals will want to bookmark ALGVacations.com/promos while brushing up on sales-closing programs like Travel Protection Plus, which allows travelers to Cancel for Any Reason, and business-boosters like Get Paid to Upgrade’s bonus commissions and the Set Your Own Commission tool in VAX VacationAccess, ALGV’s award-winning booking platform.
VAX is where you’ll find a new timesaver just in time for peak: an all-new automation for contracted groups that lets you add flight information for your group bookings right into your Group Dashboard. It’s the latest in a recent run of digital improvements, including the revamped and relaunched ALGVacations.com. Navigating the site is simpler than ever, leveraging the same VAX technology that you already know and placing it alongside useful content for all six ALG Vacations brands … including the ever-helpful ALGVPro. Certifying advisors in just four hours (with more modules available for more learnings after the hecticness of peak season breaks), the training program not only delivers valuable booking tips, product details, and why-didn’t-I-use-this-sooner intel, but Travel Institute credits for visible credibility. Advisors welcome the added ALGV benefits as well as the official mark of their expertise—a great way to stand out among the competition.
Providing further differentiation, digital Travelogues from Apple Vacations, Funjet Vacations, and Travel Impressions give your customers a true taste for the hotels you recommend. If you still miss the old days of paper brochures, chances are you haven’t familiarized yourself with these interactive catalogs. Full-page hotel listings with amenity grids make for easy resort comparisons; photo carousels and embedded videos and maps offer an authentic sense of atmosphere. For a more personal touch, custom design a digital brochure with only the pages you choose to share.
Featuring curated itineraries and tours from Viator and other reliable DMCs, ALGV’s new Europe Travelogues highlight Greece, Italy, and Spain—while France and the United Kingdom & Ireland will debut soon. Impress your clients even more with a completed schedule of day-to-day activities once they’ve booked; ALG Vacations’ new direct connection with Travefy ensures you can create custom, visually striking itineraries. Sign up now if you haven’t yet tried the service to save up to 30% through ALGV.
If you prefer to stay in touch with your clients with a soft-sell approach, ALGV’s online blog may be more your style. Share original, consumer-interest stories from ALGVTravelBlogue.com and start up the vacation conversation. Continue it with the free ALGV360°, a thousands-strong library of multi-channel marketing materials. Whether it’s social posts or videos, email banners or flyers, you’ll find just about any asset you need to get the word out.
As impressive as its line-up of advisor services is, however, ALGV has no better resource than its BDMs. Comprising the largest sales team in the industry, their top priority is their advisors. From finding an answer for you fast to designing a growth strategy for post-peak season, they’re an advantage you should be utilizing.
Wherever the next few months bring you—and whatever surprises they bring—knowing ALGV is there to support you makes peak seam a whole lot less stressful … and a whole lot more opportune.
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The holiday season is a great time to redeem the WAVES® rewards you earn with every ALG Vacations® booking. Download your points to a virtual Visa® for your holiday shopping or use them for your own travel. And remember, get 2024 off to a great start by earning 2% more on the hotel portion of your bookings with participating Get Paid to Upgrade resorts. You’ll find all this and more on www.ALGVacations.com, your greatest asset during peak season and beyond.
