Isikhangiso sakamuva se- “World for $ 1” esenziwe ngabakwa-LastMinuteTravel.com sithembise igumbi “kunoma yimaphi amahhotela ethu ayi-15,000” ngo- $ 1 ubusuku ngabunye. Ukubamba kuphela? Bekufanele uwabhukhe phakathi kwewindi elichaziwe lemizuzu engu-15.
"Ngokuqondene nokuthi leyo mizuzu eyi-15 yenzeka nini," kumemezela isiza. “Awazi.”
Kepha akusikho ukuphela kokubanjwa. Zithe nje zingakaqali ukudayiswa kwezinsuku eziyi-12 zaqala ukungena izikhalazo. Abantu bebecelwa ukuthi babuke i-video ngaphambi kokuthi babekise igumbi. Omunye umfundi ubeke isikhathi ukuthengisa futhi wathola ukuthi bekungahlali imizuzu engu-15. Abanye babenenkinga yokungena kusayithi.
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Kungenzeka. Kepha uma ikwenzile, akuwedwa. Imboni yezokuvakasha iyathanda "ukukhohlwa" amaqiniso abalulekile ngemikhiqizo yayo, noma ngabe umthetho obalulekile wezindiza noma isigaba esibalulekile kwinkontileka yokuhamba ngolwandle. Futhi yebo, lezi zigatshana ziya ngokuya zihlanya. Akumangalisi-ke ukuthi izinkampani zezokuvakasha zingagxili kakhulu kuzo. Bazi okuhle futhi kahle kungathinta isinqumo sethu sokuthenga.
Ngibuze uLauren Volcheff, umqondisi wezokukhangisa kwaLastMinuteTravel, mayelana nezikhalazo ngemuva nje kokuthengiswa kwempahla. Uvumile ukuthi amafasitela emizuzu eyi-15 ahlukaniswe amaseshini amathathu noma ngaphansi ngosuku, "ngalinye lihlala okungenani imizuzu emihlanu, isikhathi semizuzu engu-15 isiyonke yokuthengisa." Ukuqinisekisile ukuthi abasebenzisi bacelwa ukuthi babuke lokho akubiza ngokuthi “uchungechunge lwezifundo ezintathu” ezihlale cishe imizuzu engu-2 1/2.
Lokho akwenzanga lutho ukunqanda igagasi lama-imeyili athukuthele lawe ngeqiniso, obeluleke abantu ukuthi banikeze iphromoshini ithuba ngaphambi kokulichitha njengenkohliso. Abafundi bahlala besola mayelana nesikhathi sephromoshini. Ngakho-ke ezinsukwini ezine ngaphambi kokuthengisa, ngacela inkampani ukuthi ivuselele. Ngokuvumelana negama layo, iLastMinuteTravel ilinde kwaze kwaba ntambama ngosuku lokugcina lokuthengisa ukuze ingitshele ukuthi yenze "ushintsho oluthile" ekwenyuselweni ukuvimbela imibhalo ye-Intanethi ekuthatheni amadili ehhotela. "Ingxenye yalezi zinguquko isho ukuthi izikhathi kungenzeka zingabe zisavunyelaniswa zisuka komunye umuntu ziye komunye," wangitshela.
ILastMinuteTravel kubonakala nje ukuthi iqhubeka nesiko elihlonishwa ngesikhathi ebhizinisini lezokuvakasha. Nazi izigaba eziphezulu inkampani yakho yezokuvakasha mhlawumbe engeke iveze yona - nokuthi yini odinga ukuyazi ngazo.
1. Singashintsha imithetho yohlelo lwethu lokwethembeka noma kunini
Izinkampani zezokuvakasha zenza noma yini eziyifunayo ngezinhlelo zazo zokwethembeka. Ungacabanga ukuthi okungenani bangakwazisa lapho umthetho ushintsha, kepha imvamisa abakwenzi. Futhi akudingeki. Isibonelo, imigomo yohlelo lwe-American Airlines i-AAdvantage ixwayisa ngokuthi “I-American Airlines, ngokubona kwayo, ingashintsha imithetho ye-AAdvantage, imithethonqubo, imiklomelo yezokuvakasha, kanye nokunikezwa okukhethekile nganoma yisiphi isikhathi noma ngaphandle kwesaziso.” Lokho akuyona nje i-boilerplate legalese - ezingxenyeni ezinkulu zomkhakha wezokuvakasha, lawo ngamagama okufanele uphile ngawo.
Kusho ukuthini kuwe: Ungalokothi uthathe imithetho obhalise ngayo enkampanini yakho yezindiza, ukuqashwa kwezimoto noma uhlelo lokuthembeka ehhotela kuzohlala kunjalo. Noma ukuthi noma ngubani uzokutshela lapho imithetho ishintsha. Kukuwe ukuthi uqhubeke.
2. Awu linda, kunemali ekhokhelwa ukuvakasha
Wonke umuntu uthanda isivumelwano ehhotela, futhi njengoba umnotho ungahambi kahle, i-Intanethi ingenye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zokuthola ukuthengiselana. Kepha ingabe isilinganiso ocashunwe ngaso segumbi inani ozolikhokha? Akunjalo ngempela. URay Richardson wacabanga ukuthi uthole isivumelwano lapho ibhidi lakhe likaPriceline ehhotela lase-Orlando limbeka endaweni ethile eRadisson. Kodwa-ke wabe esethola isikweletu sakhe, esasihlanganisa nemali eyimpoqo engu- $ 6.95 "ngosuku" yokubhadala izindleko zechibi lehhotela, imishini yokuzivocavoca nezinye izinsiza. Kungakwenza lokho? Kungani, yebo. Ukungcwatshwa kokuphrintiwe okuhle kukaPriceline kungumbandela wokuthi “Ngokuya ngedolobha nempahla ohlala kuyo, ungakhokhiswa nemali yokukhokha noma ezinye izimali ezihambisana nalokho, njengezindleko zokupaka. Lezi zinkokhelo, uma zikhona, zizokhokhwa nguwe ehhotela ngqo lapho uphuma. ” Ngamanye amazwi, “amacala esewonke” uRichardson avumelane ngawo ngesikhathi efaka isicelo ehhotela elingashiwongo ngegama eMagic City awazange aphelele ngokuphelele.
Kusho ukuthini kuwe: Uma ufuna ukugwema izimali zokungcebeleka - okungezona nje ukwenyuka kwezinga lamahhotela okufihliwe - bhuka igumbi lakho ngensizakalo ethembisa isilinganiso sako “konke okubandakanya” futhi ime ngemuva kwaso. Uma unamathela emalini yokungaziwa engaziwa, futhi ihhotela ngeke liyisuse kumthethosivivinywa wakho, phikisa inkokhelo ekhadini lakho lesikweletu.
3. Akudingeki sinamathele ohambweni lwethu lokuhamba ngesikebhe futhi akukho ongakwenza ngakho
Ubuwazi ukuthi umzila wakho wokuhamba ngesikebhe ungashintsha uhambo olukhangisiwe futhi awukukweleti ngalutho? U-Anne noJack King ngaphambi kokuba bangene kuhambo lwabo lwakamuva lweCarnival oluya ePanama, eCosta Rica naseBelize kwiCarnival Miracle. Ngomzuzu wokugcina, futhi ngaphandle kwesixwayiso kuMakhosi, iCarnival isifinyeze uhambo lwayo ukufaka amachweba eCosta Maya, eCozumel naseRoatan. Isinxephezelo sabo sokuhamba ngomkhumbi abebengasafuni? Isikweletu esingu- $ 25 ebhodini. "Siyagula ukuthi sisebenzise imali engaphezulu kwama- $ 2,000 kwisikebhe esingafuni ukusithatha futhi ebesingasoze sakhetha nganoma iyiphi intengo," kusho u-Anne King. Ukubuyekezwa kwenkontileka ye-Carnival's cruise - isivumelwano esisemthethweni phakathi kwakho nohambo lokuhamba ngesikebhe - kuqinisekisa ukuthi ingenza noma yiluphi ushintsho olufunayo ohambweni lwayo, ngaphandle kokukunxephezela. Ngubani owaziyo?
Kusho ukuthini kuwe: Ngaso sonke isikhathi shayela ukuqinisekisa isihambi sakho ngaphambi kokuba uhambe, futhi wazise umenzeli wakho wezokuvakasha ukuthi ngabe uhambo lwakho lushintshiwe. Uma umenzeli wakho engakwazi ukusiza, mhlawumbe ummeli wakho jikelele wezwe angakusiza.
4. Ukhumbule ukuxhumana kwakho, ukhokhe inhlawulo
Lo mkhuba ungenye yezimanga kakhulu embonini yezokuvakasha. Yenza lokho kube yimboni. Uma kungenzeka uphuthelwe ukuxhumana noma wehluleka ukusebenzisa ingxenye ebuyayo yethikithi lakho lokujikeleza, inkampani yezindiza ingahle ihlawulise inkampani yakho yezokuvakasha, futhi umenzeli wakho angajika azame ukukuhlawulisa. Kungani? Izindiza eziningi zinemithetho engasile ethi kufanele usebenzise lonke ithikithi lakho. Vele abakwazi ukuphoqa abagibeli ukuthi baphile ngabo. Kepha bangayinamathisela kuma-travel agents ngokusongela ukubaphuca amandla abo okukhipha amathikithi. Lapho ithikithi elibizwa “ngokungekho emthethweni” litholwa yinkampani yezindiza, lithumela imemo yokudonswa kwemali, okuyibhili yethikithi eligcwele lokugibela - uhlobo olubiza kakhulu ohlelweni. Ukwehluleka ukukhokha kungaholela ekutheni i-ejensi ilahlekelwe amandla ayo okubhuka amathikithi enkampanini yezindiza. Ngiyazi ngamacala amaningi lapho umenzeli ecele iklayenti ukuthi likhokhe imemo yokudonswa kwemali. Kuxaka kanjani lokho?
Kusho ukuthini kuwe: Uma uhlela ukulahla ingxenye yethikithi lakho, ungasebenzisi umenzeli wezokuvakasha. Futhi unganiki inkampani yezindiza inombolo yakho yokuhamba njalo - kungasetshenziswa ukulandela indlela yokuziphatha "engekho emthethweni" futhi bazofika ngemuva kwamamayela akho.
Ekuhambeni, akusho lokho abakushoyo ngomkhiqizo obalulekile. Imvamisa, yilokho abangakusho. Uma ungakunaki ukuphrinta okuhle ohlelweni lwakho lokwethembeka, ithikithi lendiza, igumbi lehhotela noma ithikithi lokuhamba ngomkhumbi, ungahle ukhokhe okuningi kakhulu kunalokho obukulindele.
Mhlawumbe okuwukuphela kwento ecasulayo kunalezi zigatshana zenkontileka ukwehluleka ukuzifunda.
