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AI travel agent
Howdy group, has anyone looked into or even bought into any of the AI virtual travel agent platforms? They're popping up all over social media. I've looked at two just a cursory look so far and I have not attended any webinars on them I just simply haven't really had the time. But I'm wondering if anybody else has and what your takeaway was. I mean if I've seen two that means there's probably 20 out there by now. You know going on the old adage "see 1 rat count 10." The one that I was semi-interested in looking into and learning a bit more is called Layla. The ad for purported that it helps create itineraries and includes access to tours and everything else. I'm typically not an early adopter although I did adopt AI about 8 years ago but I kind of spoon fed it. In the meantime I don't want to ignore it I want to embrace it more but I need to figure out where to spend my time and money. So if anybody has seen anything or heard anything or tested anything I'd love to know what your takeaway was. Thanks kindly.
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@Michael Johnson well I never heard of that mind trip site before. I asked it one question gave it some parameters and the name of the town Montepulciano was spelled as multiple channel, yet this AI I guess figured it out because I gave more detail and gave me a complete answer to my question. Although I did say give me activities day trips sites that are must see including a wine tour. And for each of the 5-day answer it gave me wine tours. So I guess writing a longer prompt would have been better. It caught me off guard because two of the suggestions are hidden secrets Little jewels that I know of and I did not think any AI would ever know about it! So it's pretty good thanks for sharing that Michael.
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I agree with your comments. I was just exploring it a little further. I also check to see if there was an actual app in the Play store. But there is not so it's just the website link. But I did create an account. I did save the first five day itinerary that I built for me. I'm going to have to dig much deeper into this. I wonder if the photos that it provides if they are royalty free? I think this is a pretty good find Michael thanks again for sharing. I'll play around with it some more.
Curious about something...
... and I mean this with respect. We’ve got a lot of experienced travel advisors in here… but not a lot of conversation. So I’m wondering: 👉 What made you join this group in the first place? 👉 And what would actually make you want to participate more? Because I’ve noticed something across most advisor groups… They’re full of smart people, but the value only shows up when people actually share—wins, mistakes, questions, even small things. Otherwise it just becomes another place we scroll. So I’ll start: I joined groups like this to get real insight from other advisors what’s working, what’s not, and the stuff you don’t learn from suppliers or trainings. But I’ll be honest… I don’t always post either unless something pulls me in. So let’s make this useful Drop ONE thing below: • Something you’re currently figuring out • A recent win (big or small) • Or even just what type of conversations you’d like to see more of here No pressure, just trying to turn this into something we actually use, not just join.
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I had two single women travelers just recently returned from Italy. They did not know one another. And they were not traveling together they were traveling on their own itineraries. And they both shared so many of the day trips and excursions that they took. Both of them drove. And while one was predominantly in the North area from Como to Verona Milano and Parma the other one was in the south of Italy. And via WhatsApp we would leave messages back and forth and then I would make suggestions. They both swore it was the best vacation that they ever had. And there are benefits to traveling alone of course because you're on your very own schedule. And if you don't really care for something you move on quicker, and likewise if you really having a great time you stay an extra day or two. But it was funny how that turned out. One was there for 3 weeks, largely to spread her husband's ashes on lake Como, and the other was there for 10 days. I almost felt as though I was there at the same time too it was just that dynamic.
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@Christine Berencz I was only there with them via WhatsApp. I'm at my home in Florida. Both people paid me $400 up front to help them along the way I gave him advice. Both of them booked their own flights. I gave them my cheat sheet for booking viator excursions etc and one of them wanted to have hard and fast hotels so I did all that. The other one traveled the way that I traveled and she pretty much stuck to the itinerary of places to go and things to see but she did leave matera after one night when she originally thought she'd be there for 3 nights. And she spent more time on the Adriatic coast. So $400 to answer your question plus commissions that will be coming through.
Alex Hormozi talks Travel and I’m so excited
I am a sucker for a Funnel. I have an email address that I dump them all into 😅 but I always follow the funnel. JGOOT was travel related so I followed it a year or 2 ago, and I learned so much! Really a great concept about Travel Hedging. Now he’s getting help from Alex and I couldn’t be more excited by these ideas. I had to pause it midway to share. What are your biggest takeaways?
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@Christine Berencz well I will admit that I gave up at 22 minutes in pretty close to the end. From the very beginning I kept thinking the guy does not know his specific niche market. And up to the 22 minutes Alex finally got to the nitty gritty in the last 3 minutes about niching down to who his market is. But they still did not mention his biggest amount of customers. They are dreamers. And will never qualify for a vacation. Right from the very get-go when he started talking about these credit cards I was like what is the minimum spend per month. That's crucial for this kind of system. How do I know it, it's my PhD discipline. Consumer loyalty programs. I still don't like that guy Alex he's just so rough. But he is a quick thinker quick talker and the video does move so that was very good. I'm also published author so I understand everything that they were saying. And this did prompt me to go look at his Alex's website. And that roadmap thing that he's offering probably would be really valuable because that little mini ad that he had a little bit more than halfway through the video was intriguing when he says you are here, this is what your experiencing. That's probably worth whatever hoop you have to jump through or it looks like his program is $27 or something. That could be really exciting. Alex did address the holy Grail which is video Trump's photo Trump's bad video. And getting customer testimonial is vital. But remember he is selling a book. And then when he started talking about all those auto dialers that got very old and that's what I bounced.
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@Christine Berencz it is a good video cuz it got you excited and can help you make some improvements but remember jdot has many more than just a handful of employees to do all that work. And the guy has got multi-million dollar budgets per year. He should have hired Alex three years ago. I have seen his ads and they've never appealed to me they seem like a come on. I don't like ads that don't deliver value and a benefit. And his do not. Implied value and implied benefit means I have to work to figure it out. And his ad should simply state the value and the benefit.
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Trained on marketing today
Me. I trained other people on marketing. It blew my mind! I never thought about any of this when I joined the travel industry 4 years ago. But knowing that marketing was a weakness that I needed to work on, I hop in on all the trainings. And learning with the knowledge that you want to transfer that knowledge to others, makes it stick even more in your memory. If you were the trainer on one of these items below, what would be your preferred topic?
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Last week four of the seven days I woke up to crunchy grass of Frost. First time I've seen that here in the 32 years living in Florida. Too cold.
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@Christine Berencz we're going to be out of the woods after next Thursday. Meaning the overnights will be above 50° and the days will be above 70°.
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