Are those Really Your Costumes!

Well the muppets have out done themselves this year! One looks just as he always does same clothes, same shoes, same shirt as has been seen in here since Noah launched the arc, Two are supposedly in costume and no one realised until they told us and as for number four............yeah it is Velour season!!!! We are so happy because velour justmakes the world go round. It looks expensive but is only $10 at Sams club.............................................................................................sorry for not writing the last two days but I've been lined up at Sams club waiting for the velour sale......couldn't miss it! REALLY? Oh yes and I quite forgot make sure your pants do not meet with your ankles it would spoil the look! As I have said before working here is like living on the before set for What Not To Wear. We have two seasons worth of candidates just in this office alone. Get a mirror people! Happy Halloween!!!!! 

Wined, Dined and Wowed!

Another evening of glamor and high living! We attended a travel trade show........oh my! On registration we were given one drink coupon! Please remember this is after work and we are all really ready to be home in our jammies but in the interest of contiuing education we attended this show....we need more than one drink!!! Then our compatriots start to arrive. One as always drags her husband along. He is not in the travel industry but cannot be trusted home alone and might miss out on the free food. The reps of the companys there are friendly and have a tough job but one, whose company shall remain nameless, treated us like we had some sort of unmentionable social disease! Yes he is not one of our preferred vendors but now after the way he blew us off last night he never will be! Any way back to the show. The reps visited each table to ply their wares and behind one came this woman , who shall we say was curvy, whose shrit did not meet her pants, her pants were missing buttons and her mouth was missing teeth! We told you this life is so glamorous!!!! I guess she liked his presentation, who knows? Then comes the non contact sport for the evening. Door prizes! Let me say here that some travel proffessionals are less than proffessional when it comes to door prizes and the lady with her husband on a leash proved some can be as tacky and unclassy as our clients!
She won a teddy bear from Alaska and when they did the next drawing for wine her name was called again and they said you could only win one prize "I want the wine" she whined......I thought she had enough of her own personally, so they gave her the wine and redrew for the bear. I am pleased to say we have rehomed him away from the one with the leashed trained husband, the obvious alcohol problem and the total lack of class. Oh such is our life of glamour! 

Family & Friends

Family and friends make the best clients!  I think not.  Don't get me wrong I love my family and my friends but not as clients.  For example.........at 5pm I am done till the next day with a client.  With family and friends not so much they have your home number, your cell phone number and THEY KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE!!!  So your day isn't over at 5pm for "those clients".  I have done numerous trips for family and am always get the phone calls at 8pm or on weekends when I am not working.  People!!!  I get off work at 5pm end of discussion!!!

What's in a name?

The muppets are going crazy today. Having deep and meaningful conversations about things they know nothing about! We also have observed that wet weather does nothing to improve fashion tastes of the clients...it is maybe even worse but then it could be the lighting!!!!! Bright spot in the morning, a visit from a little person who probably knows more at 3years old than most of our clients have ever known, including her name! What is it about the question "What is your legal name?" that completely floors people? It is not an essay question or even multiple choice just an easy one answer question. We don't care if you have never used your first name or even if you hate it; we actually don't really care that much what your name is, but those people in the official looking suits at the airport do and your butt is not getting on that plane if they don't match! Oh yes and don't get upset if you tell me wrong and it cost you to correct it. We asked! It would appear that wet weather keeps the crazy's home for the most part because it is quiet today as far as walk ins goes but that could change. Somebody will leave those doors open somewhare and they'll get out and head straight over here!

LOSING MY MIND!

I read the posting and realised I am losing my mind. I repeated yesterdays post but that is what happens to a mind full of useless information. The office is it's usual mish mash of humanities misfits. We have had an over abundance of people who fell in their laundry hampers in this morning! Red socks with white sandles...mmmmm, not to mention the braless, who should really be more careful, they could trip! Some people talk about the famous people they meet in their line of work, here we just get crazy people. Today we are getting a lot of crazy people!!! Is there a full moon?

Glamor and exotic destinations!

Well yesterday proved to be another glamorous day in the life of a travel agent!!! 730am breakfast meeting, followed by an eight hour day followed by a evening presentation going home around 8pm. All that and then of course the questions in between. I have an announcement to make.....Hawaii has not susceeded from the Union and no you do not need a passport or a visa to travel there.....really! Yes it does take more than four days to sail from New York to London, sorry, but thank goodness it is not 170 years ago when it took at least 14 days. We also understand you want a bargin but let's keep it real people, it is not going to be the same price you paid last time you traveled......10 years ago! News flash......no kangaroos in Austria, except in the zoos and Sydney is in the Southern Hemisphere!!!

First Class (not so much!)

There is a big misconception that this business is full of wonderful free trips and stress free days.  Well we are here to tell you otherwise and show you the other side of travel.  The side that no one sees or even thinks about. However there are very humerous days where a client comes in and wants to go to Sydney Austria or they want to make sure they don't need a passport to go to Hawaii!!!  We hope you enjoy whats to come.