How To NOT Have A Tragical Vacation!

Here's an episode that Monica has been meaning to go over for a while because let's face it, how many times have you asked friends, family or co-workers to assist you when you ask on social media who can help you with a Disney Vacation or ANY vacation? 

Do you feel like you're in a fish in bowl when you ask that question and get SO many responses ? 

* Do you have time to call each one? Probably not and if you have selected a few to work with was your vacation Magical or Tragical?  

* Did you know the questions to ask them ? There's questions and then the right questions to ask! 

Monica, being in the industry of travel for 36yrs have seen MANY potential clients who've utilized someone that they thought knew a lot and then come to find out they really didn't and were left with a tragical vacation because something was missed or wasn't asked by the one they selected to help them book! 

Here, Monica gives you the questions to ask that someone whether its friends, family, co-workers , Big Box Stores or the Online Travel Agencies if they really know what to say, they'll know and if they don't then this why we strongly feel you should work with Monica and her team of Magical Specialists... as Monica says: 

"We are in the business of Making Magical Vacations NOT Tragical Ones, its in our name of the company!"  

Below is Monica's info to connect with her and her team of MAGICAL Specialists!

Making Magical Vacations Travel 

717-847-7654 

monica@mmvacationstravel.com

Transcript

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So, hi everybody, and welcome. Um, this is Monica Fort. I'm the host of the Magical Tomorrow's podcast, and I'm also the owner of Making Magical Vacations Travel, where we specialize in all Disney vacations and to great destinations throughout the world, where we maximize your time, we save you money, and we ensure that you're going to get the most out of your vacation and your vacation needs. So welcome. Um, hard to believe that uh, you know, we're almost to Memorial Day. So for all our veterans that are out there, um, you know, Memorial Day is very important because of, you know, our loved ones who were in the military, and uh, you know, they've they've since had passed on. And uh so Memorial Day is a very, very proud American holiday, and uh we honor those that uh are no longer with us. So um, however, it also is the start of summer, and uh we're right here. I mean, it is right here. So um, you know, I'm sure everybody is excited for summer. I hope you are. Um, a lot of us have children that are going to be, you know, um entering kindergarten next year. Some will be entering first grade, some children will be, you know, exiting um elementary school, going into middle school. That's a huge accomplishment. Um, and and then we have our you know, teens that are going to transition from uh middle school to high school, and then then we have our our uh young adults that are going to be um graduating high school and then going into college, and then we have our college kids that are going to be graduating college. So it what a uh a really remarkable summer for the kids, it it really is. And uh God bless them. I know I have a lot of clients that have children that I have watched grow up and uh I'm invited to several graduations, God bless them, because they do, they become part of my family. And uh I I want to just highlight those. So for all of those kids that are going to be going from one entity of school to another, it's it's a you know, it's a it's an exciting time, but for some, I know when I was a kid growing up, and I know my sisters too, um it's also nerve-wracking, too, because you don't know what to expect. You know, you were in that bubble of elementary school for a good six years, from kindergarten to sixth grade, and uh that's how we were anyway. And then you went to junior high school at seventh, and it was like, wow, you know, but I know it's been different for uh, you know, uh a lot of children now, uh, where I think what elementary school ends at fourth grade and now they they go to middle school at fifth grade. So I I I don't even know, but God bless them all, God bless them all, and best wishes to all of the children who are young adults now that are going to be going from college into their career choices, hopefully, and uh just best wishes on your endeavors. So um, but we're going to talk about tragical vacations. And I have started talking about this probably about a year and a half, almost two years now, um, especially when I would network. Um, I do a lot of business networking, and uh I would always have to do a 30-second spiel. And uh I would always say we maximize your time, we save you money, and we ensure you're going to get the most out of your vacation. And that's still very relevant of what we do here at Making Magical Vacations Travel. However, the one thing that we do not do is create for any family a tragical vacation. We're in the business of making magical vacations happen. That's three words in my business name: making magical vacations travel. And uh we take a big responsibility when our clients hire us to do the job of creating that magical vacation so that everything is planned out. That's like them passing a baton to us. Number one, they've paid us. But number two, they've passed that baton knowing the expertise we have. And for us to say that we do that, uh, uh that is a huge responsibility, and we don't take that lightly. We we value our clients, number one, their hard-earned money. The fact that maybe the mom and dad are a young couple, and they haven't been to Walt Disney World since they were young, so they haven't been back there, and now they have their own children that they want to kind of replicate those memories that they had when they first went. And and I know exactly what that's like. I know exactly what that's like. And for them to contact us and then to hire us is truly very we take that honor very, very seriously, and uh that's why we do what we do. And we're not naive that everybody can plan their own vacations. That's that's not what we're here for. What we are here for is when you do go, or if you have gone, and you've worked with somebody that you thought knew their stuff, and then had a tragical vacation happen, this is why you see a lot of people, and there's a lot of people in Walt Disney World, Disneyland, even maybe on the cruise ships, who have had tragical vacations, and they're very um you you can just see the look on their faces, the disgusting look that they have, they're frustrated, they're overwhelmed, they're confused, they're overly tired. Um and and and you see it. Now, for for me and my specialists, and this is for all travel agents, hopefully they understand this, um you're not supposed to solicit ourselves there. We're not supposed to hand out business cards to everybody that we see. That can get us banned. Um, we're not supposed to do that. And I see I see companies, they're wearing their t-shirts and stuff, and my company, we don't do that at all. We do not do that at all because that's another form of solicitation, and uh you're walking around and and it it, you know, uh it it might be a newbie thing for that agent who's working with that agency, but it's it's it's a bad taste, it really is. Um, because now you're like a walking billboard, and that's what people don't want to see. Now, if if we're on our trips and somebody comes up to us and they say, Wow, you look like you know a lot. Are you a travel specialist? That now changes that because now we can talk to them in that frame, but before that happens, we're not able to. And um, I've had a lot of people who have come to me and ask me, and then of course I talk to them and uh I I see what their needs are, and and a lot of times it's because of family and friends that they put a question on Facebook with or Instagram, and now it's like a piranha fest. You are going to get inundated by everybody under the sun that's a travel expert, okay? And and maybe rightfully so. I'm not gonna take that away from them. I'm sure there are, but the majority of them aren't. And what works for them is not going to work for you and your family, and that's why you see all these people in these parks disgusted, frustrated, overwhelmed. They are just they're over it. They are just over it. And um, and that's where we come in to help them. When when they when they get home and uh they survey what they had done in the past, um, what did not happen for their trip, um over time they're going to start to seek out somebody who is not family, who is not a friend. Um, they're going to work and and they will pay to work with that expert. I've seen it all the time. I've even had people question us as to why we do what we do, and uh and I've explained it very clearly to them. And it's their choice whether they want to work with us or not. I'm not going to be one of those uh businesses that gouge people. I'm I'm not that way, and neither are my specialists. Um they they come to us when they need us and they'll remember us. And a lot of times what I will do is I have a list of them, and uh I know when they're about going on their trips, and I give them about a couple of weeks and then I call them, and I'm just calling just to see how the trip went. And that's when I hear, oh my gosh, Monica, we need to talk to you. Oh my gosh. And they get the wife is either on the phone or the husband, and then the husband and the wife they'll say, Hey, Monica's on the phone. They grab the phone and now they go through every detail that went wrong by not working with us. And they always end the call with Monica. The next time we go, we are going to keep your number and we are going to book with you. And I've had that all the time. And once they do, they are a client with me for life. They will not go the way they did. And it's it's a hard lesson, it really is. And I hate that they do it, I really do, but at some point, you know, you you gotta let them do it. Let them, it's almost like letting them skin their knee. And I and I I don't wish that for anybody because I know how hard you work for your money. So I'm gonna give you some questions to ask, whether it's family, whether it's friends or co-workers, um, and and maybe it's even the big box stores of A, B, and C, or the online travel centers such as E, P, and H. I am not going to give these companies any free advertising at all. So I am going to keep them with the letter, and you just think about that, and and it might even come to you. And if it does, great, but I am not going to give them free advertising. So the first question that I would ask would be how long ago have you been to Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise, whatever the destination is? How long ago were you there? Now, if they were just there, it also leads to another question. But if they were just there, okay, that that's relevant. But if they have not been there five, ten, fifteen, twenty years, that's a red flag because that means that they have not been there, they have not seen the new attractions, they have not seen the transportation, all they remember is the trip that they had back when either they were a kid or maybe a young adult. And when you had that time period of not going, a lot has changed. A lot has changed. So that is a red flag, okay? The second question, and that would be leading up to the first one of how long ago was it that you were there, um, would be how often do you go? That that's another one. How often have you gone? You know, if they're a Disney fan, uh like me and my family, I mean, we've been into Disney for a very long time. I've been in my travel industry 36 years, and in that 36 year time, I have probably, this is with myself and my family, um over 200 times that I have been there, okay. With my family in the past 16 years, we have been there 87 times. And the last time that I was physically there was October of 2024. I would have been there this year had I not been diagnosed with cancer, with stage one breast cancer. So my oncologist was highly against me traveling because he did not want me to get sick while I was under cancer treatment. So um, but I would have probably been there at least two times already. One would have been in um February for the Run Disney half marathon, which I always go to. I honor my youngest son. Many of you know he passed seven years ago, so we we always go to honor him during that time. Um, I probably would have gone out to Disneyland in April last month, and um I probably would have gone again to uh Walt Disney World in March or April or even now, um, before the heat comes. So um, because we do a lot of uh fams, and those fams are familiaration tours with my specialist and in my agency, but I also go to a lot of Disney training as well. And uh, you know, when they say, hey, you're going, you gotta go, that's what I do. And uh so I would have been there, I I I go at least three or four times a year. Plus being a DVC member, which is Disney Vacation Club, which we do have an episode about. Um, we've been Disney Vacation Club members for over 30 years. So we've stayed in every resort on property at Walt Disney World and Disneyland and the cruise ships, except for the Wish and the Treasure. I have not been on those just yet, but I will. But um we are highly invested in Disney because we are highly super focused in the Disney brand. And uh of course, we could sell the other cruises and uh river cruises and all inclusives and and uh any destination pretty much. But our high focus is Disney, and we're we're very proud of that because we're earmarked with Disney, and that's a distinction that we get from Disney because of our sales and the years of service that we have given them. But the questions that you need to ask is very prevalent in not having a tragical vacation. So if red flags are starting to come up from people that you know and you ask them these relevant questions, then take a step back. Think about do you really want to work with them? I mean, if they haven't been there, they need to go on a trip too. You know? Um, the Burn Bombs book, and I know they still uh have that, you could get that at Barnes and Noble. You know, that book has been going out forever, for years, and it's it's got great, great topics in the book, and it's really good. However, it doesn't hit all the nails in the family, and we're gonna talk about that because if you have family members that are young that need strollers, uh we have a third-party vendor that has been approved by Disney and we utilize them very strongly for our guests who do need strollers, um scooters or wheelchairs. If you have a family member that's disabled, their needs have to be met too. And we take we also um are worked, we work very well with a third-party vendor that can guarantee scooters and wheelchairs for the family members that need them. Uh, and they too are approved by Disney. And then the the family member who might have dietary issues, maybe they have allergies to foods, or maybe they're on a very special diet. If those needs are not being met for your family, and you've worked with a family friend, a loved one, um you know, a family member who helped you put your trip together and it became tragical, those three entities could have been why. And um that that's very prevalent in making a magical vacation because we look at all of the needs of the family, and um Dizzy wants all of the needs of the family to be met too. And if it's not, you are going to have a tragical vacation develop. And that's not that that's just not gonna make a good memory for that family member. Um, when you have a family member that has a dietary issue, such as allergies, I have children that are in families that I've worked with, some have three allergies to food. It's usually um peanuts, tree nuts, and and maybe dairy. It could be, you know, other other entities in that. But the family members always highly love Disney that their needs for their child are being met, uh, because they will bring the chef out to the family, no matter where they are eating, uh, whether it's quick service or table service, to ensure that that family member is not going to have an anaphylactic shock or seizure and uh because of the food. So, you know, we we take that very seriously, just like Disney does. So, in our forms that we have, we have forms that we send all of our families, uh, whether it's the email or whether we meet them in person, um, they fill them out, and those questions are on there uh because we want to know. We want to ensure that that family member, whether they are a young child, uh an elderly parent or grandparent going on the trip, or uh or uh somebody that's uh has dietary issues, their needs are going to be met. We're gonna make sure that those needs are going to be met. And uh again, this is why we make magical vacations happen. So if if you've worked with somebody, and this could even happen at the big box stores too, you know, they're not going to ask these questions, but you can. And uh you can walk away from them. There were two examples that I'm gonna give here. The first one was uh a potential client. And uh then became a client of mine and now is a client for life. Um, he had not been to uh Walt Disney World for 11 years since his family had taken him, and uh his wife and his two daughters have never been, so they needed to work with somebody, and rather than family, he did his research, but he had gone to Big Box Store A in our county, and uh the woman there actually was not physically there. You have a kiosk that you go to, and in the kiosk are people that work for their travel department, and uh you could select one and then talk to them, and that's that's okay, but it's not like the day when you walked into the the the store and uh you got to talk to somebody face to face. Um needless to say, the woman that he had selected uh came right out and stated that she was not a Disney person and she did not know much about Disney. However, she would help since uh um there was nobody else that he could select during that time that he was there with his wife. And uh he had a folder and uh she got to see it, and the first thing she said to him was like, Well, you know more about you know so much more about Disney than I do, you should book your own trip. Now, she thought that that was a joke. He looked at his wife, his wife looked at him, they kind of took it seriously, and um they said thank you for the time being that they sat with her um over the kiosk. It was probably like a zoom call, and uh they left. They went in the parking lot, and um of the parking lot, he then researched. He researched on the phone of of who was close to him that he could talk to because he really wanted to get this booked, and our name comes up. So he called, and that day I did not have really nothing booked in the afternoon. And for him, he had asked me, he said, Is it are we able to meet with you like now? Because we were ready to to meet with this person, but um would you be able to meet with us now? And I and I did. I luckily I was I I didn't eat lunch, so I said, Well, let's go to lunch. So we went to um, I said, Do you want to go to PF Cheng's or Plaza Teca? And they chose the Mexican restaurant, and that's where we were. We sat there for two hours and we had everything booked. Everything, flights, ground transportation. Uh, he did need a scooter. Um, got their My Disney experience account set up. Um, we were not at the time yet to do the reservations for dining, but we did talk about it. We I had a list of what he was uh uh looking at and and wanted to um, you know, wanted to participate with with his children and his wife. And uh, and as we got closer to the time, I mean, I have a timeline that Disney has, or whatever travel destination has, where you have to start thinking about stuff and booking things, whether that's short excursions from uh an all-inclusive or um uh you know, a ship, a cruise ship, or whether that's being in the parks, you know, there are timelines. So they they knew about those. And I we would get together, whether it was over the phone or in person, and we would get that all lined up. And then I even went over what their dining selections were just in case maybe some had changed and uh was able to get theirs, get what they wanted booked, and then we create an itinerary. I do, it's a hard copy itinerary. The My Disney Experience account is not an itinerary, it's a bank to keep all of your ideas and dining reservations or experiences in there, but it doesn't lay it out as an itinerary, so we do we have an itinerary that we put together and it's a hard copy that they can print off. And uh, it's not militant where I get you up at 5 a.m. and God, no, you no, we don't do that. Um, it lists everything that's in the in the park that you're going to visit, um, as well as what restaurants are there, and then I highlight, you know, how to get from the restaurant what transportation needs you'll need to have, uh, that Disney has for all of their guests, whether it's their bus transportation, watercraft, um monorail, or the Skyliner. And everything is there. So it's almost like I'm physically with them, but I'm not. But they they have my number in case they need to get a hold of me. And it's very seldom that I hear from my clients because we have everything laid out for them. And it's from start to finish. And then when they come home, I I let them get a break now. They're they're getting back into the routine of being home. And I wait a little bit, and then I'll I'll uh call them and see how their trip had gone. And and they loved it, and they can't wait to go again, you know, or another trip, you know, whatever it is. So um they know how we take care of them and not to have a tragical vacation. The other example I had was a client was walking into Big Box Store B, and um literally the woman said she did not know anything about Dizzy, but she could help them. And it was a family, it was a multi-generational family, actually, of one of my specialists. And uh my specialist called me saying this is what they're doing, and uh I I I I I've been talking to them uh about what we do and and why they should be working with us. And luckily, they she had quotes and they needed four rooms for the size of the family that was going, and she was going along with them because of course she's family, but um this woman that they were talking to said they needed to have 50% up front of all of the of the amount of the trips, um, of the bookings that of these rooms, which was not something that Disney asks. Um, the only time Disney asks for a full payment if it's if it's in that 30-day window of arriving, yes, of course, then they're gonna need to have the full balance paid in full. Otherwise, if you give it a year to six months before you arrive, you get to make your own payment plan. And we help you with that. And uh, you know, we take care of that for you so that way you don't have to. That's maximizing your time of what we do for our clients. Um, they have we have a credit card authorization form on file of the credit card they want to use. We do not process that card unless they know um or they give us the authorization, they'll they'll tell us, hey, pay a thousand or pay five hundred on it, and then we do, and we send them a receipt from Disney that that payment was applied for their records, and we we have one for our records too. But um, they get to pay what they want, and so for this woman to say that they needed 50%, they weren't going for four months, so they still had enough time. And then what really got me was there was an offer out right after Christmas, uh, before February the 10th, I think was going to expire. And um, she didn't apply the offer to it. Well, when we did, with all four of the rooms, um, they were going to stay at Polynesian Resort um for a week, and that's a deluxe resort, so it's it's on a high price. Um, they wanted club level, um, which we were able to get them. I replicated what they had with the offer, and I was able to save them between all four of them, eighty two hundred dollars off the amount that we were able to quote. And off the one that the one at the big box store B quoted to them. Well, it was a no-brainer. It was a no-brainer. Thank God they did not book with them. And uh she didn't even have travel insurance on the booking, and we highly recommend the travel insurance because no matter what the destination is, because God forbid, life is life, things can happen, whether before the trip begins or even after. And any money that you put on there, you can get back, you know, and uh some of these people, they just they don't know what they're doing, and uh they really need to be schooled in the in the destinations, visit these destinations uh that they are selling, because that's what's not happening when you work with big box stores A, B, and C, or with the online travel agencies, we call them the OTAs, such as EPH. And uh, and this also happens too when you're working with family co-workers or friends, it happens all the time. So when you do plan to go with any one of those sources, expect a tragical vacation to happen, and hopefully it doesn't. Hopefully, there's one good person in the bunch that is looking out for you. But nine times out of ten, they aren't. And uh this is why. This is why we do charge a service fee because it's a lot of work, and you know, you'll you'll see some of these uh people who do work for agencies. I work for free. Well, no, they don't. Um we do get paid commissions, however, the commission has been the same for the past since I've been in in this industry for uh 36 years, in the past 20 years, there has never been a change in commissions whatsoever. And um a lot has changed in travel that a lot of people want and expect from a travel agent to do. Well, when you're getting paid that commission that hasn't changed in 20 years, it's outdated, it's not covering everything. And, you know, we don't get commission on flights, we don't get commission on ground transportation, um, we don't get commission on setting up your My Disney experience, making the dining reservations for you, um making the payments for you, you know, putting a hard copy itinerary together for you. No, we don't. The the commission is just to thank you for utilizing that travel supplier, and that's it. That's it. Nothing else. And uh so it's up to us, you know, to to either say what we're gonna do for you, and and there's others out there that just won't. They'll book it for you, and that's it. They won't do anything else. And uh it's a shame that you know they don't even know that they could be doing so much more. So it's uh it's something that we've always done. Um, like I said, we maximize your time because we're doing the time that you don't have time for. And that's emailing at night. That's you know, when you work for somebody during the day, and and a lot of our parents do, um, they either work for a big corporation, you know, where they're at their computer all day. The last thing they want to do when they come home at night is be on that computer. You know, they just want to regress, they just want to take time off their feet, relax their their uh capabilities uh after having a hard day at work, you know, just to relax for a few hours before they go to sleep. And um, and the one with the weekend comes, you know, now you have the children, they're in sports, you gotta run them here, you gotta run them there. So the last thing you have is to ensure that you have enough time to make this magical vacation happen. And then when you pass the baton off to a family member, a co-worker, a friend, or a big box store A, B, and C, or the online TAs of E, P, and H, it's not gonna happen. So, you know, that's something to think about when you really want to have a magical vacation with your hard-earned money. Um, and this is why we say we maximize your time, we save you money, and we're going to ensure that you and your family, no matter what the size of that family is, is going to have a magical vacation. And for any family member that is like the navigator or the planner in the family, we work side by side with them. We don't take nothing away from them. You know, we we actually, and we get this all the time, they love us because we educate them. You know, we do, we educate them, and you know, at first they feel a little standoffish, but over time now they know why we are so important and how we've come into the importance of this. And uh, and and they they just love us. So, and I've actually had some come into my agency because of that. Um, because they love planning vacations, you know. So, what better way but than to have them become a specialist and now they're making, you know, some money with the uh with the commissions and and service fees. So we do that all the time, you know. We're not competitive. That's one thing we aren't. We're not competitive. We will work with anybody, but what we are competitive with is people out there saying they're going to do so much for the family, and then it burns and crashes for them, and that's not what we do. So um, there are valid points here, there are valid questions that you need to ask, and you have every right to ask, and you have every right to walk out. Um, a lot of these places will ghost you, um, they will not email you, you know, and it's it's really, really sad. It's just it really, really is um that they do that. Um, but then it also shows that they don't know as much as what you thought they did. And uh, you know, it's uh huh. It's kind of a blessing in disguise, you know, when you walk away from them. Because if you really, really value your money, and we hope you do, your hard-earned money, you're gonna work with somebody. You know, it's no different than going to a dentist. You know, you you probably love your dentist, you know. Um you know what to expect out of them. And our clients know what to expect out of us, and that's that's why we've lasted this long. We have a longevity with all of our travel suppliers because we're directly contracted with them, and we pass on the sales that they have. Some of these outlets don't even do that because they want that commission, you know. We want people to have a magical vacation because that's the business we're in. Um, but the other questions that you should have would be if I work with you, what what do I expect from you? What what capabilities are you going to do for me? And and and and let them list what they're going to do. It's not going to be a long list. I'm going to just put that right out there right now. It's not going to be a long list of what they do. Um, they're not going to help you with flights, they're not going to help you with the ground transportation, they're not going to help you set up your My Disney Experience account. Um, they they probably don't even know what that is either. Um, they're not going to give you a hard copy itinerary. No, they leave that all up to you. And then you got to go on Facebook and Twitter or or one of those uh social media platforms and now ask, and now the piranha fest starts up again, you know. So we don't want that for you. You know, we want you to to not go into this with a frustrated, headache, overcomplicated feeling. We don't. Um, I have clients that uh have worked with me for a very long time and I do all of their vacation planning. And because I know people in other areas of businesses, because I network, whether it's um a mover, whether it's a real estate agent, whether it's an insurance agent, whether it's financial, um, they know um that I'm gonna put, you know, if they ask me about something besides travel, which a lot of them do, and I I honor them very, very much for even them to think about me that way. Um, I honor them. And I put them with the right people to aid them, you know. So it so this is more of an extension to just travel. Um, I know great pet sitters uh because, you know, when you go on vacation, the last thing you want to do is is crate the pet and put it in a kennel. That's that's traumatic. Um, pet sitters, I know a lot of uh top-notch ones that are license bonded and insured. And um I have multiple ones because of the areas that you know I cover. I have some in other states too, um, that I've gotten to know and research for them and uh make sure that they're license bonded and insured. And then they meet up with the family, they meet up with the family pet. And, you know, if the vibe is good for both the pet and that person, they're going to work together. If not, they're going to look for another person. But that's also part of trying not to have a tragical vacation. Because if you're on vacation and all you're thinking about is your pet, that's that could lead to a tragical vacation in a heartbeat. Same with um, we also know a lot of elder care, uh, like visiting angels that come for in-law quarters such as mom and dad or an aunt or an uncle, or maybe you have a godparent that was, you know, you know, up in age, or or a family friend that, you know, is like a second mom or dad to you. Um, we we take that seriously too, where you know, you're not gonna have a magical vacation if you're worried about them at home. And um so whether it's the pet, whether it's the family member at home, you we have to take care of them too, you know, so that way they don't have a tragical time while you're away and you're not having a tragical vacation thinking about them. You know, you're gonna know that their needs are met and uh they're being taken care of. And the other thing that we do too is we have great tr uh private transportation um that are qualified, they're licensed bonded and insured. Uh you might not want to drive to the airport, you know, and then a lot of times what happens is we have a lot of clients where they go on an early morning trip, they get there, they're excited, but when they come home, they have it like a uh kind of like a late airline, you know, coming home. And then you have like an hour to two hour drive after you've been flying for a little bit and you're tired. The last thing we would want is to have somebody have a tr have an accident coming on home. I mean, there uh we're in Pennsylvania, um, so there's a lot of deer, you know, and uh we would hate to have that happen to the family. So it might be that you pay somebody to pick you up, take you to the airport, drop you off, and then they're there to pick you up and bring you back home. And we have a lot of clients doing that right now, and it's a smart move. And uh uh we we have we have those uh uh business names that we know very well, so we go above and beyond than what a normal travel agency. Or a big box store or the online travel agencies don't do. They will not do it. And uh we have, I did a uh uh a vendor show. This was before COVID, I think it was 2019, and uh I did a survey. I was giving away a gas card. It was a$50 gas card or a$50 uh grocery card because people need gas, people need people need groceries. And uh I needed their survey on other than health and finance, what's keeping you from traveling? And uh the three that came up was pet sitters, private transportation, and elder care. So, with the people I network with, the great companies that I know, I contacted them, I sat with them and I met with them, and uh we refer business to each other. Um, and we've done very, very well amongst one another because we're taking care of my client, I'm taking care of their client, and uh it works hand in hand. And so that's what we do. So, you know, when when you're thinking about this magical vacation that you want to put together, you want lifetime of memories that are going to last a lifetime. You don't want the topic to come up at Christmas or or Thanksgiving or at a celebration in the summer. Hey, do you remember that time this happened? That's not about a magical vacation, it's about the tragical, the tragedy that happened, and that's that's not what we do. So um hopefully this will help you, and there's probably other questions too that you can ask people, but the the top ones would be when was the last time you were physically there? How long ago has it been since you were there? Have you gone often? And what are the capabilities of you planning out my vacation? What are you willing to plan and what are you not willing to plan? That is going to really cut your list in half and maybe even lower. So you really want to find somebody that is truly, truly experienced in what they do, and treat it like a doctor would. You know, when you go into surgery, that doctor is specifically there, and that surgeon, because he was he or she was trained on that, because of what they do, they do it all the time. And you know, you're not gonna whittle a surgeon down, you're not gonna whittle a dentist down, you're not gonna whittle your hairstylist down, you're not going to whittle your lawn care company down or your mechanic for the car. So this is no different than when you're planning a vacation either. So, you know, think about that when when the time comes. And we're here. Um, all of our info is right in the podcast. I put that in that all the time. Um, I have I have families that I've booked on trips and I still book on them. They've been with me 30 plus years um in Alaska. I have clients in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Juneau, Alaska. I have clients all over the United States, and in even Puerto Rico. So um, you know, I'm here for them, and uh I love them. They they love me, I love them. Uh, we become family pretty much, and uh they know when they call me, they're gonna get the best, and that's what we do here. So at Making Magical Vacations Travel, I'll say it again, we maximize your time, we save you money, and we ensure that you and your family are gonna have the very most out of your vacation. And uh we take pride in that. So, with that, we wish you all the best to all the mothers out there and grandmoms and those moms that are like moms. We wish you a very happy Mother's Day, and uh we wish safe travels for all of you. Make it magical wherever you go, and we will see you real soon. Bye bye.