[Travelandtourism] {Spam?} Travel Agents and MLM

Mon Feb 1 17:21:53 UTC 2016

Hello everyone,

     One not be involved in MLM to be a foney travel agent. Let's get 
that straight right now! There are some MLM operations that allow one to 
market travel services in partnership with well-known travel services 
such as Travelosicy and Expedia. The MLM person refers potential 
customers to the partner store that handles all travel transactions. 
These partners must be members of travel trade associations to verify 
their authenticity. Some of these arrangements have been around for over 
60 years and offer those who choose to participate a very lucritive 
business opportunity.

      One blind person I know of became extremely successful in network 
marketing achieving a significant level in 1979 long before the 
technology and other helpful resources available to network marketers 
were around. Sadly his achievements have not been duplicated widely by 
the blind community. It's time for that to change! This was brought home 
to us one morning this month when my wife's paratransit ride failed to 
show up. She was faced with losing a day's work and missing a doctor's 
appointment. Thanks to our having created an additional income stream 
she was able to take a cab to work and the rest of her day went off as 
planned! The NFB is supposed to be about creating opportunities not 
destroying them.

     We have also heard of foney travel agencies not connect with 
network/mlm in any way that have taken their customers for a ride. I'm 
glad I was able to bust that myth.

Peter Donahue

Cheryl Echevarria via Travelandtourism wrote:
> Justin:
>
> First of all, at a past NFB convention there was a resolution and it was
> passed reflecting these issues. Please remember that passing a resolution
> and passing laws, etc. Take time.
>
> Airlines think they are better than anyone else, being a travel
> professional, I see this all day long.
>
> So, unless they are federally mandated to do it they will not. The other
> issues are there are thousands of airlines that you may never have heard of
> that fly all over the world, and these companies are not owned and operated
> here in the USA, but they fly here in the USA to destinations all over the
> world. So it is a very tricky situations.
>
> The other obstacles is that are a lot of airlines now that do not belong to
> IATA - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is the trade
> association for the world's airlines, representing some 260 airlines or 83%
> of total air traffic. We support many areas of aviation activity and help
> formulate industry policy on critical aviation issues.
>
> Airlines do not have to belong to them, it's good for them to belong. I
> belong to IATA because I have to, to book airlines and some hotels or
> certain tour operators, to proof that I am a real travel professional and
> not an MLM - Multi Level Marketing business. To many people out there are
> passing themselves off as travel professionals but are not.
>
> Why am I posting this, because it is not as easy as you think to say to
> them, I know how you can fix it, but in actuality, again, if it is going to
> cost them more money, or it could be a full moon out there, they won't do
> it.
>
> But as you know the NFB as a whole are working on the issues, I am sure once
> the laws are passed to make their websites more accessible, then the next
> step would be the rest.
>
> Please remember, we want to hear these issues on our teleconference meeting
> calls.  We need to work together for ideas
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Cheryl Echevarria, President
> National Federation of the Blind - Travel & Tourism Division
> Vice President
> National Federation of the Blind of New York State - Greater Long Island
> Chapter
> 631-236-5138
> cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
> "Live the Life You Want"
>
> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back.
>
>
> Cheryl Echevarria was awarded by Governor Cuomo in 2012, New York State
> Disabled Entrepreneur or the year, and is the owner of Echevarria Travel
>
>   
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Travelandtourism [mailto:travelandtourism-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Justin Young via Travelandtourism
> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 9:52 PM
> To: NFB Travel and Tourism Division List <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Justin Young <jty727 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] One thing that needs dealing with with the
> airlines
>
> Thank you for sharing this link.  I haven't flown in at least 5 years, but I
> don't understand why something as simple as rigging VoiceOver or another
> screen reader on these smart devices couldn't have been included prior to
> installation ensuring accessibility for every passenger.
>
> On 1/31/16, Lynn Zelvin via Travelandtourism <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> I used to fly a lot and haven't much lately. So I don't know really
>> how this has progressed in the past few years but about five years ago
>> this was becoming the rule on Delta flights. Not only was all
>> in-flight entertainment switched to the inaccessible touch screens on
>> the seat backs, but so was the call button.  This meant not only
>> didn't I have the in-flight entertainment I used to enjoy but I could
>> not get the attention of flight attendants without getting up and
>> going to the galley. If I remember correctly they were also integrating
> payment for extras into the touch screens.
>> Lynn Zelvin
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jan 31, 2016, at 8:15 AM, cheryl echevarria via Travelandtourism
>>> <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bring it up on our next meeting this month. Has anyone else had these
>>> issues
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
>>>
>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> From: Jordan Gallacher via Travelandtourism
>>> <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
>>> Date: 01/31/2016  2:17 AM  (GMT-05:00)
>>> To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Jordan Gallacher <jordanandseptember at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [Travelandtourism] One thing that needs dealing with with
>>> the airlines
>>>
>>> Greeting from lovely Oregon,
>>>
>>> You might take an interest in this.
>>> http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/26/technology/jetblue-redesign/index.htm
>>> l?sr=tw money013116jetblue-redesign0533AMStoryLink
>>> <http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/26/technology/jetblue-redesign/index.ht
>>> ml?sr=t wmoney013116jetblue-redesign0533AMStoryLink&linkId=20731489>
>>> &linkId=20731489
>>>
>>> We really need to get to work on getting the seatback entertainment
>>> systems accessible to us.  I flew Delta for part of the trip, and
>>> they had the seatback entertainment system.  It would have been great
>>> to be able to get at the same information everyone else could,
>>> especially all the juicy details of the flight.
>>>
>>> Jordan
>>>
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