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Secrets to making the maximum return in booking your limo

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

How to put more to your bottom line with the CheapLimoRates.com website

Limousine Service Partners who utilize the CheapLimoRates.com website are an exclusive group of limousine operators that understand why our services are so valuable. Just like you, they want the opportunity to take advantage of any and all opportunities they can find to keep their ground transportation business thriving and profitable. I write this blog today in order to help you the limo operator, get the maximum amount of benefit from the site. By following some of these simple tips you will be able to take advantage of our site and put more money to your bottom line.

First, making sure that you completely populate the site will give you an advantage over your competition in your local area. When you take the time to make your portal convey your message to the consumer you enhance your chances of getting your customers to keep coming back time and again. Make sure you tell them about your company, your services, your fleet and the benefits of using your company over your competitors. Give them information that will make their experience with your company better than the next guys. Airport limo transfer information, limousine packages, limo specials and personal information about you and your staff are really helpful.

Secondly, make sure that your offer as many amenities as possible to the extra services tab. Not only will you impress the consumer, but this is an opportunity to up sell your customer and make their experience the best it can possibly be. By offering services such as roses or flowers, various beverages, candy, newspapers, red carpet and other amenities that the consumer is looking for can make your company stand out from you competition. Offering extra services is an excellent opportunity to put money to your bottom line and make the customer experience a better one.

If your company has programs that another company does not offer in your area, make sure you let your customers know. If you are a second or third generation operation, make sure the client knows about that within your portal. No matter what it is about your company that makes you unique, you must convey that to your customers in order to stand out. Your Limo Partner Portal has dozens of features that allow you to express the unique qualities about your company that separate you from the crowd and taking the time to input that information in your portal will be well worth it.

Lastly, it is important to show a discount within the search results, in order to stay at the top of the search results page. There is an old adage that says “One hundred percent of nothing is in fact still nothing.” If you are not offering a discount and the competition is and they appear in the search results first and for less, that competitor will be making money, and though you didn’t discount your services, you will not make anything. It makes sense to monitor the search results often in order to stay on top. If you do and your competition does not, you will be the winner every time.

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The Art of Marketing on the CheapLimoRates.com Website

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

So you joined CheapLimoRates.com as a Limousine Service Partner and you are raring to go. You have populated your web portal and you want those bookings to start pouring in. Limousine services are very competitive in your area and you want to have a leg up on the competition. Shuttle services to the airport, or limousine wine tours or any other limo services you offer need to be marketed to your customer.  So the question is how you get more people to book with your limousine company? How do you get more airport transfers, nights on the town, proms, parties, or shuttle trips booked?

First, let me assure you that getting customers to select your company is easy if you follow a few simple ideas. You must keep your service levels at the highest degree possible so that customers have confidence in your services. You need to make sure that you have updated and entered your packages so that customers become familiar with the services your offer. You need to offer the customer a discount that makes your limousine company competitive with other limo services listed on our website.  Discounting gets customers to look at your chauffeured services first.  Our system defaults to the lowest prices being listed at the top of the search results, so just remember that discounting and competitive pricing gets you recognized.

The purpose of this site is to keep your fleet out of the garage and out on the road. Through our services, you are offered a free marketing tool that will give you a competitive advantage over the guy down the block. It is up to you to make this tool work. Our customers are looking for great rates and they are looking for impeccable service.

Another thing that will make you attractive to the customer is to have fun and tell them a little about you and your company. Post some videos, pictures of your chauffeurs and staff. Upload some photos of your fleet and your last office party. These simple things will give the customer a sense of knowing you and as you know people conduct business with those they know and trust.

Once the client has booked with you, make sure you have listed all of your extra services, like roses, champagne, beer and wine, bottled water, newspapers, flowers, red carpet service and any other unique service you offer. These services are all up-sell opportunities that will impress your customer and ring your cash register. The more services you offer the more likely the customer is going to find something they need. Do you have an emergency shaving kit that you can offer? Someone may need that service and boy wouldn’t you be their hero if you offered that to them.

Take the time to go through all of the tools that your web portal provides. You can get the customer to feel very good about conducting business with you if they see you and your company is all about them. Take the time to do it right and our free marketing service will work for you. Remember profits only come to those who do more than the next guy. Put some time into your Limousine Service Partner Portal and that time will pay off in the end. Just so you know we have some exciting things coming in the very near future and he who has done his best is going to profit the most. Good Luck.

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Limousine Partner asks “Why should I discount my services?”

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Today we live in very tough economic times. Our industry thrives on people utilizing our services for their special occasions such as nights out on the town, weddings, proms, wine tours, day trips as well as various party occasions. We also have the advantage of providing services for the business traveler that utilizes chauffeured transportation for airport transfers, corporate events, meetings and financial road shows.

CheapLimoRates.com’s technology was built on the premise that in order to survive this industry needs to reach out to a larger market base. As we all know if a consumer rode with us rather than utilizing a taxi or shuttle service they would never go back. In fact, in some cases it is dangerous for people to utilize taxi services. I just read and interesting article about cab services which support my belief. Our industry needs to provide services to the public that is both reliable and affordable, but first we must get their attention.

The question CheapLimoRates.com faced when developing our underling technology was how that can be done profitably. How can we provide discounts to the consumer and still keep the standards of service at a level that will make the experience the same. Our technology is based on the same principles as the Online Travel Agencies like Cheaptickets or Hotwire. They sell unbooked rooms, airline seats and rental cars. CheapLimoRates.com’s technology works on the same principle. We encourage our Limousine Service Partners to provide a list of unbooked vehicles on a daily basis and to discount those vehicles in order to provide the best rates possible to the consumer.

By providing these discounted rates to the consumer one of two things happens. First, the consumer will be encouraged to utilize our services over and over again, which increases the number of trips we provide, which in turn increases your business. Second, Limousine Service Partners keep more of their vehicles out on the road, rather than parked in their garages. This win-win scenario helps keep your company profitable and it keeps the customer coming back for more.

Another benefit of this relationship is the fact that when we market our discount based model to the consumer always conveying a convincing message that allows them to believe that for a few extra bucks they can have a much better experience utilizing your services, rather than those of a taxi or shuttle service. This allows our industry to attract a much larger audience than we currently service.

By using our services and providing discounts to the consumer, you can keep more of your vehicles out of the garage and you can increase profits substantially because by doing so you are allowing your unscheduled vehicles the ability to generate additional dollars for your company. We believe that once the consumer accepts the fact that our discounted rates provide them a much greater level of service and comfort over taxi or shuttle services, they will come back time and again.

Another great feature of the CheapLimoRates.com Limousine Service Partner relationship is that your company never pays a fee for our services unless you receive a confirmed booking. Our system only charges a customer when they book a ride with your company. We charge a modest 20% deposit that is based on thee base rate of your vehicle offering and any additional services that the consumer adds to their ride. You never see these charges and the customer is made aware that the deposit is to confirm and hold their reservation. With the feature enhancements of our website you can offer as many additional services as you want to offer the customer I.E. water, newspapers, roses, red carpet etc. Once the customer has booked with your company that customer is yours to woo and keep and all of this is at no charge to you.

CheapLimoRates.com is in the middle of negotiations with several major online travel services. These travel services provide services to millions of online consumers on a daily basis. Once those consumers realize that they can book chauffeured ground transportation online at discounted rates, together our businesses are going to flourish. We are talking about revolutionizing not only an industry, but also the way people think about our industry. So my advice to our Limousine Service Partners is to provide your discounted rates within your Partner Portal and sit back and watch your business grow.

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10 tips to building your limousine business

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

CheapLimoRates.com is all about helping our Limo Partners build their business, increase their revenue stream and also assist them with their marketing efforts through our website. We do with this the intent of generating business by getting their fleet out of the garage and out onto the road. CheapLimoRates.com’s technology was built from the ground up with one objective in mind and that was helping this industry survive these tough economic times and to build a more profitable future.

Here are ten tips which may be helpful in generating new business for your company that we feel will grow your business and ensure your success:

1. Make sure you Become Limo Service Provider by registering on CheapLimoRates.com site.

2. Once you have registered to the site, begin to populate your portal so that you appear in the search results page for your area.

3. If you have vehicles that are unscheduled make sure to give your customers and incentive to book with you by putting a discount on the specific vehicles.

4. Solicit your customers to post reviews about their experiences on the CheapLimoRates.com website.

5. Give the consumer as much information as you can through your Limousine Partner Portal, such as airport pick-up information, special packages, complete fleet and vehicle information etc.

6. Post as many vehicle types as possible that are in your inventory, if you don’t offer it, you will not appear in the search results.

7. If you have relationships with other Affiliates that provide you services on vehicles that you don’t carry in your fleet, post those vehicles as well.

8. Conduct test trips in your area of various types (Airport, Point to Point, Hourly Services) to see what the customer sees when they view your company in the search results page.

9. Check your Limousine Service Partner Portal daily to make sure you are on top of any reservations or modifications.

10. Visit our blogs at least once a week to read up on any new industry information that may be posted.

Following these simple steps will start you on your way to generating new business with your existing fleet and will ensure that when the customer visits our site; you are the one they want to do business with when they book a trip. We care about your success and our professional support team is available to help you. Thank you for becoming part of the CheapLimoRates.com team, best of luck.

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And they said it wouldn’t work

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Twenty one months ago we began a journey to change (revolutionize is such an overused word these days) how the consumer searched for limousine services.  All along the way there were voices of opposition out there that said we were crazy, it just couldn’t be done and if we did create such a site, it wouldn’t catch on.  Well here we are today running our site and not only is it catching on, but we are competing for customers.  Let me repeat that, competing for customers.  Why?  Because there are now several search and booking engines online that give the consumer the ability to search several limousine services all in one website and book that trip right there.

Our competitors have done a fabulous job of giving the limousine operators an alternative means of marketing their fleet, however only CheapLimoRates.com promotes the limousine services competing for the customer through discounts and competitive pricing.  Our website is truly the first discount based comparison shopping and booking website for the limousine industry on the web.

Our Limousine Service Partners pay no upfront fees, the pay no monthly fees and in truth the only time they pay is…well never.  They receive their bookings and they charge the consumer and then they go about their business, because we never charge them for our services…ever!  Our method of doing business ensures our Limousine Service Partners that if they market with our website, they are never going to pay a dime.  They increase revenues, they improve their branding and they can reach out to the consumer in real time all for free.  What could be better than that?

I believe that once CheapLimoRates.com becomes part of the American lexicon, our services will not only help our industry, but too, it is our desire to create a whole new segment of consumers utilizing limousine and sedan services.  It is a dream, but hey, since it wasn’t supposed to work in the first place, I guess we can!

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A limousine experience she will always remember.

Monday, February 1st, 2010

A couple of weeks back it was my girlfriends birthday and I wanted to do something special. As you know, special is in the eye of the beholder, so I set out to do something truly unique. The morning of her birthday I showed up at her place in a stretch limousine and we began our journey. Since I had picked her up so early the first thing on the agenda was to take her to breakfast with panache. I had done some research and I had found a quaint little café called Crackers Café in Tempe, Az. We arrived a little after 8 AM and were seated immediately.

The atmosphere was quite quaint with a European rural Tuscan look and feel and a “made from scratch” menu that has so many appealing selections it was a chore just to pick the perfect breakfast. After sipping coffee for awhile and letting our breakfast settle we got back in the limousine and began the main thrust of our journey. I had prearranged with the driver to take the most scenic route to our ultimate destination.

Since this was a day trip, I wanted each part of the day to be its own unique experience. I had decided to take her on a wine tour in Sedona. If you have never been, you have truly missed some of the most beautiful sights in the world. Sedona has it all. With its red rock vistas and surrounding desert landscapes that sweep up from the surrounding area into Oak Creek Canyon, a drive that has so many incredible sights that it is breathtaking. You are taken from the lovely red clay desert floor into huge deep forest vistas that emerge from the desert and peak at the top of the canyon with view that stretches forever.

My ultimate destination in order to make this a truly wondrous day was to take her on a Sedona wine tour. Sedona offers not only many fantastic sights, glorious little shops and exquisite dining opportunities, but also some very exclusive wineries spread throughout the landscape. I had selected three of them to tour. The chauffeur was very experienced and gave us tons of information about the wineries we visited. The wineries themselves were quite exquisite and provided my girl and I with tons of information and many unique tasting experiences. All three wineries had tastings that were presented with cheese and crackers. It was quite fun. Here are some things you may not know about wines that I thought I would share. Wine gets its color from the skins of the grape, if they are left for a short period of time it creates a blush color, if they are left for longer it creates a red or burgundy color. All wine is pale, even wines created from red or purple grapes, it is the skin that gives all wine its color.

After we finished the wine tour and a light lunch we took in a little shopping in Sedona. There are lots of little curio shops as well as many shops that carry arts and crafts created by the local Indian communities in the area. The people in Sedona are quite friendly and the shopping experience was really fun. Though shopping was a blast it was time to end the evening on a high note so I took my girl to L’Auberge de Sedona’s, a five star restaurant nestled in the pines on the banks of the Oak Creek. The L’Auberge de Sedona’s has an extensive menu and an award winning wine list. The atmosphere was both chic and romantic.

It is about a two hour drive back to Phoenix from Sedona by limo, so we left around nine, headed back to the valley. During our ride home we conversed about all of the different sights and experiences of the day and she thanked me for a great birthday and was very grateful for such a unique experience. If you are looking for something that you can do to wow your special lady, I would recommend a similar investment in your girl for any special occasion.

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The Customer is Always Right

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Did you know that right now, this very minute, over 40% of all of the sedans and limousines in the world are sitting idle in a garage somewhere?  It is staggering to think of the thousands of vehicles that sit empty on a daily basis.  Why are they sitting in garages?  Is there a lack of demand for these vehicles?  You know, in today’s economy that may very well be true.  However, Cheaplimorates.com believes that a significant reason for this statistic is that those operators cannot offer those vehicles to potential customers once they knew the vehicle wasn’t going to be scheduled that day or that hour.

Sedan and limousine service companies market their services through various methods, such as their own websites, yellow page advertising and in some cases local marketing campaigns.  Once these methods are in place, most of these companies are now in a wait and see mode.  However, once their vehicles are unbooked, they have no means to market that vehicle by any means.  Well, until now.  Cheaplimorates.com has developed an incredible solution that will give suppliers incredible flexibility to market their vehicle inventory and limo services.  This flexibility translates into incredible savings for those customers that utilize our services.

For this first time ever, customers have the ability to shop the entire market in one convenient site. This ability allows our suppliers the ability to communicate their services to those consumers.  CheapLimoRates.com believes that with our unique tool available to the industry, we have created the ultimate win/win for both our limousine partners and our valued customers.

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Talk about success

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Talk about being well worth it.  The long days and endless nights certainly were while we were at the PhoCusWright conference.  Did I say endless, I should have said sleepless.  What a time it was at the convention this week.  We launched our product, made many new friends, started several new relationships, went to a vast array of cocktail parties and dinner parties and shook about a thousand hands.  In the end we met with some of the heaviest hitters in the travel industry with unbelievable results.

Before we left for the conference there was a bit of trepidation and sweaty palms.  Now that it is nearly over it is apparent that it has been an unbelievable experience and a huge success.  During our presentation bloggers and travel critic as well as the press were just tweeting away talking about the need for our product and the utile nature of our UI.  The convenience of our product brought oh’s and ahs from many travel sources that until now could never monetize the space we fill.

So was our journey a success?  Absolutely!  Will our technology stand the test of time?  Indications are very good and hopes are high.  I for one believe that we have hit a home run and the ball is headed toward the wall and out of the park.  Come back soon and I will tell you what the plan for the New Year is going to shape up to look like.   It is a great time in history and a better time here at CheapLimoRates.com.

By Jae Morey

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CheapLimoRates.com On The Rise

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Talk about exiting and cutting edge.  Cheaplimorates.com has been invited by PhocusWright the leading authority on travel and travel trends to demonstrate our exciting and innovative new technology at the Travel Innovation Summit on November 16-19 in Orlando Florida this year.  The innovators from around the world come together to demonstrated innovative technologies that will change the travel industry and how consumers utilize travel.

It is truly exciting to know that we are not only considered an innovator in the travel industry but too a new and essential part of the industry as a whole.  Not only are we a presenter at the event, we are also launching the company nationally on the first day of the conference.  We have so many things going on that day that it will be a truly exciting and extremely unique launch.

CheapLimoRates.com will be the one of the first true comparison shopping and booking engine for the unmanaged business, leisure and retail segment of the travel industry.  Our website will incorporate several unique tools that will allow travelers to shop, compare and book chauffeured services from one website with a few simple clicks of their mouse.  Our network of suppliers will be able to offer their excess inventory to our consumers in real time and offer them incentives to utilize their services.  We see this as a true benefit to our customers and to the industry as a whole.

CheapLimoRates.com will cause quite a stir in the industry and we believe we will introduce a whole new segment of travelers to a ten billion dollar industry.  We are very excited about this opportunity and look forward to creating distribution partnerships with some of the leaders in the industry.  If you are in the travel or hospitality industry and would like to discuss our unique product and opportunity please contact the individual named below.  We look forward to seeing you at the conference.

Jae Morey

VP of Business Development
Jae@cheaplimorates.com

http://CheapLimoRates.com

http://twitter.com/cheaplimorates

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Limousine Services – Problem Solved!

Friday, October 16th, 2009

If there is one thing that the limousine industry could use, it would be cohesiveness. Our industry is so fragmented that you could ask a hundred different providers how this industry works and you would get a hundred different answers. How does this industry work? Why are we the ugly step sister of the travel industry? If you don’t think we are, then ask yourself this; “Why are Hertz, Dollar, Avis, Budget and other rental car companies listed on almost every online travel site out there and we are not? Why these companies are considered part of the travel industry as a whole and we are not? The answer is simple. There is no cohesive representation of our industry that could possibly compete in the travel industry as a whole.

Well until now. CheapLimoRates.com has found the solution to this problem and after years of research and development we have built an innovative new technology that will revolutionize our industry. Whether you are a small operator with three vehicles or a larger operator with fifty vehicles, we have all had the same problem. We cannot market our vehicles to the masses in real time. You know the deal. The weekend is almost here and you have four of your ten cars unscheduled and you have no way to let the world know. You can’t call Orbitz, you don’t know Expedia’s limo hotline number (that’s because there isn’t one!) and your cars are just going to sit there all weekend.

CheapLimoRates.com’s new technology will be a solution to that problem. Our technology will give any limousine service within our system the ability to list their vehicles with pricing, including discounted pricing on excess inventory in real time. What does that mean for our Limousine Service Partners? It means that for the first time ever, you can let the public know that you have vehicles available and you are willing to give them a discount in order to get your vehicles booked today!

CheapLimoRates.com does not set your pricing, you do. Our technology allows you to set your pricing, determine your discounts, show consumers where you operate, upload photos and videos of your company or fleet, respond to reviews directly with the consumer, give customers valuable airport information, and manage your overall content on the website. All of these services are FREE! There are no monthly, annual or registration fees whatsoever. *The best part is that CheapLimoRates.com does not make money, unless you make money.

Simply go to www.cheaplimorates.com and click on the Limo Partners Join Now tab and fill out the simple application, read our Terms and Conditions and within 48 hours our experience Limousine Service Partner team will approve your application and allow you to upload your information into the system. You do not have to be a computer wizard in order to input your company information, we have included comprehensive FAQ’s and video tutorials in order to help you navigate each and every function of the Limo Partner Portal. So go ahead log on and get started today!!

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