CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE NIGHT!

YTB is Going Live for Carnival Cruise Night! Be sure to listen this call tonight and hear Ann Sedgewick of Carnival Cruise Lines tell you why a Funship Cruise is your best vacation value!

Join the YTB conference line at one of these convenient times:
Just dial 641-594-7505 and enter Pin 601340#

6:30 CST

7:30 CST

9:30 CST

*Each call will last approximately 45 minutes. Carnival Cruise Night is being broadcast at the above times in your time zone for your convenience. Each presentation is identical.

Be sure to pass this on to your friends and family. They may even announce some specials! You can learn more about cruise deals HERE.

WELL, WE'RE MOVING ON UP...!

Hello Everybody! As you can see by the picture, Travel Weekly has just posted its new 2008 Power List of the top selling travel companies! Last year we were number 35 but this year we are number 26! This just confirms everything I learned during my visit to Red Carpet Day last week.

Some of the 2007 Developments about YTB in Travel Weekly Include:

• ARC sales of $29.7 million
  $211 million fulfilled by third parties, known as Referring Travel Agents
• 85% of sales from business, 10% leisure, 5% meetings and conventions
• Admitted as a member of the Direct Selling Association.
• 
  Launched into Bahamas, Bermuda and Canada.
• Acquired Sunrise Travel in Canada
• August 2007 National Convention in St. Louis had attendance of more than 10,000, up from 3,200 in previous year
• Launched YTB E-Campus
• Launched YTB Cars
• Held Funshine Traval Trade Shows in Orlando and San Diego with attendance of 5,000 and 3,000 respectively
• Acquired American Destinations, a tour operator specializing in educational travel.
• Formed relationship with Shanghai Spring Travel in China to develop China and European tour programs

Thanks to all of you who booked travel through my website. I'm proud to know that DARE TO EXPLORE TRAVEL was a small part of these incredible numbers. YTB is a real business. You should check it out...

RED CARPET DAY

Hello Everybody! This past Tuesday I took a trip up to the St. Louis area to visit the new headquarters of YTB International. They had outgrown the old office building and with an eye toward the future began looking for something big! And they found it in the way of a closed Super K-Mart store. Check out the PICTURES here.

They gave us a tour of the building which is still under rennovation and then we drove to a convention center for a great luncheon, great speakers and great training!

I am more excited than ever about my business and it would be selfish of me not to at least share it with everybody and give you the opportunity to see it for yourself and make your own decision. So go to my website and watch the 10 MINUTE PRESENTATION and then contact me to get your questions answered.

This an exciting, fun business and from what I saw this past week YTB is here to stay!

Carnival on the Travel Channel!

Be sure to watch this tonight! The Carnival Fantasy out of New Orleans is scheduled to undergo the Evolutions of Fun upgrade in early September!

Take a dive deep into fun on Thursday night with Emmy Award-winning Travel Channel personality Samantha Brown. Samantha’s just back from a four-day cruise on board the CARNIVAL INSPIRATION where she combined relaxation with the excitement of Carnival’s imaginative multi-million-dollar enhancement program: Evolutions of Fun.

Complete with Carnival WaterWorks, a tropical resort-style pool, and the Serenity adult-only retreat, this floating resort is more fun than ever before.

Evolutions of Fun also features expanded youth programs for kids and teens ages 2-17, plus refurbished staterooms, spectacular stage shows, 9-hole mini golf course, and much, much more.
Tune in on Thursday, June 19th at 9:00 PM CST and join the fun!

China, the Olympics and Earthquake Relief

The Olympics are being held in China this year and YTB has partnered with Spring Worldwide Tours to put some great packages together. They have also done this:

Due to China’s devastating earthquake on 05-12-08, YTB/Spring Worldwide Tours will donate $100 from every ticket sold to China throughout the rest of the year to aid the earthquake victims. Your tour will take you to the Red Cross Organization in Beijing to give you the same opportunity to donate something toward the recovery efforts.

So if you or anybody you know wants to visit China go HERE and scroll down and you will see the link for China Tours.

Things You Should Know...

Hello Everybody! I like to keep my Blog positive but there are some crazy things happening in the airline industry! The fuel charges have hit everybody hard and the airlines have to find ways to keep up. But don't stop flying. We all gotta support the economy when we can. Here are some interesting articles:

US Airways to charge for beverages, adds fee to frequent-flier awards

American Airlines responds to critics of $15 bag fee

10 clever luggage tips from a flight attendant

Lady Liberty at Convention!

A Griffith, Ind., company does things up big. Real big. Craftsmen at the Beryl Martin company are sculpting a replica of the Statue of Liberty. It won't stand on Ellis Island, but it looks like it could. The piece will be used at a convention this summer in St. Louis.

And that will be the YTB Convention in the Edward Jones Dome also known as the home of the St. Louis Rams! You gotta watch this VIDEO!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Today is my one year anniversary! That pretty little redhead is my wife Tonia. She is truly a blessing from God. We met in church and she captured my heart every Sunday when I would listen to her sing on the Praise team. I was just a baby Christian then going through a rough time in my life when God sent me an angel with a soft, sweet voice and strawberry blonde hair. She has been right here beside me ever since. This past year has been filled with highs and lows but we have faced every challenge together and our love and our faith have only grown stronger. I love you Honey! You're the best!

Song of Songs 3:4 - I have found the one my heart loves!