The Six Most Important Questions Every Business Should Ask Before Purchasing Any Travel Incentives

1. From 2004 to 2006, four travel certificate companies went bankrupt - Will you be next?
  MDC Group represents two of the best financially stable travel programs available, one of which is backed by Wyndham Worldwide.

Plus, our in house travel agency sells over $20 million in non-marketed travel sales which consists of airline tickets, cruises, rental cars, and tour packages.  They also book an average of 160,000 reservations for a total of 432,000 traveling individuals annually.

   
2. How do I know my customers aren't going to get stuck paying the bill?
  Some companies spend the money they earn from selling travel certificates any way they feel like.  Two months, six months, or a year from now there is no guarantee that they will be able to afford to travel your customers, clients, or employees.
   
  MDC Group adheres to the GAAP Accounting Rules which states that they must reserve money for future fulfillment of every certificate as it is sold.  For every one of our certificates that are sold $65.00 - $120.00 per night is put away into an account to pay for the fulfillment of that certificate.
   
3. How long have you been in business?
  MDC Group consists of an international network of promotional consultants and is based out of Clearwater Florida and has been in business for over 12 years.
   
4. How many reservation agents do you employ?
  We have two reservation centers.  Our main call center is located in Margate Florida, along with one in Tampa Florida.   Our main facility is a 90,000 sqft. facility that employees over 250 people.  the hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8:00am - 11:00pm and Saturday 9:30am - 6:00pm.  The supporting departments and employees are assigned as follows:
 
  • Reservation Agents - 175
  • Inventory Management - 12
  • Customer Service - 12
  • Vacation Break Travel Agency - 40
5. How many hotel room blocks do you have?
  We currently have over 250 hotels under contract in the continental US, Hawaii, Bahamas, St. Thomas, and Mexico.  Our incentive travel program consumes over 500,000 room nights annually.  The hotels inside our room block pool include:
 
  • Best Western®
  • Clarion®
  • Comfort Inn®
  • Comfort Suites®
  • Days Inn®
  • Hampton Inn Suites®
  • Hilton®
  • Holiday Inn®
  • Holiday Inn Express®
  • Howard Johnson®
  • Quality Inn®
  • Radisson®
  • Ramada®
  • Sheraton®
  • Travelodge®
  • Wellesley Inn®
  • Wingate®
  • Wyndham®
  All hotels in our program must maintain a 3 Star (by Mobile Travel Guide) or 3 Diamond (by American Automobile Association) rating or higher at all times.
   
6. Why are your travel certificates better than any other on the market?
  Some companies will print you off a colorful piece of paper, call it a certificate, and only charge you $1.00.  Others will charge you a one time or even a monthly membership fee and allow you to print off as many vacation certificates as you like.  And some will even pay you a commission when one of your customers actually travels.

Why Would They Do That?

The answer is very simple.  They are in the certificate sales business, not the successful promotions business.  Their sole purpose is to move as many travel certificates in as high a volume as possible.  They don't want your customers to travel and create Terms & Conditions for each certificate that makes it almost impossible to travel.  We have even seen some certificates that don't provide any way for a person to redeem it.  No phone number, no fax number, and not even an address to ship it to.  9 out of 10 times your customers or employees will call you and you will be forced into handling travelers questions instead of focusing on your business.

How Can My Customers Travel If They Have No Way To Redeem The Certificate?

MDC Group is not in business to sell vacations, we create successful promotions.  Our programs are designed so that once you give the award to your customer or employee, all of their questions, concerns, reservations, and fulfillment is handled by our professional staff.

Unlike most companies in our industry we offer truly unique travel programs.  Our Get Up & Go! Awards by Wyndham actually encourages your customers or employees to travel by sending them professional and friendly reminders to make their reservations and to travel.
   

If you are interested in finding out how MDC Group and our Getaway Incentives Marketing System™ can specifically help your business, then contact us right now. 

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