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Hub You - How to Turn Your Travel Passion into Tourism Business Profits - Part I
Building a brand is a necessity for any successful business. There are, however, suggestions that can assist you in getting the most out of your company’s brand.Create something original. You may think that everything that is anything has been done before, but that is not true. Possibilities for developing an original brand are endless. Moreover, customers want to see something new and different. In addition, there are serious legal consequences for stealing or borrowing from an existing brand. Make your brand your own.Remember the concept of continuity. The public must be exposed to your brand over a period of
Kevin thought, “Could I get paid to do some of the things I most love; surfing, flying and travel?”
---------The Answer Was a Big YES ---------
What started as a hobby, turned into a life changing tourism career for him with the launch of Baja AirVentures in 1985. Kevin’s early trips focused on 4-day fly-in surfing expeditions into remote dirt strips on Baja’s isolated Pacific coast. Empty and perfect waves, pristine nature, catered camping – just what mostly professional
Most of the businesses these days borrow money either in short terms or long terms basis. The majority of cash flow statements illustrate the increase and decrease of the earnings of the short term debt only. It does not report the total amount that are either borrowed or paid. On the other hand, when illustrating a long term debt, the total amount and the reimbursements of the long term debt must be indicated in the cash flow statement on a yearly basis. The figures on these cash flow statements are illustrated on gross not net figures.Similar to businessmen, most of today’s businesses must find a way to finance its acquisi
Back in august of 1970, the Warren brothers Kevin, Steve and Tim moved with their family from Chicago, Illinois to San Diego, California. As teenagers they grew up surfing, riding dirt bikes, camping, flying hang gliding and ultra-light airplanes, traveling to the backcountry and nearby Baja, Mexico.
It’s true.
They were all energetic “slightly challenged youths”.
One of the schools they attended was the Athenian School in N. California; a college prep, coed boarding school with an emphasis on academics and the outdoors. Their first rafting trips, snow camping, backpacking trips, and x-country skiing trips, as well as extreme skateboarding, building a bamboo hang glider out of bamboo, secret beer-making experiments under the bed and many other adventures, all happened at Athenian.
Part of their graduation requirements was a 28-day survival and outdoors skills “outward bound-type” training in the high Sierra Nevada Mountains.
It was fantastic!
And yes, between adventures, they studied too.
It was clear. They loved the outdoors, flying, adventure and novel business adventures…
Fortunately, None of them died, was not expelled and they eventually graduated from Athenian.
Back in San Diego, being adventurous, young and entrepreneurial, Kevin started a business towing aerial advertising banners low and slow along the beaches of North County San Diego with our ultralight airplane around 1978.
He was getting $175 for 1/2 hour to pay for our hobby. How cool, getting paid for what he loved to do!
In the early 80’s Kevin’s passion for flying continued. He wanted to fly for the airlines and started flying buddies into remote areas of Baja, Mexico to surf, build his flying hours and share the cost. He started getting calls from people he never met with questions like this,
“My buddy Jeff flew into Baja and went surfing with you. Sounds fantastic! How can I go too?”
Kevin thought, “Could I get paid to do some of the things I most love; surfing, flying and travel?”
---------The Answer Was a Big YES ---------
What started as a hobby, turned into a life changing tourism career for him with the launch of Baja AirVentures in 1985. Kevin’s early trips focused on 4-day fly-in surfing expeditions into remote dirt strips on Baja’s isolated Pacific coast. Empty and perfect waves, pristine nature, catered camping – just what mostly professional
When Enron bought up energy contracts and install them back to the state of California for five times their face value, it one of nearly bankrupt the state, it did bankrupt one major energy supplier. Yet, Enron is perfectly allowed to do this, based on the laws of deregulation of the energy industry passed in California. When California settled to pay Enron only 2 and a half times the cost, Californians were still hurt. In almost every trade journal, they talked about increasing energy costs in California for small, medium and large businesses. But Enron was not the only person did this; I remember reading about a company in Portla
One of the schools they attended was the Athenian School in N. California; a college prep, coed boarding school with an emphasis on academics and the outdoors. Their first rafting trips, snow camping, backpacking trips, and x-country skiing trips, as well as extreme skateboarding, building a bamboo hang glider out of bamboo, secret beer-making experiments under the bed and many other adventures, all happened at Athenian.
Part of their graduation requirements was a 28-day survival and outdoors skills “outward bound-type” training in the high Sierra Nevada Mountains.
It was fantastic!
And yes, between adventures, they studied too.
It was clear. They loved the outdoors, flying, adventure and novel business adventures…
Fortunately, None of them died, was not expelled and they eventually graduated from Athenian.
Back in San Diego, being adventurous, young and entrepreneurial, Kevin started a business towing aerial advertising banners low and slow along the beaches of North County San Diego with our ultralight airplane around 1978.
He was getting $175 for 1/2 hour to pay for our hobby. How cool, getting paid for what he loved to do!
In the early 80’s Kevin’s passion for flying continued. He wanted to fly for the airlines and started flying buddies into remote areas of Baja, Mexico to surf, build his flying hours and share the cost. He started getting calls from people he never met with questions like this,
“My buddy Jeff flew into Baja and went surfing with you. Sounds fantastic! How can I go too?”
Kevin thought, “Could I get paid to do some of the things I most love; surfing, flying and travel?”
---------The Answer Was a Big YES ---------
What started as a hobby, turned into a life changing tourism career for him with the launch of Baja AirVentures in 1985. Kevin’s early trips focused on 4-day fly-in surfing expeditions into remote dirt strips on Baja’s isolated Pacific coast. Empty and perfect waves, pristine nature, catered camping – just what mostly professional
Hi all! I decided to do something new and different this time. Every day of this week, I wrote down some lines (sort of like a diary) with the idea of explaining the current events going on these days. I hope it helps you to get an idea of how the life of a job hunter (just like me) is like.Monday* I get up at 8am, it’s always hard to start a week but I am excited about what’s going to happen this week.* Made a phone call to Company A to re-schedule interview day and time.* Later in the morning, reviewing and studying Company B.* Have lunch and get ready for my interview.* A
It was fantastic!
And yes, between adventures, they studied too.
It was clear. They loved the outdoors, flying, adventure and novel business adventures…
Fortunately, None of them died, was not expelled and they eventually graduated from Athenian.
Back in San Diego, being adventurous, young and entrepreneurial, Kevin started a business towing aerial advertising banners low and slow along the beaches of North County San Diego with our ultralight airplane around 1978.
He was getting $175 for 1/2 hour to pay for our hobby. How cool, getting paid for what he loved to do!
In the early 80’s Kevin’s passion for flying continued. He wanted to fly for the airlines and started flying buddies into remote areas of Baja, Mexico to surf, build his flying hours and share the cost. He started getting calls from people he never met with questions like this,
“My buddy Jeff flew into Baja and went surfing with you. Sounds fantastic! How can I go too?”
Kevin thought, “Could I get paid to do some of the things I most love; surfing, flying and travel?”
---------The Answer Was a Big YES ---------
What started as a hobby, turned into a life changing tourism career for him with the launch of Baja AirVentures in 1985. Kevin’s early trips focused on 4-day fly-in surfing expeditions into remote dirt strips on Baja’s isolated Pacific coast. Empty and perfect waves, pristine nature, catered camping – just what mostly professional
Chris used to work for a corporation--until one day he was told that he could leave... permanently. He wondered why he would be disposed of after giving seven years of his life to the company. He was certain he wouldn't stay there forever, but he thought he would have a little more control over the timing of his departure.I met with Chris and speculated as to the reasons he was fired. Of course, he heard the typical corporate explanation--code words that translate into the basic understanding that the leaders didn't have a clue as to what they were doing and why--you've heard them before, I'm sure:We're going a dif
He was getting $175 for 1/2 hour to pay for our hobby. How cool, getting paid for what he loved to do!
In the early 80’s Kevin’s passion for flying continued. He wanted to fly for the airlines and started flying buddies into remote areas of Baja, Mexico to surf, build his flying hours and share the cost. He started getting calls from people he never met with questions like this,
“My buddy Jeff flew into Baja and went surfing with you. Sounds fantastic! How can I go too?”
Kevin thought, “Could I get paid to do some of the things I most love; surfing, flying and travel?”
---------The Answer Was a Big YES ---------
What started as a hobby, turned into a life changing tourism career for him with the launch of Baja AirVentures in 1985. Kevin’s early trips focused on 4-day fly-in surfing expeditions into remote dirt strips on Baja’s isolated Pacific coast. Empty and perfect waves, pristine nature, catered camping – just what mostly professional
Melody Spier started looking at telecommuting as an option back in 2000 but felt at the time that she could not financially quit her job.Tired of working long hours and coming home so exhausted at the end of each day that she could hardly enjoy our family time, Melody felt like her husband, neighbors and friends were raising her children while she worked.After two years of working up the courage, she dropped her day job and became a full-time stay at home mom in 2002. From there she connected with a website that provided legitimate telecommuting information and a community of people who shared their knowledge and
Kevin thought, “Could I get paid to do some of the things I most love; surfing, flying and travel?”
---------The Answer Was a Big YES ---------
What started as a hobby, turned into a life changing tourism career for him with the launch of Baja AirVentures in 1985. Kevin’s early trips focused on 4-day fly-in surfing expeditions into remote dirt strips on Baja’s isolated Pacific coast. Empty and perfect waves, pristine nature, catered camping – just what mostly professional men who loved to surf wanted.
Kevin’s Baja surfing tour company grew into a diversified and profitable multi-sport soft Eco-Adventure Baja travel company, by asking his guests what they wanted in their active vacations,
Many tourism professionals Kevin has met over the last 15 plus years – or those wanting to get into tourism - also seek to combine their passion for travel, sport, adventure, the outdoors and make good money too.
Does this sound at all like you?
Or something you are dreaming of…?
Kevin’s tourism business and income have earned him two eco-adventure resorts in Baja, Mexico, a new big 5-bedroom house in San Diego, 4 airplanes, a lovely wife and three beautiful daughters.
Kevin’s material success is only a small part of the more valuable rewards of: appreciating life, living your dreams and experiencing joy daily in your tourism profession.
Success and quality of life – however you define it - is what you can have as tourism professional if you take the right steps.
Follow this link to read the second part of this real-life tourism business and hospitality marketing case study - and hear a "Secret to Their Success" Interview Series, more best practices and resources that have absolutely increased the bottom line and quality of life for Kevin and so many tourism projects around the world.
The travel business has been good to Kevin and sharing these articles and tips is a way to give back to the industry.
Starting, promoting and running any type of tourism business or destination - takes a lot of time and work. So all articles, tips, resources and news – will be in short “readers digest” versions.
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