Hi, folks - are any of you in the same boat, or is this just me?
Since our Team began coaching several years ago, we were very aptly guided to block TIME OFF and VACATIONS FIRST - before business. "You need appropriate re-charge and family time," our Business Coach Patti Kouri of Accelerated Performance Coaching always suggested. We were scared at first, and a bit reluctant, but we followed her advice.
Each year, my wife, Sue, and I planned several vacations. Aruba was the most exotic, but we also scheduled several business and non-business trips to the National Association of Realtors Conventions, in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and New Orleans. We took several Keller Williams Trips, for their Annual Family Reunion Event, to Vegas, and to Atlanta, and to their annual Mega Agent and Mastermind Camps in Austin TX.
This year, however, we're cutting back.
High air fares, hotel room rates, and, of course, $4-plus gas prices have us traveling to visit friends in Iowa and Minnesota this year. Our Labor Day trip will take us to South Haven MI - about 90 minutes drive from Chicago, on the other side of Lake Michigan.
Our Floyd Wickman Forum Trip, to Ann Arbor MI, will be another Amtrak ride - low on cost, high on relaxation - in mid July. We will be attending our Business Coach's weekly planning session - her Jumpstart Workshop - in LA in November, both my wife and I. But we'll be looking for ways to save money on lodging, if possible.
Only one of us will take our August, 2008 annual pilgrimage to Keller Williams Mega Camp in August in Austin TX - it's just too expensive for more of us to attend. (This year, due to budget costs, I will truly attempt to avoid getting a Speeding Ticket from the Texas Highway Patrol - at $200 a pop, we just can't afford them this year!)
My question for you - are you cutting back on travel, both personal and business-related this year? Or, like several others we have spoken with, simply staying closer to home when you get away with the family or with others on business?
Please share your thoughts, and any cost-saving ideas, on this one! We're all ears!
DEAN & DEAN'S TEAM CHICAGO
Just got back from an Alaskan cruise and 5 additional day in Seattle. Booked it last year. Just booked a trip to Las Vegas in September and another trip to Palm Springs, CA in November. Found flight deals and booked these before prices go any higher. Researching a cruise for December. I do very few local trips. If I'm taking time for vacation, my husband (who is retired) and I want to TRAVEL! If it costs a little (or a lot!) more, I'll work a little harder and sell another house, take a few more listings. Whatever it takes! I refuse to stay home!
I am looking forward ot some cycling...hmm maybe not so much but at least in the neighborhood for groceries and exercise!