Celeb Sighting!!!
Hello Canada,
Another post coming to you from Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort Villages and Spa! The other day I had the pleasure of running into Daniel Alfredson. For those of you who are not familiar with this name he is one of the best hockey players in the NHL and Captain of The Ottawa Senators Hockey Team. This was a real pleasure for me as I was born and raised in Ottawa and I am a true Sens fan, needless to say I was very excited to meet him. Daniel Alfredson and his family really enjoyed their stay; he told me that the two weeks they spent here went by too quickly and they did not want to leave. He also mentioned that he is definitely going to come back as he was thoroughly impressed with the resort and the service he received; he had a suite with butler service and we all know what a benefit that is.
By the way...Have any of you had the pleasure of experiencing "Our" BUTLER SERVICE? Have you sold a butler suite to your clients? If you have, please let me know your or your clients experience. Our BUTLERS are trained in accordance to the exacting standards by the Guild of Professional English Butlers, which provides butlers to nobility and celebrities worldwide. When it comes to our butler service our motto is "Maximum Service, Minimum Intrusion".
Happy Selling!!!
Gina
Quote of the week:
“There is only one way to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.”
Dale Carnegie
The winner of our April draw is Jill Poirier from Atlantic Canada. Jill has won a 4 night stay at any Sandals or Beaches Resort of her choosing. Congrats Jill!!!
Please send me your comments and remember that every comment you send me and it is posted you will automatically be entered to win a 4 night trip to Sandals or Beaches Resort. There will be one lucky winner a month and the draw will take place the first week of the month. Be sure to save my blog address in your favourites or read it on the Sandals News Network.
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At first I felt a bit emabarrassed to call them and ask them to get me something. (Yes, you even get a personal phone to get or receive calls from them, LOL!) Suddenly it all of a sudden, becomes eay and you begin to feel like a superstar :) They both were attentive, funny and non-intrusive.
They will pack/unpack your clothes for you at arrival and check out (I should have taken advantage of this...) They will iron your clothing, bring you crackers and cheese, chocolate covered strawberries, just because. My favourite thing from the Butler experience was my bubble bath waiting for me when I arried back to my suite on the last evening, ahhh! It was surrounded with scented candles, and had rose petals everywhere, what a treat!
Only 3 more sleeps. I will have finally seen all of the Beaches properties. Only Whitehouse left for Sandals.
Then I can start over!
John
I am excited for you as the grand opening of the Italian Village is a major event! Please take a lot of pictures for me as I will not be able to attend due to a function that I had booked.
Tracey,
I am so glad you did have the opportunity to experience "our butler service". Did you find it difficult to get back to regular life? I always hate leaving my butler behind.
Caroline,
We will have to make sure you come back to our resorts just to experience this service...It is true pampering.
That is it exactly. Everyone wants to feel special and status is also important so this angle is a great way to sell up to the Butler Suites. See you on Saturday!
I personally have not had the opportunity to have the butler service. But I did recently get a sneak peek of what is included from a dear friend ;) ~ Lorraine!!!
With all the WeddingMoon and Honeymoon inquiries I've been getting lately, I'm sure this service will be a lot easier to sell than I originally thought.
And I can't wait to experience my own butler service one day soon !!
I have never stayed in a butler suite but I do try to up sell all of my Sandals clients to these suites as I know my clients will love it and I make more money by doing this. Everyone who does experience the butler service raves about it. I really like that we can let the butlers know what the clients like before they get there so it just makes it more personal.
I really enjoy your blogs, I find them really interesting and informative.
Karen - TPI
Congrats! You won a 4 night stay at any Sandals or Beaches Resort. Have you decided which property you would like to go to? Please e-mail me your mailing address and I will send you your prize letter. My e-mail address is gtsirmpas@uvisandals.ca.
Thanks
The butlers really do make you feel special. Total celebrity feel!
All I need to do now is fine tune my sales pitch on the butler service rooms and really sell, sell, sell! (The celebrity angle will really help!)
Thanks for the topic!
Congratulations Jill!
Heather - TPI
If Turks is their dream vacation I know that they will love Beaches Turks anc Caicos. This is a great choice for honeymooners as this resort caters to everyone. The Beaches brand is great for families but there are adult only restaurants and I don't find that the kids get in the way at all. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Happy Selling!!!
although I didn't get to exerience myself but have
hard from someone who have and I know is amazing.
I would love to experience that someday (soon).
I would love to experience Butler service, I have only heard great things about it and I have sold one butler suite to clients and they LOVED IT!
Julia
I recently had the pleasure of utilizing my Sell and go points and stayed at Sandals, Montego Bay 3-7 May. I was totally impressed - and it takes a lot to impress me. With my 25+ years in the travel industry, including being in hotel sales & marketing, I have to tell you, Sandals by far knocked my socks off!
The resort grounds are kept to beautiful and clean, you can tell the staff really take pride in their hotel. The service was outstanding and the food was fabulous! I met with the GM of the hotel to express my absolute gratitude and pleasure for being able to experience a Sandals resort for the very first time in my long career!
Debbie - Executive Travel
It is ok that you are a leafs fan, maybe next year both or our teams will do better :)
Turks and Caicos is so beautiful and it is the perfect place to renew your vows. Please let me know if you have any questions or if I can help you out in any way.
By the way...I am a leafs fan as well but I won't hold that your a sens fan against you. lol
Linda
Congrats on meeting Alferdson...that must have been pretty exciting! Just wanted to let you know, I had some clients (family of 5) that stayed at Beaches T&C, in a butler suite back in February...even though the water park wasn't quite finished, they had an amazing time. I was on my "welcome home" call with her for over an hour! She couldn't say enough about the Beaches T&C. She said everything was perfect...she especially loved the butler service, because at home SHE is the butler for her family! Initially she wasn’t “calling” on the butler as it was quite different then she was use to, but she said he made the family feel very comfortable and after the first day, he was doing all kinds of stuff for them. He offered a picnic on the beach, which the kids were really excited about and she thought it was extra special as SHE didn’t have to prepare everything for it! They had a reserved spot on the beach and all they could eat and drink! In her words “absolutely everything was taken care of and I didn’t have to do a thing!”. They loved it! She has already booked their family vacation for 2010…..with a butler again! Thanks to Beaches/Sandals for making our jobs a little easier!