Luxury is no longer just about the best hotels and the most luxurious transportation. Here are six strategies to strengthen and increase your luxury travel sales.

1. Redefine Luxury  
While qualifying clients well is important in any travel niche, qualifying questions in the luxury market need to go a step farther. The definition of luxury can be different for every traveler. Our job at Illusthrone as a travel advisor is to understand what kind of experience they’re seeking and then present options that fulfill and exceed that desire.

For today’s luxury traveler, the luxury experience is: “Doing what they want, when they want, and how they want, within the financial parameters they choose. It’s especially important to prove to potential clients right from the start that the travel advisor understands what they are looking for. Listen, then suggest, listen again and then collaborate.

Using time well is so important to our clients—they are seeking the very best experience for their time and money.

2. Highlight the Experiential
A better understanding of “why” clients are looking to travel offers advisors insights into the kinds of experiences their travelers will find most compelling. It also gives advisors the opportunity to demonstrate concrete ways a vague desire can be turned into reality.

The clients might tell us they want to do something ‘local’ even if they don’t have a concrete idea of what that means, and we’re the ones who can recommend ways to actually do that. They might be able to share a dinner in someone’s home in Turkey, which becomes an amazing experience and local connection. But we have to let them know these experiences are available in Istanbul, Cappadocia or Bursa, because they don’t know about them coming in.

At Illusthrone, when we propose a guided vacation, we go through the whole itinerary day by day and make sure to focus on the kinds of things that they might not be aware of, that I think they will find exciting, such as a local cooking class of Mediterranean or classic Turkish cuisine. These are the kinds of things that help them make a decision. They know they can’t create experiences like that on their own and that they will see and do things that they couldn’t possibly know about from a guidebook.

3. Present the Full Package
The best way to draw clients in is to present a full package, an experience that includes every element from start to finish. Clients want to understand—and book—their complete vacation experience in advance, especially in the luxury sector where convenience and exclusivity are two main drivers.

We start with the ideal experience, which is easier to eliminate elements if we need to than to add them on later. Plus, clients like to see how the whole vacation experience works together as a complete package. With a guided vacation, they know that it’s all-inclusive and everything is planned before they even leave so there’s nothing to worry about while they’re on vacation.

Illusthrone can arrange transportation to and from the airport, making it easy for clients at the beginning and end of a trip. Illusthrone guests can relax right from the start of their journey with exclusive door-to-door private transfer service included in the vacation price. It’s a great perk guests really love, and for travel advisors, one less component to book.

Illusthrone will often book both a Bosphorus boat tour and a guided vacation if the schedule allows. When possible, we like to start with a guided vacation so they have an active and immersive experience first.

4. Start with the Best
Don’t just include all possible elements in their initial proposals, start with the best of all those elements. Illusthrone starts at the top because we want our clients to have the best experiences and getting the true luxury. Illusthrone provides a product that exemplifies the definition of luxury.

5. Customize Group Experiences
In addition to working with individuals and couples, successful luxury travel advisors are always on the lookout for small group opportunities, whether in the form of a group of friends or multigenerational family looking to spend time together or a group united by a special interest, such as a love of gardens, wine or castles.

Illusthrone creates customized luxury group guided vacations for multiple groups. We don’t have to use a standardized itinerary, we create something unique for any given group. When our clients come us with a general idea of what they want to do, and then we help fill in the details for them. We mentally take them there, describe the day by day, add tips and suggestions, paint a picture of the overall experience and the details as part of a collaboration.

6. Stay Ahead of the Trends
Giving your clients what they ask for will probably result in a sale. Giving your clients more than what they even knew they wanted will likely result in a sale—and a satisfied repeat customer. The most successful luxury travel advisors can tap into deep reservoirs of knowledge about current travel trends and desires, as well as intimate familiarity with experiences the best suppliers are featuring that go beyond a traveler’s initial dream.

Illusthrone’s tailor-made travels will be highly personalized and inspired by a desire to experience new destinations in unusual ways. Most of our guests are seeking more immersive and experiential luxury travel—the hidden secrets, the extras that might not even be printed in a brochure because they’re a surprise. They want to experience it differently. They want to experience it their way. Luxury is being able to personalize and customize the experience we want on our vacations. They want a good fit for their personal interests, not just a homogenized experience. In addition to a desire for the traditional experiences, today’s luxury traveler wants to have experiences that are not available to everyone else.

It’s those unique experiences that are truly at the heart of today’s luxury travel. They want to experience a destination at a level that is not possible on their own—and a luxury guided vacation provides the access to behind-the-scenes places, cultural connections and the chance to meet unique local legends that discerning travelers desire.

The winners of UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League meet in UEFA Super Cup.

Tickets for 2019 UEFA Super Cup match between Premier League teams Liverpool and Chelsea at Istanbul’s Beşiktaş Vodafone Park will go on sale on Tuesday.

“Applications for tickets for the 2019 UEFA Super Cup begin at 14:00 CEST on Tuesday, via uefa.com/tickets, with European champions Liverpool taking on UEFA Europa League winners Chelsea on 14 August at Beşiktaş Park in Istanbul,” UEFA announced on Monday.

In 2009, Fenerbahçe’s Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium hosted the 2009 UEFA Cup Final that FC Shakhtar Donetsk beat Werder Bremen 2-1 and our team was at the service of both teams, fans and journalists through accomodation, security and ground transportation needs. Once more, Illusthrone is ready with our experienced staff to provide the top quality service including airport transfers, private tours, reservations, accomodations, limousine services, helicopter & boat / yacht tours and all kind of hospitality for fans, journalists, top management and teams of Liverpool and Chelsea during their visit to Istanbul, where the continents (Europe & Asia) meet.

When you buy a round trip airport transfer service in Istanbul, Ankara, Antalya and Bodrum from Illusthrone, you will get 20% off your daily usage limousine service at the same city with the same vehicle type till the end of June ’19.

In the modern arena of the corporate and business affairs, time and image are paramount for success. The corporate visits and business trips often consist of the hustling crowd of the city. Starting from the airport, the commute never remains comfortable, thus a comfortable and reliable service is always sought. Limousine corporate services are the best suited for corporate trips. The reliable services, high comfort, and equally professional rental services in affordable price range make it the best possible option. There are different reasons behind selecting corporate limousines and here are the five top reasons for opting limo rental.

Reliability

Punctuality is of paramount importance for business and no one really wants to compromise on that when on a corporate visit. Corporate limos can be very effective in that aspect. It starts with the airport pick up and cover the entire business trip. The trip ends with the Airport drop on time. The reliability of services is not only about time punctuality but also about the professional attitude. Limo rented from highly reputed services provide highly skilled and professional drivers. So there is no concern about receiving the guests on the airport and reaching the venue on time.

Services

A reputed Limo rental services know the services required for limo corporate services. The services like free wi-fi and projectors can be arranged in the limo. The best part is that one can go through the important points of the meeting before reaching the venue. A comfortable ride on the limo can help to overcome the jet lag as well. The corporate house that hires the limo rental may ask for the specific services required for the executives and expect the immaculate services.

Image and Persona

Image, persona, and style are a few of the things that make or break the situation for an executive in a corporate meeting or business trip. A ride in limo to the office can definitely make things better. It is often said that the first impression is the last impression and the limo services can help to create the lasting first impression. A royal and stylish entry solves half of the business puzzle and the executive can do the rest with his/her skills.

Comfort and Convenience

Comfort is definitely one of the crucial aspects of hiring limo services during the business trip. No executive would want a bumpy and tiresome day at the business especially when they have come for something big. Limo does not only provide a comfortable ride but also special services like cool beverages. Even during the peak hours of the city traffic, a Limo ride can be perfect. For example when traveling to Istanbul, renting a limousine from Illusthrone provided the drinks, wifi, arranged the music for the occasion and provided the trip itinerary based on a tour of Istanbul.

Price

Even though the business houses are not very skeptical about shelling out a decent amount for a successful business trip, but economic challenges always remain part of the discussion. Limo rental services are generally very affordable for the business trips depending on the size and services required.

A corporate executive deserves a comfortable and pleasant business trip. Renting a limo will always give an edge to the executives to deliver the best on the trip.

Professional drone racing pilot and content creator Johnny Schaer aka ‘JohnnyFPV’ partnered with Beautiful Destinations and Tom Jauncey for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. His latest project is not only a piece of cinematic art but is also an example of his unmatched technical ability to fly drones. After collaborating with other social media influencers, Johnny was asked by one of Instagram’s largest accounts, Beautiful Destinations, and its founder Tom Jauncey to collaborate on a project. Combined, the three social media accounts reach over 12.9 million people. Johnny and the Beautiful Destinations team traveled to Cappadocia, Turkey to film. Cappadocia is often filmed by influencers and camera drone pilots but rarely by FPV drones. The film features the region’s most recognizable visuals: hot air balloons, the ‘fairy tale’ rock formations, wild horses, and stone-built towns. While on the trip they experienced high temps, snow, and rain, giving the film the impression it was filmed over months, not just a few days. Johnny says the trip was his “craziest FPV experience” to date.