The price of independence

Hotel SearchFreedom is a tricky thing when it comes to mostly or all inclusive travel products such as river cruises.

The value proposition of a river cruise, or any pre packaged travel for that matter, is that the company can arguably offer meals, excursions and other experiences for less than any individual traveler would be able to get them on their own.

But what about when travelers want value and freedom? What about when they like the idea of having some inclusions, but also want to go explore away from the pack? If the river cruise is completely inclusive that means either being locked into eating all the meals as planned by the river cruise line, aka mostly onboard, or potentially double paying for meals by skipping onboard meals that were included in the price and instead opting to go out to a cafe, bistro or restaurant shoreside. The same goes for excursions.

When there are fewer inclusions, however, travel sellers not only make less on the commission for a product with a lower price tag, but they are also often concerned that their clients might actually end up paying more because of how much the non included meals and extras end up costing.

Thus when Uniworld developed its new U by Uniworld product specifically geared towards millennials and younger travelers, a demographic the company has clearly tried to lure in with both attractive pricing (U by Uniworld is considerably cheaper than the luxe line Uniworld) and freedom (there are only two meals included per day, and fewer included excursions), the issue becomes how to effectively sell this product so that it does in fact end up reflecting both of those goals.

As a Gen X er that falls squarely into the center of the demographic that U by Uniworld hopes to court (passengers aged 21 to 45), and as someone who tends to sail on a fair amount of river cruises for work, I can say that I do like to explore on my own during river cruises. And the thing is, even if meals out on my own or doing my own sightseeing might cost me more, I don’t care. I want what I want. And I’ll find things to do within my budget, whatever that budget is.

So while travel sellers might <a href="http://www.cheapjerseys11.com/">http://www.cheapjerseys11.com/</a> rightly be a bit wary of products that aren’t fully inclusive, especially when put up against their more inclusive counterparts, what it comes down to is knowing their customers and finding the right way to sell the product and be honest about the entirety of the experience. If I were selling to me/my generation, I would not resist the <a href="http://www.cheapjerseys11.com/">cheap jerseys</a> fact that I am going to want to fly solo and on the cheap. Rather, I would make sure that when I do go roaming off the ship, I have people to meet, specific eateries to hit up and/or fun things to do that fall in line with my interests and budgets. That’s all.