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The Place To Go Travel is a Travel and Tourism Consultant organization.
Our mission is to provide the best tips and trips for our clients.
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1960s. My wife, Jackie, and I have been in the Travel and E-commerce industry since 2006 and wish to help others learn about traveling and making purchases online.
Since I left the Army my career path has been in the field of Data Processing, now known as IT. When breaking into the Data Processing field I took courses in Computer Sciences and entered the Banking Industry in Computer Departments. Being employed by one of the world’s largest bank, based in New York, I quickly moved up the ladder in Management.
Taking a “break” from actually working in a bank I began working for a Consulting firm, based in Sarasota Florida, and had some very interesting assignments.
My first major assignment was with the National Bank of Kuwait, located in Kuwait City. An assignment of 30 days turned into 3 months. The results of the training I gave were outstanding. A great bunch of people were eager to learn and improve their environment. When I left they were starting their “End of Month” processing and they took a one week process and completed it in one day. They did outstanding!
My next assignment was to open a Computer Center in Greenfield Indiana. After 6 months of interviewing and training they were up and running and were on their own, successfully.
The consulting company decided I was the person to turn around their South San Franciso operation which was losing clients and despite the best efforts of the people “in the trenches” were losing ground. Within 90 days, after I pushed the management to become aggressive in selling the service, we held onto some clients ready to leave us and actually began expanding and turning their “red line” into a “black line”. Until this time in my career this was the best accomplishment.
Coming back to New York, to my original employer, I became an Officer of the Bank, and continued to advance quickly. However, I began to realize the corporate world had too much in the way of politics and back stabbing and I decided to go out on my own.
In 1989 I started my own consulting business and have not looked back. I now own a small web hosting company, as a side line, as I continued to seek the perfect focal point.
Since 1993 I have worked with Veteran Non-profits helping with their fund raising using travel. You see, the Travel Industry is the place to go. (How’s that for a play on words?) My wife and I are now full time in the Travel and Leisure world and are loving it. Our own hours, travel when we want (the business is very portable) and earning a living. What more could one ask?
I am a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and the Vietnam Brotherhood.
Our business, The Place To Go Travel, is a member of the Schuylkill County Chamber of Commerce, and we are still growing.
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My name is Jackie. I am not a Veteran but I support Veterans in many ways. I am the Chaplin for American Legion Post 575 Auxiliary.
A good part of my life was as a home maker in Florida. Finally getting tired of being home all the time I began to seek employment once my daughter was old enough.
It was interesting timing because companies were starting their expansion and many needed people to run the business – Administration.
My first job, after starting my search, was with the Palm Beach County School board. What a good place to really learn and expand my skills. After a couple of years I went to work for IBM which was a good job but was not what I really wanted. A friend suggested Huizenga Holdings. Wayne Huizenga was a pretty good boss and I enjoyed the job and continued to learn and advance. Switching gears I entered the Healthcare Industry. A few years later I met Jim. I actually met Jim in 1996 by way of email. We met in person a month later and were married a month after that.
We worked together in his Consulting business until we found the Travel industry. We are now Travel Consultants and as Jim said above, we are growing and having a ball. I recommend this business as the best of the best.
Some of the Travel Courses I have taken have been with Carnival Cruise Lines, Disney Travel, Hawaiian Trips and others. Oh yeah, Jim has also taken some of these sames courses.
Our host company has continued to grow and we were rated the 25th largest Travel Agency, moving from the 26th position in 2008 during the economic slowdown.
Not as long winded as Jim, but, he is older than me and is always running off at the mouth.
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