{"id":5440,"date":"2014-04-20T20:55:23","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T20:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/?p=5440"},"modified":"2014-12-20T17:30:56","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T17:30:56","slug":"using-a-travel-agent-opened-my-eyes-to-value-thanks-libertytravel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/using-a-travel-agent-opened-my-eyes-to-value-thanks-libertytravel\/","title":{"rendered":"Using a Travel Agent Opened my Eyes to Value\u2026 Thanks @LibertyTravel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><strong><em><em>[DISCLOSURE:\u00a0 I have been compensated by Liberty Travel to write about my experience. \u00a0All opinions are my own. Liberty paid for my influence, expertise and work, not for my advocacy (which has to be earned).]<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For many years now I have always booked vacation trips myself online, and find in incredibly stressful and overwhelming. Often, even when I know exactly what I want to do and where I want to do it, the process online is onerous and difficult to accomplish. Please understand I am talking about vacation travel, not business travel\u2026 two completely different animals for me. Although after my expereince with Liberty Travel, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if they could lighten my business travel load as well.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertytravel.com\/\">Liberty Travel<\/a>\u00a0introduced me to an warm, caring, and knowledgeable agent named\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertytravel.com\/stores\/liberty-travel-hollywood\">Janie Darrow at their Hollywood, FL location<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"pin_images_1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/?p=4728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zoetry7\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zoetry7-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"653\" height=\"653\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>With Janie the day I booked my trip to\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoetryresorts.com\/agua\/\"><em><strong>Zoetry Resorts in Punta Cana<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Janie and I had spoken very briefly so she could get the basics of what I was looking for in a vacation resort. She kept it brief, as I was pressed for time when we chatted, and asked exactly the right questions. When we met at her office she was totally prepared with five choices, all in line with we were looking to do, and we quickly boiled it down to two. After a very pleasant and knowledgeable discussion it was clear that Zoetry was exactly what we wanted. I can write a flowery post detailing evrything, but I am direct and I think that is what my readers expect from me. This was a fabulous experience, and one that I will most definitely repeat in the future. Stress free, quick and easy, great information and left me feeling good and with a smile on my face. Can\u2019t wait for the trip\u2026 July 19 \u2013 23. Keep an eye out, because I promise to share all the goodness via my Istagram, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr\u2026 so wherever you follow me, you will be sure to experience Zoetry Resorts Punta Cana through my eyes.\u00a0You know I like to share\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\":-)\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" \/>\u00a0Below is a preview from the brochure that helped us make a decision.<\/p>\n<div id=\"pin_images_3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/?p=4728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zoetry1\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zoetry1-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"653\" height=\"653\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"pin_images_4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/?p=4728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zoetry3\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zoetry3-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"653\" height=\"653\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"pin_images_5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/?p=4728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zoetry4\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zoetry4-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"653\" height=\"653\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"pin_images_6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zoetry5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zoetry5\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zoetry5-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"653\" height=\"653\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"pin_images_7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/?p=4728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zoetry6\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zoetry6-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"653\" height=\"653\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"pin_images_8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zoetry2\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zoetry2-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"653\" height=\"653\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[DISCLOSURE:\u00a0 I have been compensated by Liberty Travel to write about my experience. \u00a0All opinions are my own. Liberty paid for my influence, expertise and work, not for my advocacy (which has to be earned).]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,7],"tags":[763,1899,1935],"class_list":["post-5440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-tedrubin","tag-review","tag-tedrubin-3","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5441,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5440\/revisions\/5441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}