Dear Travel Colleague, I cannot begin to explain how excited I am about our new www.guaranteeddepartures.com website and all our new guaranteed departures! We now offer over 250 tours that are guaranteed to depart, no matter how many people sign up. No longer will you get that dreaded telephone call that the dream vacation that you booked is not going to operate because of lack of interest. In addition to the 250 plus Guaranteed Departures, we have over 80 scheduled departures that last year operated over 80% of the time. Travel Alliance Partners, LLC, or TAP as we are known, provides a unique business model whose primary purpose is to provide the most unique touring experience you can find in North American and the world. We are the innovators of the “guaranteed departure” concept that has been copied by some, but not matched in sophistication or success. Please check out the wide variety of tours and really look into the itineraries. We are no longer your “grandfather’s” tour company. No we provide unique venues that other “mega tour companies” cannot afford to offer. We find those unique niche destinations, while still making certain you come away with the complete experience. You may ask, “How do you do it? How can you offer these great destinations at these great rates?” The TAP operators have found a business plan that rewards working together, taking a little less profit per passenger, and increasing the number of passengers on their programs. We have found a way to work with tour suppliers as "Partners", a respect that is long overdue! Please join us on one of our very unique experiences. You will never travel on a boring tour again!!! Sincerely, Serge Talbot, President
Since 1982, Talbot Tours Inc, San Jose, CA, has been packaging domestic and international tours and cruises for retirement organizations and special interest groups. “People are motivated to travel as much by who they are with as they are the destination”, says Serge, “We may be in the group business but we pride ourselves on personal service for each individual. We also work with other experts to maintain the quality without sacrificing the value.” That is why many of Talbot Tours programs are packaged by tour operators of TAP (Travel Alliance Partners, LLC). Serge is also very active in the travel industry, he was; Co-founder and Past-President of the Casino Tour Operators Association, San Jose Skal Club, Past U.S. Advisory Board Member to the Canadian Tourism Commission and Disney Vacations/Disney Cruises, Chairman of the Board of the San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau and Founder and First-President of Travel Alliance Partners (TAP). Serge is a resident of San Jose, California, married, two daughters and six grand-children.