12AUG2010
 Ah Venise! Simply irresistible!  And he's off... hunting for the very best reviews  But all the reviews are so different...  Its causing much uncertainty inside Bruno's head - what should he do? |
It’s always nice to have great ideas, but they can turn out to be quite discouraging, especially if your love life is depending on it!
Bruno is planning an unforgettable week-end for Marie’s fortieth birthday. Marie, currently seeing the world through rose tinted glasses, thought that the idea was wonderful and unexpected. Everything was now depending on him, and since Marie was looking forward to an amazing surprise, Bruno was determined to find the best vacation spot possible without leaving anything to chance…
The destination? Venice of course. What could be a more romantic setting the canals of Saint-Marc’s Square to celebrate both their love and the special surprise birthday weekend.
He therefore devoted his whole week-end preceding their departure, plus Monday, which he had taken off from work, in order to read all of the 1.589 testimonies from 25 different websites expressing other peoples opinions concerning the 10 hotels he had found, one by one. Bruno thought this would be the perfect way to find his dream weekend hotel, relying on “real testimonies”. Yes, but…
On Monday night, Bruno was still having second thoughts about his choice. He was even starting to regret having given his credit card number to a hotel that had so many diverging critics.
And then there was also the matter of whom to trust?
The employee of the hotel who would never tell you that the gym is in the basement? Some kind people who could have given a good testimony out of politeness (would they do that)? The other clients whose taste wouldn’t necessarily be the same as his? And what about the other websites that never publish customers’ opinions but only show pictures (especially pictures of the Royal Suite)??
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On affinitours.com: Discover the hotels online as if you had already visited them.
 With Affinitours, there are no bad surprises  For a perfect weekend  Under all circumstances! |
On affinitours.com, he could have chosen his hotel quickly and easily, without being under pressure since the referenced lodgings are already sorted out! The best hotels have already been selected, rated and approved by the whole community, that is what the affinitours network is all about.
Just by visiting one single website, Bruno could have found all the information he was looking for, without having to read dozens of useless web content and go through all the unbearable advertising. On affinitours, everything is crystal clear, easy to find leaving you happy and serene with your
choices.
Without having wasted a whole week-end and taken one day off from work, Bruno could have slept peacefully, dreaming of his special week-end birthday present, and how perfect it was going to be in so many ways.
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Tags:accommodation, last minute, no traps, real prices, THE solution, tourism providers, transparency
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22FEB2010
 The joy of spending time together  Cosy... but small!  A complete mess that will ruin Sandrine’s blow-dry!  Bubbles… but no party! |
Jeff and Sandrines wedding is getting closer…
Getting together 80 members of family and friends from the four quarters of the globe certainly takes super strong organizational skills to celebrate such a big day!
The only problem is their apartment – a tiny 2 roomed bijoux space in the center of Paris, already put aside for Mother in Law (and only her). She certainly wont be sharing the sofa bed with Father in Law. Then there is Sandrine’s brother – a trader in New York. He doesnt have the time to look for a hotel because he is just to ‘busy’! Then there’s Sophie, the best friend with her dog the St Bernard, the cousins, the friends, the boyfriends and girlfriends of friends…. to cut a long story short, Sandrine is in a mess! Two days before the wedding, nobody is really sure of where they are staying…
At D-1, rather than dedicating herself to a full body massage and beauty treatment, Sandrine is ready to tear her hair out. She spent her whole day on the phone searching for hotel rooms – and all the better deals were already taken.
Between the friends who confirmed but declined at the last minute, the friends who didnt confirm but finally our coming and those who booked rooms 30 miles from Paris to get better prices… Sandrine will be drinking effervescent asprin instead of champagne bubbles soon!
 Withouth Affinitours, you are guaranteed the discount offers...
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With affinitours.com, stay zen and find out good hotel deals when you need.
 Luckily, Affinitours does things very well...  And love is there! |
With Affinitours.com, Sandrine could have been happy and calm on her wedding day and her brushing as well!
She could have organised everything from her sofa, in a few clicks, and get super preferential pricing on rooms for all her family and friends, in a couple of nice hotels, a few minutes away from the Church.
Now you know : For all stress free family reunions, organising full accommodations that’s good value for money, the solution is with Affinitours. |
Tags:accomodation, event, last minute, reception
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27MAY2009
 Sometimes, internet tourism is like...
 ...walking straight into a wall or into a maze .  Often really hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel of promotional offers |
Claire wanted to find a fun destination - not too expensive, not too alone, not too soon, not too late, without too much adventure on the menu, but just enough. Enough to brag about to her friends when she got back, about how she built up her own little group just like her while away on vacation.
So easy!!! Internet has loads of offers available – cheap, expensive, solo trips, not so solo trips, far, or not far at all. Claire found bargains by the dozen… but in the end, they all got put aside.
By burying herself in that special offers tunnel, “special offer – last day – top promo pricing - special flash offers – slashed prices” all alone in front of her computer, despite all her patience, she finished up… buried.
In the end, none of her choices looked any good. “Too soon – too late – sold out – full” – hours of surfing only to end up against a brick wall, or isolated in the middle of some maze of inextricable but juicy internet offers, to find anything at all. “Patience was lost” !!! |
Affinitours offers new perspectives
 Claire is finally surrounded by a great group of Affinitours friends who share her own passion and affinities. |
Claire decides to become her own project manager and creates her own trip on affinitours that she proposes on line in all its splendour. Going away with a group of Affinitours membors all interested in the same ideas as her, she found the ideal conditions to stay in, conditions which are of course priviliged for all members of the affinitours website.
With Affinitours, Claire was able to live her dream ; she got sky high view over the basic offers available, felt surrounded by friends in the middle of a circle of like minded people with whom she could finally share her passion for freedom. |
Tags:affinities, groups, lodging, project
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7MAY2009
Dream destination with an edge... 
What is also known as "losing ones cool" with the operator 
"Just for now we can offer the new built on addition.." 
It was written "nearby" ! |
How to resist the beautiful harmony of mermaids singing of a paradisical destination, a beautiful 8 mile beach, with palm trees, all under the hot sun in a blue sky?
Who is really hiding behind this tempting line up of places to go? Is it a trap? Or not… After spending hours surfing on the internet looking for THE great deal of the century, and finding it, who is there to tell you that there isnt some other shark hiding behind the scenes just waiting to trap you with his sharp teeth while preparing your vacation with lots of nasty surprises on its way
John and Mary, mouse in hand, tempted by the “exceptional” discount as shown in the advert, came back decomposed from their first night spent under the gables in the latest addition to the “beatiful beach front hotel” the only room left on offer because the hotel was overbooked with all the sales promotional advertising…
And then there was Sylvie, who found herself with no airport transfer and got stuck at the airport. Jon and his “dinner treat which left him with very painful memories considering its price!
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Affinitours overthrows the trappings
Lets get cool! Affinitours doesnt set traps for its members and friends! |
Very soon now, you can discover for yourself how tomorrow, Affinitours is going to give you a real solution to travelling without these kinds of traps, and you will be the real creators of your own vacation.
Forget liquidations, destocking, and the express-sales-last-minute-great-prices-that-go-on-forever.
Breath in, relax… the best offers are waiting for you. Take your time to feel the affinity in your dreams and you will see that Affinitours has more than one trip in its bag… just for you. |
Tags:creator, no trappings, real solution, relax
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28APR2009
Its already time to go home 
Going back to the village wasn’t much fun... |
Go away somewhere, ok, but where? Go where, for what?
There is no way that Céline and William want to relive the last package deal where everything was planned ahead, but it all turned as sour as vinegar!
Everyone was fine with organising the ‘group package’, but because each person had their own ideas, everything started going horribly wrong right from the first day! The so called ‘group’, who supposedly shared the same passion for mountain climbing started to melt just like the snow under the sun – and since then the friendly relations have become very … tense. The walk through the mountain paths was decididly… icy.
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Affinitours avoids trendy package deals that are “Organised in Advance”
Affinitours is about sharing the same ideals 
And the peak of affinities is reached! |
The secret of Affinitours is to help you with ideas to build your own trips and share them with other people motivated by the same things as you. Whether you know them or not, you can imagine and build your trips together, because all your ideals and passions are based on your affinities.
And with adventures planned so passionately, each person’s experience will be as enriching as the next – and thats the spirit of Affinitours.
And as for the conditions of the places to stay at, the Affinitours members will always get the best deals.
The rule? Whether its a party in the chalet, or a night in the refuge, no seasonal prices will be slipping around because we have a tight rope on it all!
Solidarity! |
Tags:common passions, good ambiance, groups, trip
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27APR2009
Who’s really getting the cash... 
from percentages to percentages ? |
Lea, Sophie and Kim are thrilled with their plan (and especially the price!). They just found on allpricenet.com the incomparable offer of a lifetime dream vacation. Everything is included, even the price, and you don’t need glasses to read that the price is right – its written BIG – So at least thats clear, its net, and that’s direct!
Thank YOU internet!
Except that when you click the last button ‘confirm’ out come all the other hidden costs. all kind of costs added one by one : the person who took the order, the person who looks after the ‘vouchers’, the person who took the reservation for the hotel, the person who looks after the website, the person who found the destination, the person we don’t even know about and so the list goes on.
So for direct net pricing, all that is not very… net… and the price we thought so cheap is actually getting higher and higher with all these intermediate & expensive costs adding up (but apparently they are inevitable!) |
Affinitours offers great plans with real prices
They chose affinitours ! 
Affinitours : offering transparency on pricing |
Nancy, Jack, Eve, Tim, Theo, Julia and Laura all went to the same place, at the same time, and between the seven of them, ended up paying less than Lea, Sophie and Kim… And they had another 3 days thrown in for free…
Their plan? Affinitours
Affinitours changes habits… Friends and members of Affinitours get really great net group pricing negociated for them directly.
With this much transparency, the prices are so clear, that you can almost see through them!
So under the sun, they have a whole new view of pricing rather than the usual total block… |
Tags:real prices, transparency
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20APR2009
Looking forward to some great scores |
Golf is Stevens passion… he would really like a long weekend swinging on the green with other golfers. This week while searching on the internet, he found a ‘weekend special for golfers’ only 2 hours away from his place… looked like the perfect deal! Golf not being Sandra’s favorite thing, he decides to go alone, with the idea of meeting other like minded golfers during his weekend away. |
The golfers playing hard 
The defeat |
Once he arrives – the nightmare begins…
Steven realises that he has made a big mistake. The weekend has been organised for people to look at the view of the green rather than playing on the green - with talk of everthing from movies and fashion to art and theater – but nothing about practising their killer swings or lowering their handicaps!
Finally, after some tentative swings, and hundreds of golf balls lost in the neighbouring woods, everyone decides to go back to the hotel to practise their swings around the bar.
Steven finds himself alone in the middle of the golf course. No exciting playoffs for him – what a wasted weekend! |
Affinitours avoids these bad surprises!
Affinitours : avoid bad surprises to keep only the best! |
If Steven had used Affinitours, he would have had his dream weekend. He could have prepared his weekend ahead on Affinitours.com with as if he was planning a weekend between golfing buddies, crossing irons with other golf lovers ready to battle out the 18 hole golf course together. Affinitours allows you to organise your vacation not only around the destination you choose, but also your favorite pastimes, with other people who share the same interests.
And between golfers, the ‘club’ spirit is much more fun in a group than putting your golf ball alone… tee off anyone? |
Tags:golf, groups, passions, sports
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9APR2009
 Safari with no laughs |
Since she was a little girl Jane T has dreamed of going on a group safari trip to Kenya. Her dream becomes reality as Jane T flies to Kenya in 6 days time. Whats planned? Trips out to the Savanne, new adventures, new sensations and evenings full of fun back at the club.
Jane will have the sights, elephants, giraffes, not to mention all the fun with the rest of the group, beautiful warm evenings outside full of fun with lots of new people to meet. |
 The horrers of dancing parties  Good enought to twist your neck |
On arrival, catastrophy … all Jane T’s safari companions are over 60 years old! Peter and Mary always complaining because they dont like the sun or the dust… Martin and Samantha, always first to climb into the bus to take ‘their seats’. In the evening, its time for the dance party, but not too late, and not too loud, with music from the sixties that Jane T doesn’t even recognise…
Finally, instead of Jane T’s safari turning out to be a wild adventure in the savanne, the only thing being taken for a ride is her bank account… |
Affinitours avoids casting errors
 Affinitours – makes casting a vacation thats just like you possible. |
From now on, you can choose your own group, with people that share the same interests as you, have the same affinities as you, and save money. That is the meaning of affinitours: live the same passions, share the same destinations.
And when a tribe from affinitours starts spreading, its more practicial to be on a safari. |
Tags:casting, groups
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