Talk about success

Talk about being well worth it.  The long days and endless nights certainly were while we were at the PhoCusWright conference.  Did I say endless, I should have said sleepless.  What a time it was at the convention this week.  We launched our product, made many new friends, started several new relationships, went to a vast array of cocktail parties and dinner parties and shook about a thousand hands.  In the end we met with some of the heaviest hitters in the travel industry with unbelievable results.

Before we left for the conference there was a bit of trepidation and sweaty palms.  Now that it is nearly over it is apparent that it has been an unbelievable experience and a huge success.  During our presentation bloggers and travel critic as well as the press were just tweeting away talking about the need for our product and the utile nature of our UI.  The convenience of our product brought oh’s and ahs from many travel sources that until now could never monetize the space we fill.

So was our journey a success?  Absolutely!  Will our technology stand the test of time?  Indications are very good and hopes are high.  I for one believe that we have hit a home run and the ball is headed toward the wall and out of the park.  Come back soon and I will tell you what the plan for the New Year is going to shape up to look like.   It is a great time in history and a better time here at CheapLimoRates.com.

By Jae Morey

CheapLimoRates.com LimoSaures has Arrived!

CHEAPLIMORATES.COM LAUNCHING NOVEMBER 17, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Jae C. Morey
CheapLimoRates.com
P: 602-910-5980
F: 602-513-7149
Jae@cheaplimorates.com
www.cheaplimorates.com

 

Phoenix, AZ, November 17, 2009 — CheapLimoRates.com has entered into the realm of true innovation on November 17, 2009 when we launch the first ever Web 2.0 comparison shopping booking engine website in the limousine industry at the PhoCusWright conference in Orlando, Florida. CheapLimoRates.com is one of a few select travel technology companies presenting our new limousine service comparison shopping booking engine website to the online travel industry leaders as well as leaders from all a crossed the travel segment.

CheapLimoRates.com technology capabilities matches millions of travelers and retail consumers looking for ground transportation services with thousand of limousine service providers in one convenient, user friendly web 2.0 online environment. This allows customers to search dozens of limousine companies in any given market, select a service that meets their specific needs and book their transportation online. CheapLimoRates.com gives public the ability to easily search, shop-compare, automate bookings, request price quotes, set up personal and business accounts and even talk with one of our knowledgeably and friendly customer service representatives. “I think this is a really exciting time for the customers and limousine companies. We believe that CheapLimoRates.com will have a transformational impact on the limousine industry and the way consumers go about searching, shopping and booking their next ride, stated Jae Morey-VP of Business Development for CheapLimoRates.com”.

Our team is truly excited about our launch and the opportunity to demonstrate our technology to some of the major players in all things travel. CheapLimoRates.com’s technology will help to strengthen the limousine industries position within the travel community and give the consumer greater choices for transportation when choosing how they arrive at the airport or leave from the airport to their destination. By offering limousine or sedan services directly to the travel industry leaders, we give the consumer choices and we generate new revenue streams for many online travel companies that need to find new ways of generating revenues in order to survive in this economy.

About CheapLimoRates.com

CheapLimoRates.com is the first Web 2.0 comparison shopping booking engine in the limousine industry specifically designed for the unmanaged business and leisure travel sector of the travel industry, with a focus on the retail sector as well. Our technology gives customers the ability to shop-compare thousands of limousine suppliers instantly and book their rides in real time. After nearly two years of research and development our team has developed the most user friendly comparison shopping and booking engine in the industry. Our user interface is so simple that a consumer in need of a limousine or sedan service can shop compare and book their service in as little as three minutes.

CheapLimoRates.com On The Rise

Talk about exiting and cutting edge.  Cheaplimorates.com has been invited by PhocusWright the leading authority on travel and travel trends to demonstrate our exciting and innovative new technology at the Travel Innovation Summit on November 16-19 in Orlando Florida this year.  The innovators from around the world come together to demonstrated innovative technologies that will change the travel industry and how consumers utilize travel.

 

It is truly exciting to know that we are not only considered an innovator in the travel industry but too a new and essential part of the industry as a whole.  Not only are we a presenter at the event, we are also launching the company nationally on the first day of the conference.  We have so many things going on that day that it will be a truly exciting and extremely unique launch.

 

CheapLimoRates.com will be the one of the first true comparison shopping and booking engine for the unmanaged business, leisure and retail segment of the travel industry.  Our website will incorporate several unique tools that will allow travelers to shop, compare and book chauffeured services from one website with a few simple clicks of their mouse.  Our network of suppliers will be able to offer their excess inventory to our consumers in real time and offer them incentives to utilize their services.  We see this as a true benefit to our customers and to the industry as a whole.

 

CheapLimoRates.com will cause quite a stir in the industry and we believe we will introduce a whole new segment of travelers to a ten billion dollar industry.  We are very excited about this opportunity and look forward to creating distribution partnerships with some of the leaders in the industry.  If you are in the travel or hospitality industry and would like to discuss our unique product and opportunity please contact the individual named below.  We look forward to seeing you at the conference.

 

Jae Morey

VP of Business Development

Jae@cheaplimorates.com

http://CheapLimoRates.com

http://twitter.com/cheaplimorates

Why did we choose Cheaplimorates.com name?

Why did we choose CheapLimoRates.com name?  Was it to personify our industry as a taxi cab service?  No.  In fact, our reasons were exactly the opposite.  In order to give our consumers an incentive to search our site and give our Limousine Partners the greatest exposure, we searched thousands of travel search keywords that get consumers to click on a site.  The word Cheap is a word that gets people to take a look. There are thousands of consumers looking for great deals in the sagging economy and by listing your prices, right along with your competitors you are setting your prices based on your unused vehicles, your service levels and your scheduling needs. Because we focus on the unscheduled vehicle inventory and services you have sitting in the garage, you may be able to give the consumer a great deal. Our site is very market based, so what is a good deal in one area of the country, may not be in another.  You set your rates, we do not price control.  Your price your inventory based on what your local market can bear. If you are looking for goods and services and you see a website that says “prestigious limousines .com” and one that says CheapLimoRates.com which one are you going to click on first?  That is why we chose our name.

Innovation Finally Coming to the Limousine Industry

I was sitting in a meeting the other day and I got really excited when I realized that we were on the cusp of our alpha launch of our incredible new technology.  Soon Q&A and beta testing will be done and then it will be time for the launch of our new technology designed to revolutionize the limousine industry.  With our launch will come several very unique marketing efforts that is going to WOW the world.  I realized while sitting in that meeting that I was going to be a part of history.

Cheaplimorates.com will enter into the online comparison shopping and booking market with a unique business model that will give travelers and consumers a convenient on stop shopping opportunity in the chauffeured transportation market.  The truly exciting part is that consumers can shop for limousine services nationally by utilizing just one website that gives them in depth information on thousands of limousine services throughout the United States.  They will be able to see the limousine services inventory, customer rankings, traveler reviews and each company’s specials, terms, history and much more.

The consumer will no longer need to search dozens of static websites in order to find a suitable company to book their car service through.  Our powerful technology will allow them to find the services they need quickly and easily and have the benefit of convenience and outstanding customer service. Cheaplimorates.com will truly make the chore of finding chauffeured transportation a simple and enjoyable experience.

Cheaplimorates.com is schedule to launch our innovative and powerful comparison shopping and booking engine on November 17, 2009.  Consumers will be excited to know that with the same ease that they book airline tickets and hotel rooms, they can now book sedan and limousine services.  Keep following our blog for more information.

By Jae Morey

Search, Shop and Book Limos! What a great idea!

Are you a busy executive on the go?  Maybe you have retired and you lead and active life of leisure that includes extensive travel.  There are millions of people in the world that book their travel through various means and one of the means that has made all of our lives easier is the advent of on-line booking tools and search engines. If you have ever utilized those tools you know the benefits of such services.  However, if you are going to book chauffeured ground transportation, where do you turn?

Currently we have under development a web 2.0 search, shop and compare booking engine website that will list thousands of limousine companies together in one centralized location.  This website will give the busy business traveler and the savvy leisure enthusiast access to thousands of limousines and sedans at deeply discounted rates.  In today’s economic climate, this website will benefit the consumer and the suppliers of chauffeured ground transportation, by providing both with finding great deals or marketing great deals.

Over the next few months, our technology platform will be launched to market and millions of consumers will have access to the only comparison shopping and booking engine website today.  If you think that you would be interested in having such tools and services available to you, keep an eye out for CheapLimoRates.com.  You can return to this blog for more details in the near future.  If you are an online travel service and you are interested in partnering with us please contact us.

Online Travel Industry…..Wouldn’t it be nice?

The online travel industry is a seven trillion dollar business worldwide.  It represents one of the largest industries in the world.  Even in the tumultuous economy, online travel is still growing, albeit not as fast has it had in recent years, but it is still a rapid growth industry.  With all of the options out there for online travel, no one can offer their upscale or business clientele the ability to with a click order a limousine or sedan service to either get them to or from the airport or take them from their hotel or place of business for a night on the town, or a business meeting or lunch.  Seven trillion dollars in travel dollars and that service does not exist with the click of a button…Well until now.

CheapLimoRates.com will provide our industry partners the opportunity to offer these services with the click of a button.  Our web 2.0 comparison shopping and booking engine website, the only one of its type currently, matches public with thousands of chauffeured transportation providers who are heavily discounting their rates just to book their excess vehicle inventory, a feat heretofore unheard of.  That of course was until our technology platform becomes available.  This powerful technology will give online airline travel, cruise and hotel sites the ability to offer their clientele a comparison shopping and automated booking capabilities directly to the limousine industry.

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could offer your clients a service that has not been available until now?  Wouldn’t it be nice if you could add new revenue stream to your bottom line? If you want to know more contact us alan@cheaplimorates.com and we will work with you on a distribution partnership or some other form of partnership that will be beneficial for you and your clients.

Real Limo Change you can Believe in…

In today’s busy world for the business and leisure traveler, so many tools have been introduced to make the whole experience easier and better.  However, when it comes to booking a sedan or limousine service, such tools are totally absent.  Many travelers question why?  When such services are needed, consumers must still use the old method of looking up multiple websites and hopefully finding a reputable provider that actually fulfills the promises made on their site.

This writer knows that many travelers question why such a dilemma exists.  The problem has seemed insurmountable and yet the reason is simple.  A full ninety percent of all limousine and sedan service providers are small operations with anywhere from one to twenty vehicles.  In truth there are less than five hundred limousine companies with more than twenty vehicles.  In the United States there are almost thirteen thousand limousine or sedan service providers.  None of these companies are hooked in to a national data base that allows for a one stop shopping experience, like Hotels.com or Kayak or any of the other convenient tools offered to the frequent traveler.

With so many providers and no solution for the traveler, it is at best a hit and miss proposition when it comes to securing these services.  Well, fear not for such a technology is currently in development.  Cheaplimorates.com is a Web 2.0 product that will link thousands of limousine services together in one convenient location.  The travel tool will allow you to go to one website and look at hundreds of companies located in your desired destination city.  You will be able to search through these companies for the one that best suits your needs.  The site will include transparent pricing, customer reviews, a full description of the company including a list of their available inventory and pictures of the vehicle you are booking.

Cheaplimorates.com will become the only tool you will ever need, to make reservations for limousine or sedan service wherever you need to be, whether it is Des Moines, Iowa or Bangkok, Thailand.  This website will give you access to the world and give you the opportunity to “Search, Shop, Book” your transportation needs.  Cheaplimorates.com is revolutionary new technology that will make your ground transportation experience a truly simple and rewarding one.  Come back often for more information.

Is it a Matter of Economics

I find myself sometimes at a loss nowadays. I was brought into the limousine industry quite by accident and as is my want, I took the time to learn the industry inside and out. In my tenure within the industry I have discovered a litany of paradigm that exist amongst limousine providers that boggles the mind.
One of the first of these odd behaviors that I encountered was how some of the providers in industry have resolute beliefs that they will not, cannot and won’t be seen as a commodity. I really found that fascinating, because a commodity is describe as product, goods, trade item or service that is exchanged for monetary gain. So when I came across providers who would devoutly state that they were not going to allow their clients to see them as a commodity, I thought they had really, truly lost their minds. I am sure you can understand my confusion.

I had someone explain to me that within the industry, many providers want to be seen as a value added service and the epitome of ultimate in luxury and achievement. In my multi-faceted career I have worked within industries that exuded exactly that, however, they recognized that they were in fact a marketable commodity and therefore they presented themselves to their clientele as such. The limousine industry has for some reason refused to grasp the basic concepts of economics and the power of supply and demand.
I fear for an industry that believes they can somehow rise above the reality of our current economic slowdown and weather this rapidly oncoming storm of financial disaster and resolutely stand by their old paradigms. Change is not only coming, but it is coming with a vengeance and when it arrives, if you are not on the cutting edge of technology, if you are holding to outdated ideas of this industry, then a lot of operators within the industry are going to fail.
I work daily with a company that is trying to solve the current problems faced by the industry, through a powerful technology that will allow providers to reach out to their clients in real time as never before and to increase their customer base as never before. However, this new technology is only valuable to those within the industries who are looking for higher profits and understand that change is coming and in order to survive, we as an industry must change as well.