I have researched and consulted literally hundreds upon hundreds of franchises, traditional businesses, and home-based business opportunities around the world.

I can't tell you what business opportunity is right for you without talking in great length about your experience, background, personality, intelligence, education, goals, or financial situation.

Anyone that says they can - over the phone or in person - within a few minutes or hours of knowing you, please run away from them as fast as you can.

This type of person cares about themselves and about selling you something, so they can make money off of you, not with you! They are certainly not looking out for what is in your best interest!

What I can tell you, honestly, from an expert business consultant's point of view is this, and only this: No traditional business or legitimate home-based business I know of or have heard of can you get started for an initial start-up investment of just $2K-$11K.

Within a day of getting started, the product is marketed to business owners and other individuals around the world. A product with a proven value of more than 10x the price of what is being sold to your customers.

Within a few months or even weeks most business owners have made back their TOTAL business investment or more! Compared to the average traditional business or franchise that takes on average 4 years to get its initial investment back.

Company Name	Net Worth Requirements	Required Capital	Comments
WSI INTERNET #1 Rate Internet Franchise	10% ongoing royalty or $300 a month minimum royalty payment regardless if you make any money or not !	$49,700	"I have a buddy in Texas that spent the $50K about 2 years ago & is still a dealer for them. Said 80% of dealers don't make it & it's not worth the money"
Cousin's Subs	N/A	$50,000	"I'd rather eat the subs then drop $100K-$300K don't know about you?"
iSold It eBay Drop Off Stores	$50,000+	$50,000	"Sell other people's junk on eBay for them at a retail storefront."
Planet Beach World's largest & fastest growing neighborhood tanning spaT franchise	$225,000+	$30,001 - $177,000	"You have to be kidding me! Quarter of a million dollars net worth requirement for a tanning salon?"
UPS Store	$150,000+	$138,685 - $245,494	"I use there services weekly but owners I talked to don't seem too thrilled with there investments."
Macco	$300,000 +	$50,000 - $100,000	"$300K to paint other people's cars!"
Subway Largest Franchise in the world	N/A	$360,000	"My favorite fast food place to eat. I seriously looked into buying 1-2 franchises about 4 years ago."
Taco Bell	$1,000,000+	$360,000	"If you have a spare million dollars lying around then go for it."
The Coffee Beanery	$250,000 +	$50,000	"Having a quaint little coffee shop would be cute, but you will have to sell a lot of $2 coffees to get your money back!"
Sonic Drive In	$1,000,000+	$500,000-$1M	"Now I know why Drive in restaurants are almost all extinct. A half a million to one million dollars to start. WOW!"
Pizza Hut	$1,000,000+	$300,000	"If I had a million dollars lying around I would spend it on something other than a pizza joint. But that's just me!"
Solana MedSpas	N/A	$300,000	"Now I know why all my massages are so expensive!"
Mr. Handiman	$50,000+	$40,000 - $50,000	"What handyman that you know has $50K to start a franchise? If he did he wouldn't be a handyman anymore!"
Aussie Pet Mobile	N/A	$75,000-$240,000	"I love animals as much as the next person, but I'll just go adopt a few animals much cheaper."
The Little Gym	$200,000+	$145,700 - $228,000	"I love kids & starting my own Children's Foundation soon but $200K net worth to be a full-time babysitter?"
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream	$360,000+	$60,000	"Lots of competition with Dairy Queen & Cold Stone Creamery. Never see a BJ's store anywhere in the US?"
Pro Golf Discount Oldest & largest golf only retail franchise in the world.	$500,000+	$250,000	"Quarter to half a million to sell golf stuff to golfers?"
Great Clips	$300,000+	$75,000	"You will have to give a lot of bad hair cuts to break even here my friend."
Play It Again Sports	$300,000+	$186,000 - $354,000	"$300K to sell used sports equipment."
Microtel Inn	N/A	$400,000-$1M	"Who wants to own a cheap motel chain for $400K plus to get started?"
Schlotzsky's Deli	$400,000+	$125,000	"They state you must have successful background in business or franchise ownership, management experience in food or retail within past five years."
Merle Norman Cosmetics	N/A	$40,000 - $194,850	"I'm a man what do I know about cosmetics?"
Kentucky Fried Chicken	N/A	$360,000	"Now I know why Colonel Sanders is always smiling."
Coastal Vacations Call Center	N/A	$1,995-$11,000	Make $1,000-$9,705 per sale with a product every business owner or person could use to save thousands on travel & help market with.

Disclaimer : The figures and information stated above are from various websites that advertise franchise opportunities such as www.franchiseforsale.com, www.franchisegator.com, www.franchiseworks.com, and the actual corporate websites of the franchises above. Above information could be updated or changed at any time by each franchise, so please check directly with the corporate franchise for exact details. The above numbers also don't include ongoing royalties or fees you would have to pay which range from 5%-15% of your gross sales! I respect these franchises, and I am just stating my own personal opinions of these franchises in regards to the huge opportunity we all have with Coastal Vacations.

"NAME ME ONE OTHER BUSINESS IN THE WORLD WITH
A MARKET CAP & PRODUCT VALUE LIKE THE COASTAL
VACATIONS TRAVEL PACKAGES!"

You can feel great about saving people & businesses thousands a year on their family's & friends' travel plans.

Every year more and more people around the world shop and book all their travel online.

You can market only the business opportunity travel packages as a stand-alone product & make $1,000-$6,500 per sale.

You can market only the travel packages as a stand-alone retail product & make $1,000-$9,705 per sale.

You can market both the retail product & business opportunity for a faster & bigger income!

You get the coastal call center with it's toll free number and professionally trained business development managers that explain, convince, follow up, and close all your prospects!

You get your own customized website and your own registered domain name. Not some cheap MLM, self-replicated website like www.saynotomlm.com/benjordan.

Numerous marketing materials to get you started right away such as 250 business cards, 250 door hangers, 250 flyers & 250 postcards.

Pre-written proven and tested marketing materials such as newspaper ads, follow-up letters, sales letter & banner ads.

Twice a year Coastal training seminars where distributors from all over the world come to share ideas and marketing tactics.

Backed by a worldwide leader in discount travel that has been around for over 26 years.

Daily training calls to help you get better educated on the travel package features and benefits.

Travel personally to the best cruise ships, hotels, condos & resorts around the world for up to 85% off what everyone else is paying.

Do you want a business that's fun to talk about to others and that everyone loves talking about?

Wouldn't you like for once for people to start to think of you as a true professional, a specialist, a consultant or a travel expert ? Or the person that is always bothering people into joining some MLM or getting them to come to some home party, so you can try to sell them your latest get-rich-quick scheme, vitamins or supplements line!

A business that you - in just your 3rd or 4th sale - would make your entire initial investment back or more!

Show me any company, product, or service in the world that you can do all of this with!

1-800-378-1169 ID#6350BJ

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CASE STUDY #1 Car Dealership

"Shaganappi Chevrolet Oldsmobile Uses Travel Incentives
to Support Effective Travel Themed Promotions..."

Customer Profile:
Founded in 1976 by Italo Sartorio, taken over by son Gary Sartorio in 1994. Shaganappi Chevrolet Oldsmobile is Western Canada's #1 Chevrolet Dealership. An award winning dealership based in Calgary, Alberta that sells new and used cars to retail customers and fleets. For over 25 years, the firm has provided a superior level of customer service and has been recognized over 9 times by the industry for its dedication to customer satisfaction.

Industry: Retail & Fleet Auto Sales and Leasing

Corporate Travel Incentives Products: A Cruise for Two

Business Situation:
Shaganappi has a large new and used car inventory and promotes aggressively to sell over 325 units a month. Gord Pidde, General Sales Manager, has been using the "Cruise for Two" incentive program since 1999 as the underpinning of his cruise based promotional campaigns. The incentive programs were introduced to help increase foot traffic and generate excitement within the showroom.

Solution:
Since Shaganappi began using the incentive program in 1999 to increase floor traffic and sales conversions, the dealership has experienced amazing growth. Shaganappi has moved from #4 in Calgary to number #1 in Western Canada within a few years. The "Cruise For Two" travel incentive program was used effectively in a variety of promotions, including most recently a Christmas promotion that contrasted the warmth of the Caribbean Sun with a Winter promotion in Calgary.

"We've been running the promotion since 1999, and since then, we've jumped from #4 in Calgary to #1 in the city, to #1 in the province and now, #1 in Western Canada . . . You run these incentive programs right, and you'll sell more cars." - Gord Pidde, General Sales Manager

"What are the key reasons for Shaganappi's
success with the travel incentive?"

1. Good Staff:
" A well trained, motivated staff is essential. We hold two sales meetings per week, 52 weeks a year to ensure that any sales push we make, any promotion we run, is executed effectively. We have to ensure employees will buy into a promotion to make it effective." Gord has blended the methodologies of different sales trainers and motivators to focus his staff. He regularly trains sales consultants to keep these sales methods at the top of their minds. Shaganappi uses a "non-confrontational" selling style popularized by motivators like Anthony Robbins and combines it with event-based promotions, which works very well."

2. Motivated Staff:
Gord also used the cruise to create excitement within the dealership. "Did we give out cruises to employees? Absolutely! We held a general meeting and watched the Carnival Cruise video to create a sense of excitement around the promotion. We supplied cruises to employees in other departments of the dealership. I took the Mexican Riviera cruise myself and really enjoyed it ."

3. Good Advertising:
" We compliment our sales training with promotions that are inventive, consistent, and hard-hitting. We do it all: Radio, TV, and newspapers, advertising the sales incentive and the dealership. Since we started using the travel incentives, our floor traffic has really increased. We promote the cruise package with everything: new cars, used cars, and leases; doesn't matter. We decorate the showroom to create a cruise type atmosphere. When people come in, we say to them, 'You're here about the cruise, right?"

4. Dedication:
" Perseverance is also key. Stick with it. Don't quit. We've been running the promotion since 1999, and since then, we've jumped from #4 in Calgary to #1 in the city, #1 in the province and now, #1 in Western Canada. Shaganappi is growing rapidly. Our service department has had to grow to accommodate the demand. We've added 8 more service bays as well as 2 more body shop bays due to increased demand. It's simple. You run these incentive programs right and you'll sell more cars."

CASE STUDY #2 Leasing Company

"Auffenberg Auto mall uses cruise and sports
incentives to energize auto sales..."

Customer Profile:
Auffenberg Dealer Group is an Illinois based auto dealer that provides a cross section of retail auto brands to the Illinois market. Auffenberg St. Clair Auto mall, a retail footprint of the auto group in O'Fallon Illinois, consists of a network of dealers that market the Chrysler, Jeep, Kia, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Suzuki and Volkswagen brands. Since April of 2002, the Auffenberg St. Clair Auto mall has regularly used incentives to create promotional energy and excitement.

Customer Challenge:
Charles North of the Auffenberg St. Clair Auto mall recognized the need for promotions that rewarded customers and drove traffic to the dealership. The highly competitive nature of auto sales drove Charles to find incentives which would provide the unique difference his auto mall dealers needed to push sales.

Incentive Program Goal:
Motivate Customers and Energize Sales Staff
. Generate increased traffic with strong incentive program.
. Use incentive with tremendous motivating potential

Solution Overview:
As Marketing Director of the Auffenberg St. Clair Auto mall, Charles needed promotions that had broad customer appeal. Charles elected to the Silver Cruise Collection incentive to bolster consumer awareness of the auto mall and reward customers for the purchase of a new vehicle. The cruise incentive that Auffenberg employed grew out of a partnership with Carnival Cruise Lines. This relationship permitted Charles's GM's to leverage the brand equity of Carnival, the worlds largest cruise line, supercharging the Auffenberg promotion with an affordable family-oriented incentive. The 4days/3nights cruise offered to purchasing clients provided Auffenberg with a product with high perceived value that lured customers with the promise of a free cruise. Additionally, the physical presentation and design of the Carnival Cruise brochure allowed GM's to quickly establish credibility with clients and ease them into the purchase of their new car.

In March of 2003, Auffenberg put together a newly launched incentive: the "Pro-Sports Road trip" and an incentive package that provides a professional sport vacation that includes tickets and a hotel stay for the recipients. North recognized that this incentive could generate huge appeal, feeding on the rivalry between the Chicago CubsT and the St. Louis CardinalsT, fierce National League rivals in Major League Baseball. Participating dealers ate up the promotion and were able to create a unique brand of excitement that has resulted in superior sales performance. "No other incentive company has been able to provide this high level of promotional energy with a premium. Some of the dealers swear it's the best promotion they've ever run."

Media Campaign included:

Print advertising in Newspaper
POP signage
Radio

Note: Leasing Companies have always had successful promotions, and increased their sales when using vacation incentives. We at Coastal Vacation Experiences, plan to serve our clients in such a way that your customers and your employees always win and your profits always increase. Always check applicable laws and regulations of industry for rules about providing rewards and incentive programs.

CASE STUDY #3 Lottery Company

British Columbia Lottery Corporation Logo Graphic

"British Columbia Lottery Corporation uses
Retailer Rewards to stimulate product sales..."

Customer Profile:
British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) is a 1.61 billion dollar company that provides high-quality gaming entertainment to the citizens of British Columbia. BCLC, a Crown Corporation, markets its lottery products through a private sector network of over 2,650 retail locations who receive an "industry standard commission rate" and additional bonuses for superior sales performance.

Customer Challenge:
"The introduction of a travel and merchandise reward program proved to be a much needed motivational tool that not only increased sales and participation from retailers but also created excitement."

Joseph Crivici, BC Lottery Corporation:
Joseph Crivici of BC Lottery Corp, recognized the need for a program that drove performance in the retail sales group. "Every year, starting in the fall after our year end, we begin a series of monthly promotions that concentrate on specific products. Starting last year, we decided to motivate and focus individual retailers with a corporate store challenge, but we'd never done anything like that before. We believed that a pay or reward for performance program would generate loyalty and improve focus, and we're looking at new, innovative ways to grow the business. We settled on a phased points program that uses a variety of incentives, including travel incentives."

Incentive Program Goal:

- Motivate Retailers and Staff
- Generate increased loyalty and focus with reward programs supported by the Retail Stores Group.

CASE STUDY #4 Leasing Company

Centennial Leasing & Sales Logo Graphic

"Centennial Leasing increases referrals and
web site traffic..."

Customer Profile:
Centennial Leasing is an independent auto sales and leasing company that provides personal auto buying services to participating Credit Union members and the general public.

Customer Overview:
"The consumer never has to go to a dealership when they use Centennial. The customer contacts us, tells us what they want - new or pre-owned; we find the vehicle(s), have them available at our facility for the customer to test drive, customer makes their selection with no pressure from a car salesperson or any influence from any specific brand/manufacturer, customer drives home in their new vehicle (with a smile on their face)! Centennial has sold over 40,000 vehicles by making this service available for people who don't have time to car shop or are intimidated by having to deal with a 'dealership'." - David Pope, General Manager

"HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO HELP YOU TRIPLE YOUR COMPANY'S OR ORGANIZATION'S SALES AS WELL AS GENERATE MORE LEADS AND CUSTOMERS FOR YOU PRACTICALLY OVERNIGHT!"

Doesn't this sound like a win/win situation for you and me, working together to grow your business?

Give away luxury Cruises, week long relaxing condo stays, and gorgeous resort stays for 3 days/2 nights up to 8 days/7 nights in exotic destinations all over the world.

The Ultimate Incentive is TRAVEL!

Coastal Vacations is being utilized more frequently than ever before to motivate employees, distributors, dealers, affiliates, prospects, and customers to achieve specific business goals and objectives.

Incentives are rooted in the very heart of our worldwide economic system from ma and pa businesses to Fortune 500 companies.

The greater the effort, the greater the reward!

Nothing motivates individuals more than a cruise...not even cash bonuses!

Cruise travel is exciting, glamorous, romantic, and - above all else - memorable. Here are just a few of the goals and objectives that can be achieved with an incentive travel membership:

Increase sales volume

New account sales

Secure early orders

Improve market share

Move old inventory

Introduce new products

Reduce absenteeism

Improve quality control

Improve safety record

Improve morale and goodwill

Create Sales Contest Rewards

Rewards or Gifts for Customer Appreciation Days

Coastal Vacations is the leader throughout the world with its unique lifetime travel memberships which offers the ability to purchase cruises, hotels, resorts, condos, and other products in UNLIMITED quantities to help your business get the upper hand and make the customer or employee happy. We specialize in vacation comps or premiums, which you can get for pennies on the dollar. We house over 30 vendors in our travel packages, so you don't have to shop anywhere else. We give you access to them all at the lowest prices.

Are you a business owner, executive, or manager in need of an original new way to reward your best clients, partners, affiliates, and employees?

How would you like to get access to an UNLIMITED amount of Bonus Vacations & Cruises that you can use any way you wish?

The Sky is the Limit!

With a Coastal Vacations travel membership, you will always stay ahead of your competition and never run out of unique and exciting promotions to help increase your bottom line. Best of all, you get to treat yourself, your family, and loved ones... and it's tax deductible!

With Coastal Vacations, you can have access to giving away UNLIMITED 3 or 4 night cruises on Carnival or Royal Caribbean, and they are complimentary! The award recipient only pays a one time low processing fee and the taxes. That's it!

Here's why Cruise travel tops all incentive awards:

Cruises include lodging, meals, and entertainment

Has higher perceived value

Prices competitive with land-based resorts...often less

Cruise lengths to fit your needs...from 3 night or 4 nights, with upgrades

Destinations in Florida or California or upgrade to different ports

Private parties, special functions, customized shore excursions readily available

Spouses highly motivated to help with contest

Awards are emotional and glamorous with unlimited promotional potential

Boosts both morale and employee camaraderie

Individual recognition easy with deluxe cabins, etc. upgrades are nominal

But Coastal Vacations is more than just a great incentive program.

You can also use the program for yourself or your business, and save up to 85% off all the travel and vacations you take for life , depending on where you stay and when you stay.

Most of our vendors require a typical 60 day notice before you go on a trip. Others trips can be instantly downloaded and purchased right off the net with no advance waiting period!

Nothing can compare to the Value, when you see the unlimited Premier and Platinum Packages that are available to corporations and individuals who want to make their sales soar. Buying the Premier package would normally cost over $35,000 and Platinum Package over $50,000!

But our price is a lot less than you think or would imagine!

If you are a business decision maker, please review how a Premier or Platinum vacation membership for you or your company will help your bottom line explode.

Coastal Vacations has been servicing the worldwide business community with vacation premiums and incentive for over 26 years. Why not go with the best, and give your best to your customers and employees.

Guy tearing paper with teeth picture

"Do you feel like this guy when you try to motivate your
employees or sales organization?"

Research Report

A landmark study on the 27 billion dollar incentive industry entitled Incentives, Motivation, and Workplace Performance Research and Best Practices, showed that tangible incentives dramatically increase work performance by an average of 22%. The research was sponsored by the International Society for Performance Improvement. Other findings which employers will find especially useful in these times of uncertainty include:

Incentive programs aimed at individual workers increase performance by 27%, and when directed at teams, the increase is 45%.

Incentive programs have an equal, positive impact on both quality and quantity goals.

Long term incentive programs are more powerful than short term programs (44% gain versus 20% ).

Incentive programs structured with employee input work best; however, only 23% of incentive systems were selected with employee input.

Another study was done which addressed the critical issue of Measurement of Return on Investment of incentive programs. The study, "Determining the Return on Investment of Incentive Travel Programs", coordinated by SITE Canada, focused on the approaches to measuring ROI as well as the findings of a survey of executives responsible for incentive programs, and provided a hands-on template for measuring ROI on such programs.

Another study was done about a Motivation for Excellence Survey to assess which motivational tactics are used most often, employee awareness of external motivation tactics and how employees rate their employers in the area of motivation. The findings include:

85% of employees agree that their level of motivation has an impact on either the quality or quantity of their work.

59% believe their company does not do enough to motivate.

75% say that a formal motivation program would be beneficial.

Work/life balance and employer recognition are among the most used motivational tactics.

Receiving special training, education or professional development is highly valued as a meaningful reward for a job well done.

Sales and Promotional Ideas

As you begin to look at the possibilities of doing a small or major campaign, your business needs to look at how it will be driving new leads and sales through your establishment.

We recommend contacting your current PR Media, In-House Advertising Agency, or Local Proven Ad Agency to put the whole package together for you.

We will supply you with your membership and the vacation premiums.

Ideas that have been proven to work...

Telemarketing Campaign

Direct Mail - Target Market

Direct Mail - Customer Database

Email Customer Database

Television Ads

Newspaper Ads

Newspaper Inserts

Radio Promotion

Cable TV Advertising

Contextual Local Internet Advertising (Local Search)

Sky Writing

Magazine

Outdoor Signage

Once you have selected the type of advertising, the next thing you will need to decide is how you can create a themed display in your establishment to show customers or employees their reward!

Ideas like:

Balloons

Hang Tags

Buttons

Ad Slicks

Brochures

Posters

Table Talkers

Flyers

Postcards

Banners

Yard Signs

"How to motivate your sales force during your promotions
and use vacation incentives to get them moving more volume"

Incentive Travel programs deliver ROI to the participating business like no other!

Travel has a significantly greater perceived value, trophy value, and 'shelf-life' to the end users as they anticipate, travel, and share the memories with colleagues and friends. The cost effectiveness and residual value to the participating business of Vacation travel as an incentive will reflect directly on the bottom line. They extend their value outside the actual awardees to family members and colleagues. Cash has poor Motivational Power as it is almost always viewed as "normal" compensation, an entitlement that is due the employee or customer regardless of performance. Once this pattern of reward is established, it becomes difficult to change or terminate.

The value of every dollar committed to travel incentives far outreaches the actual dollar cost, precisely because of its perceived value, the luxury status that it enjoys and the real discounts made available by the travel industry. Seasonal spikes, new product launches, and advertising campaigns benefit directly from the addition of a travel incentive layer.

Great employees deliver loyalty in spades simply because they know that along with the benefits to their company, goes their personal salary and bonus. A network of discouraged or under-performing employees affects the entire team in subtle but profound ways. Investing in incentive programs that are innovative, motivational, and personal brings big-payoffs in both the short and long term growth of any company worldwide.

Relationships take time to build, need to be nurtured, and must be genuine in order to have a lasting impact. Travel as an incentive is the most sought after reward to use when recognizing employees who go 'above and beyond'.

Design a point system and offer rewards for most points won
Create an atmosphere of travel and rewards in the workplace
Target Business Goals
Improve Employee Morale
Support Company Culture and Leadership Change
Recognize Length of Service
Decrease Staff Turnover
Invest in Valuable Employees
Acknowledge Birthdays, Weddings, or Anniversaries

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