Archive for June, 2008

I have been reading many articles lately about available discounts on luxury travel to destinations all over the world.  One of the problems with luxury travel discounts is that they come and go very quickly and no site I have ever seen has been very consistent in their offers.  At Skyauction.com we have been building our luxury product line from day we opened our doors in 1999.  We have been auctioning top level properties, first and business class airfares, and luxury cruise products everyday at discounts that you won’t find anywhere else.   We had to develop a new way to auction these products called, “Hidden Bid” because the values that these products represent are so extreme that we can only show them to the participants of the auctions themselves.  (So if you want to see you going to have to jump in and bid for yourself!)

The reason we can do this is because we work with our suppliers to develop a strategy to fill inventory during specific periods without discounting their prices in the marketplace.  This allows them the ability to keep marketplace prices higher and work with us through the auction process to fill as much, or as little inventory as they need to, when they need to.  We call it, “creating demand” for products because we can focus sales in a way that few other companies really can. 

So if you are interested in luxury travel and you like saving money, check out our offers and if you haven’t done so before, I am sure you will be quite pleased.

Check luxury offers here.

On this Father’s Day I will be remembering the man who introduced me to travel and helped put me on a career path that while difficult has been rewarding and a lot of fun as well.  My Dad was kind of an aviation pioneer, of sorts.  He began his airline career back in the 1950’s before it expanded into the mass transportation system it is today.  He wasn’t CEO or even an executive, he was guy who worked the ramp at a very small airport in Newark NJ for that great by-gone airline Eastern Air Lines.  As a child I remember riding the tractors with him across the ramp (pre-high level security) and how cool it was to pull up to the airplane and watch the well dressed people climb the stairs to all kinds of exotic destinations. (Miami)  I can still remember how proud I was of my Dad and how special I felt to be there with him working on giant airplanes.  I used to dream of being one of those people capable of traveling anytime to virtually anywhere in the world without boundaries but I knew how expensive it was and that the only way a kid like me could accomplish that was to get a job like my Dad working for an airline, preferably Eastern Air Lines. 

I am happy to say that I was able to do that and much more.  Working for many different airlines I always enjoyed being able to follow in my Dad’s footsteps in basically working in a business that allowed people the freedom to live their lives by moving from place to place for any number of reasons. The excitement of the business and the constant urgency that seemed to be “ever present” I feel was the perfect lead into our fast paced online travel present day.  Although I have left the airline business behind, I still have great respect for the difficulty, responsibility and the pressures they have to keep themselves afloat and provide jobs for the hundreds of thousands of guys (and Girls), who like my Dad, worked so hard so all of us could simply, fly.  I salute them all and my Father’s Day wish is for the return of better days for the aviation industry so they will be able to continue to do exactly that.  Working for an airline isn’t easy, but sometimes, it can be really cool!  Thanks Dad.

My Dad had a fondness for traveling in First and Business class so please check out our offers to destinations in the USA and the World over.

Skyauction.com First and Business Class offers.

Usually I don’t paraphrase our Federal Government but here is one concept that I happen to like.  When it comes to stimulation, what could be better than a fun way to save money on travel?   It makes prudent economic sense to “invest” your money in one of our many vacation or lifestyle auctions where you, the consumer determine the amount you want to spend.  Hey, if you’re flexible, there are many, many bargains to be won on Skyauction.com.  We don’t require that you take a lifestyle cut to experience real value because we have hundreds of offers to choose from, many of which are for very upscale products, resorts, cruises and air line tickets!

So in closing, it is our position that we can stimulate your personal economy by allowing you to decide where and how you want to travel and the amount of money you want to spend (or save) by bidding at Skyauction.com.  It may not be the same as getting a check from your very rich uncle but the money you save will look just as nice in your bank account at the end of the auction!

I will save you $50 on any of these right off the bat!