A little while ago, I first introduced my travel business here, as well as my website.
If you like, you can read the introduction post here:
Introducing my Travel business and Crypto Payments
I was very excited to introduce this here, but it came to a little bit of a standstill, since I couldn't do much for a while.
But there have been some positive developments, and I'd like to share this with you here.
So let's get right into it!
Things happening faster than I thought
Which is always a good thing, I guess. Or not, if not prepared. Luckily, I was born prepared, so I will adapt. I had to wait to implement these changes until I had the funds to do so for at least a few months. But since my last post, I managed to lock down a more steady job, translating for a company that's trustworthy and honest. We haven't signed the contract yet because this week they had their product launch, but it will come soon.
Aside from this, I have another thing coming my way, and the AI job has been good recently, so I may just be able to do what I had planned a little sooner than expected/
I was also waiting for one more feature to be added, before I went all in, and that looks promising now. So here we are! Exciting!
The New Developments
I explained a little bit about this in my earlier post as well, but I'll do it again in short now.
I found an amazing company that lets me create my own travel booking website which will then be linked to my own website as a sub domain.
This company will charge a monthly subscription, which is reasonable since it doesn't require me to get any new licenses or anything like it, because they have it all in place.
I will be able to set my own prices, which is great, because I can give discounts where I want, and increase prices where I want too. Eventually, my plan is to give Hiveans a special discount, but we're not quite there yet. One thing at a time.
It wasn't just the funds I was waiting for, but also one huge feature they were planning but didn't have yet. During the demo with one of their sales people, he told me that this feature would come before the end of the year. Well, we still have almost 2 months to go, and it's already here.
What is it, you ask?
Cruises!
Yup. And I am sooooo excited about this, you wouldn't believe it if I didn't tell you.
So this company already had flights, hotel bookings, tour options, and car rentals. But now they will also have cruises and insurances. Which would make my business a one-stop-shop.
Exactly what I want! Now, I am not quite ready yet, because before I incorporate the booking site and start marketing my butt off, I will have to have the website 100% ready and beautiful. And this isn't the case just yet. But it's something I will be working on in these next few weeks.
I'm hoping to launch the whole thing in the new year at the latest. Preferably before Christmas, but I realize that that might be a little too ambitious. But then again, maybe not...
I'm also still playing with the logo, banners, etc., as you can probably tell. My problem is that I like them all, but they don't necessarily fit together well. So I'll have to find a solution to that. I don't want my website to look like I'm just throwing stuff together willy-nilly.
Maybe I'll keep certain things for Hive and social media only, and the rest for the website. We'll see. Live and learn.
First Things First
So while I am working on the website to get it (near) perfect, I want to start marketing on my social media accounts (which I started brand-new for the purpose). I already know I won't be able to do it all alone, so I asked my daughter if she'd like a job. Well, she's been wracking my head about finding a job here for ages, so now that's another issue solved.
I will teach her how to do the social media part, and it will keep her busy, plus she can earn some money with it. It's a win/win really. I wouldn't trust a stranger with it.
Then I thought I might be able to find something for my teenage son to do as well. I haven't quite figured that one out yet, but it'll come. He's an amazing artist, so who knows what he can do.
It'll come to me.
One family business coming up!
OK, so these were my rough plans. Rough enough, but still good to polish into a shiny diamond in a few weeks time. Gosh, I am EXCITED!
Oh, and have I told you that I will be able to accept crypto for travel?
No?
Well, now you know.
But that's not all...
If I can somehow work it out, I also want to be able to take HBD for travel bookings...
There are still a few people to talk to about that, but it should be possible. Eventually...
February is Anarchapulco again. And aside from promoting Hive there, I'd love to be able to promote my travel business there too.
Did I tell you I'm excited? I'm sure I did. Soooooo excited!
But as I said:
One thing at a time...
