I will let you take the lead and I will follow - let us be a bit naughty and see if a 'warning' appears against our names!! I think Ben is too nice and doubt if he will give anyone a warning!

Jaya

LOL I like your thinking but I have such an umblemished reputation to hold!!!!!! and he is such a YOUNG Lad/Man/Boy I think I might make him blush, us older ladies !!! have been around the block so to speak.. so I think I shall stick with general postings, unless someone lese starts something going !!! and I JUST might join in..

Jaya where are you off to next I have lost track of your hol's,If you have already told me put it down to a senior moment for me.. I am off to Florida in May.

Cindy

Ta A

Thanks

Roy

Happy New Year to you and all at JY.

After all the debates/discussions in 2012 about holidays and what people would like to see in the brochure, the moans and the groans about dropped holidays (I include myself in that), Will and his team saying "we are listening to you" and putting together 4 one off holidays, I am curious as to how they have been selling.

Will/Ben, have you had the response you expected so far and if so is there one holiday coming out on top?

I booked the holiday of my choice 2 days after they had been released, I don't normally book this far in advance (I normally book 6 - 8 months ahead) but as it had been on my list of "to do" and had been dropped I wanted to make sure I secured a place.

I know that releasing holidays just before christmas is probably not the best time to do so and there is still stacks of time for people to book but, after listening to us, I hope that people will support the efforts of Will and the Product Team in putting the 4 holidays together as the success of these will set a precedent for future one offs.

Its by sheer chance that the holiday of my choice was included in the 4, I hadn't planned on a holiday with JY this year as there was nothing of interest left for me in the way of long haul holidays but now there is, so a special thank you to Will & Co.

Here's hoping for successful one off holidays in 2013.

Kind regards

Thanks very much and a very Happy New Year to you too.

The 4 one off tours are proving really popular, this will pave the way for Will and the product team to work even closer with the community in the future,

Kindest,

Ben

I have booked the Nile Cruise with Sharm el Sheikh add on for April and Kerala for October. Always wanted to go to Kerala so when it was offered as a 'one off' for this year, I decided to go ahead and book it. Will probably go bankrupt but, hey, who cares - life is too short!

Enjoy Florida. I have been there twice - mainly to Orlanda and a week in Sarasota, but the tour you are going on looks great.

Jaya

I was going to ask the same question but wait a few more weeks, to see how they are all selling. Perhaps you could give us an update once a month or so, as there are a few of us who are watching developments very closely! I'm delighted that Will's initiative is paying off and hope that this will continue into 2014 and beyond!

As you've probably seen, I already have two hols with JY booked for 2013, but I've decided to wait till this autumn to book any more as I want to see what "one off tours" might be included for next year! I'm hoping that Costa Rica and Nicaragua will be featured again with a date in Feb/March (the dry season - I know it will look more lush in the rainy season but living in Ireland we get the bloody rain all year around as it is and I really try to book my hols for times when it will be sunny!!). I'm also hoping that the Inspirational China tour will be continued in its present form for 2014, along with the Yangtze Gorge add-on for dates in Sept 2014 as I'm hoping to do it then with a JY friend. But to all those at JY, keep up the good work and many thanks for listening to us, and as Avocet said, here's hoping that your customers support you by booking out these one-off tours!

Best wishes,

Bob

as ever - keep telling us what's on your mind and we promise to listen!

Thanks for all your replies on this. We have certainly seen a great start bookings wise! I think that based on current trends that it is very likely that you will see more one-off opportunities like this for 2014 as well!

as ever - keep telling us what's on your mind and we promise to listen!

Hi Will

Thanks for listening to us. My dream is Hawaii but I've decided not to go with the trip this year as had already booked Canadian Rockies which I keep putting off. So, I look forward to the 2013 Hawaii trip being a success and that you'll consider it for the future.

Thanks again, and of course to Ben too for emailing us all at launch.

Regards

Sylvia.

I have only just found this subject and didn't know anything about any One Off tours. Where do you post them? I would like to know of them for future years please.

Thanks.

Jools

thanks for getting in touch; the one off tours can be found here:

http://www.justyou.co.uk/destinations/asia/southern-asia/india/kerala-vistas/ 

http://www.justyou.co.uk/destinations/north-america/central-america/costa-rica-and-nicaragua/ 

http://www.justyou.co.uk/destinations/north-america/northern-america/united-states/aloha-hawaii/ 

There has been a new date added for Kerala Vistas and for Cambodia and the Mekong Delta due to their popularity. Cambodia will not be on the website till tomorrow morning; from tomorrow you will be able to view the tour here:

http://www.justyou.co.uk/destinations/asia/southeastern-asia/cambodia-and-the-mekong-delta/ 

I hope this helps 🙂

Kindest,

Ben

All the best,

Bob

To date there are 8 travellers, with 11 places remaining. I think it will be included in 2014, all the one off tours have proved popular, Will will be able to offer more insight on this towards May time when the second edition brochure is due out.

I've just read your Vietnam and Cambodia review, I think I'm going to have to book myself on this tour sometime soon! 🙂 Glad you had a great time,

Kindest,

Ben

Take care,

Bob

Smhog

I shall forward the email to you shortly 🙂

Kindest,

Ben