OUR 32ND WEEKLY UPDATE REGARDING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND, AGAIN, SOME ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOU TO ENJOY
FRIDAY, October 16
FROM CHRIS KRARAS
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
“INVESTMENT IN TRAVEL IS AN
INVESTMENT IN YOURSELF”
Dear Friends:
The quote above that I just cited for this week is an interesting quote and one that you might use for your Group Members as you speak to them. So many of them have been basically shut down in every aspect of their lives by the Coronavirus over the past seven months, and they basically haven’t had an opportunity at all to “invest in themselves”. Most of the people in your Groups worked so hard throughout their entire lives, so that when they got to this point in their lives, they could enjoy the fruits of their labor. That basically would center around traveling throughout the United States to so many points of interest that they always wanted to see. It is no secret that 2020, with that dreaded Covid-19 Pandemic, has left everybody wanting and desiring to get out there and do what they always had hoped to do. But, the Year 2021 will be different! As we have mentioned so many times in the last few weeks, everything is pointing to the fact that the most concerning parts of this pandemic will be behind us by the first couple months of 2021. Hopefully, we will also have a vaccine to bring us more assurance that everything will be fine for us to continue to explore. So, with that hope and prayer for all of us, share the quote above with your Groups and let them know that it is, in fact, time to invest in themselves next year since they missed this year.
As we all know, the numbers of positive tests have started to slowly go up over the last couple weeks throughout most of the States in our country. But, also as I mentioned in the last few messages to you, fewer and fewer people are being harshly affected even when they are determined to have positive test results. There are so many new medicines that are out there that are being used to lessen the effects of Covid-19, that it brings great encouragement to everyone. Remember, our motto for the foreseeable future is, “Live with it and Limit it”. That is what we are all slowly doing throughout the United States. So, as a Group Leader, as I have encouraged you for several weeks now, it is your positive thinking and positive approach which will give your people so much hope and so much excitement looking forward and going forward as we deal with this dilemma.
There was a very interesting article in National Geographic Magazine only a week ago that explained that travel will be better as the Pandemic comes to an end. They quoted in the article that their prediction from all the studies they have done, is that, “Not only will we travel again, but we will do it better”. The pause that we have had in travel was actually a gift of time in order to consider how we can travel more consciously in the future. Their most interesting quote mentioned in the article was when they reported: “Even just planning your next trip is good for your health. Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow! Dream of your next journey and add to the ways travel will improve your mental health for the future.” So, if you get a chance, relay this all to your Group Members and continue to get them feeling more positively about what is happening in the world of travel.
Again, by now, you should have all received the Travel Booklet of Specials that we sent over the last couple weeks, and we hope that you have had a chance to view our video which will give you a lot of information to use when conversing with your Group Members. Please take the time to visit our website at www.whitestartours.com, click on “Videos”, and select the clip from your particular area. I think you will get a lot of wonderful information you can use to communicate back to your Group Members.
Also, as we mentioned, all our wonderful White Star Tours Staff will be calling you directly over the next couple weeks to talk to you about travel plans for your Group in 2021. Please look at that Booklet you just received and put some of your ideas on the Yellow Sheet that is included, so you can have a good discussion with our Staff Members. It is also very exciting for you to have this conversation, so please take the time to talk to our Staff. You will hear in the message given to you by the White Star Representative who will be calling you that we are offering incredible discounted opportunities and rebates to the Group Leader for every trip done in 2021. The only catch is that you must have it booked by November 15, 2020, so please take the time to do it, and remember, you are under no obligation at all and you just need to get the reservation in place. This is unprecedented, but we are delighted to be able to offer these specials to you.
Now, for some pleasant entertainment that I always try to give you every week. The first piece for you to click on features Tony Farina, who is one of our most popular entertainers that toured the country with us over the last few years as we visited you in each of your Group Leader Luncheon sites. One of Tony’s original songs is entitled “Good Morning, Good Morning”, which received national acclaim and which is played by literally hundreds of radio stations across the country as their opening song each morning. It is really uplifting, so click here to enjoy it.
The other piece of entertainment for you features the very famous Clay Cooper Country Express, one of the most popular groups in all of Branson, MO. We are able to present to you a wonderful 1-hour show that he did recently, so please click here to enjoy that one.
I WISH YOU ANOTHER WONDERFUL FALL WEEKEND AND HOPE THAT YOU CAN GET A CHANCE TO GET OUT AND ENJOY THIS INVIGORATING WEATHER. PLEASE STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL YOUR FAMILIES!
“TRAVEL AND CHANGE OF PLACE IMPART
NEW VIGOR TO THE MIND”