In this issue:

Happy Thanksgiving from YTB!

Coach's Birthday Bash

Opportunity Meetings with Bill Hoffmann

YTB Weekend in the Bay Area

Hotel Reservations for YTB Convention 2007

A Record Month!

Print Your Own YTB Business Cards

Congratulations to These YTB Leaders!

Association Training

Upcoming 2006 CRTA Events

The YTB Statement

Inspirational Insight

Ahora en Español!
Spanish edition of Success from Home Magazine now available for purchase in your Back Office, featuring YTB Directors, Delvy Santiago, Victor Toyens, Elisa Pineiro and Samuel Gomez.


Happy Thanksgiving from YTB!
YTB Home Offices will be closed this Thursday and Friday in celebration of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

 

There will be no Travel Training Call on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 23.
Calls resume on Thursday,
November 30.

 


COACH'S BIRTHDAY BASH


OPPORTUNITY MEETINGS WITH BILL HOFFMANN

 

Join Bill Hoffmann, Level 3 YTB Director, as he hosts two exciting Business Opportunity meetings in the Maryland / Washington, D.C. area!
 

MONDAY, November 27, 2006
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Greenbelt Marriott Hotel
(Annapolis Ballroom)
Exit 23-Capitol Beltway
6400 Ivy Lane
Greenbelt, MD 20770
301-441-3700



TUESDAY, November 28, 2006
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys
5100 Falls Road
Baltimore, MD 21210
410-532-6900



 


YTB WEEKEND IN THE BAY AREA

 

YTB Weekend in the Bay Area!

Friday, December 8, 2006
YTB Business Presentation Meeting
All YTB RTAs and Guests
Free admission
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
1333 Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, CA 94010


Featured speakers:
President and COO, Andy Cauthen, YTB Directors Juliet St. John,
Arlyne Thompson and Preston and Jane Blair
 


Saturday, December 9, 2006
RTA CERTIFICATION
9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Hotel Phone: 408-748-7000


HOTEL RESERVATIONS NOW AVAILABLE FOR YTB CONVENTION 2007

 

 
YTB and the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission have teamed up to offer you fast and easy hotel reservations for YTB National Convention 2007, August 15-19, 2007 in St. Louis, MO.

You may book by calling 800-916-8926 or clicking on this link to make your reservation online: YTB Convention 2007 Hotel Passkey


PLEASE NOTE: 2007 CONVENTION DATES
ARE AUGUST 15-19, 2007

The STLCVC info at the top left of the page shows the Convention dates as Aug. 14-18. This is incorrect and will be changed. The correct dates show in the copy at the right.

We have negotiated Convention rates with the Renaissance Grand, Renaissance Suites, and the Drury Inn. If you call any of these hotels directly you will be referred to the toll free 800# or the website. There is a non-refundable deposit of $125 per room booked. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A SEPARATE CONFIRMATION FROM YOUR HOTEL.


A RECORD MONTH!

 


L-R: Tami Goad, Manager RTA Travel Support; J. Kim Sorensen, President YTB Travel Network; Shelly Coppersmith, Vice President YTB Travel Network, and Melanie Chamberlain, Travel Commissions Manager, hold almost 6,000 travel commission checks that will be sent to RTAs!  This is a Travel Network record month, with travel commissions totaling almost $350,000!


PRINT YOUR OWN YTB BUSINESS CARDS

 
Visit your Back Office, Click on the Resources tab, then Printable Business Cards at the bottom of the list. This page allows you to download customized business cards that can be printed from your home office. When you click on one of the templates, you will be asked to fill in the fields, then click on download. There is no limit to the number of business cards you may print.
 


CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE YTB LEADERS!

$1000 Leadership
Bonus Recipients
Nov. 10 - Nov. 16, 2006

 

How Do I Qualify for the $1,000 Leadership Bonus?

Once you qualify to start your PowerTeam, you have unlimited time to earn your $1,000 Leadership Bonuses.  The first is earned when the total active On-Line Travel Agencies sold by your PowerTeam reaches 6 or more at the end of any weekly pay cycle (12 Midnight Thursday Eastern Time Zone). LeaderShip Bonuses will be paid WEEKLY on Friday of the following week for any Pay Cycle where the Active PowerTeam Enrolled RTA total reaches 6, 12, 18, 24 or 30.  We hope to see YOUR name on the LeaderShip Bonus list very soon!
 
Diane Adams
Jimmy & Ileana Agosto
Gwendolyn Alexander
Veronica Gavilan &
 Freddy Alequin
David Anderson
Dell Anderson
Charles Anton
Jim Arapkiles
Michael Arcadi
Sylvia Asafo
Rita G. Asuncion
Zeferino Avonce
Yvette & Jon Bean
Samuel Belcher
John Belcher
DeJoire Benson
Larry Berry
Kip & Kerri Bishop
Preston Blair
Deborah Bradley
David Brainard
Debbie Broadneaux-Jean
Gaye Brown
Shazz Sharon Browne
Shawn & Sheila Bruins
Kim Bullock
Paul & Angela Burkhalter
Ronald & Phyllis Bush
Shelly & Jonathan Butler
Alfred C. Calanoc
Paula Carpe
Marilyn Y. Carter
John Castro
Lorna Chatmon
Hazen Christensen
George Clinton
Sandra Coleman
Nora & Miguel Colon
David Cooper
Chaurice Corbin
Nila Cortez
Denise & Charles Criddell
Brock & Crisp
Joseph Cutler
Lucretia Daniel
Rey & Vernice Dauphin
Zeta Davis
Ed Davis
Silke Degenhardt
Teodoro Diaz
Allie G. Dolberry
Tim Dominey
Shayne & Tonya Dorries
Brenda & Lauren Dowlar
Doug Driscoll
Susan Leung - Ed Wong
Leon & Delayna Elliott
Loralei Emry
TDG Enterprises
Rodney & Ann Epps
Clarence & Phyllis Faison
Nydia Feliciano
Melanie Fischer
Charlene Fitzgerald
Debra Freeman
Vicki Friedman
Alberta Gaddy
Teresa L. Gago
Marjorie Gaines
Belia Garza
Kevin Giguere
Tessie Graham
Deangelo & Dotti Grant
Ronnie or Rosalind Green
Karen H Greenup
Louis Greenup
Charles Grey
Monica & Matthew Gucu
Andria Hall
Michael Harried
Sharon Terry Harris
Graham Harris
Dale Harrison
Stephanie Marie Hart
Ron Head
Kim Heathman
Kora Hector
Donald Hector
Teresa Higgins
Michael Hippert
Robert Hollywood
Prudence Hood
Chuck & Sandra Hoover
Toni Hudson
David Husson
Mark Ihme
Marcus Inamine
Lifestyle Inc. Travel
Jayme Infanzon
ITSA Intl., Gary
Brennen Investments
Cheryl Jackson
Aubrey Jackson Sr
Patrick James
Mary Liu & Jenny Campbell
Jacques Johnson
Michael Jones
Damian Jones
Versie Jones
Phyllis Jones
Antoinette Jones
Adrianne Kennedy
Bernard & Rita Keys
Mellie Killian
Silas King III
Nathaniel Koonce
Frank Kovacs
Loranzo Ladson
Steve & Janis Lappin
Judy Lasher
Yvonne & Willie Lawton
Bernice Leonard
Willa & John Lewis
Jeffery Lewis
Sharon & Reginald Lewis
Giovanni Valderrama
Liliana Serrano
Hari' Lymon
Caron March
Karl Marteeny III
Antonio & Dixia Martinez
Missey Mastics-Kirby
Myron & Serena Mathis
Sonja Mathis
Deborah A. McKenzie
Carmen Medina
Shirley Middleton
Tyrone & Karen Mitchell
Jeanette Mojares
Verdita Monk
Joanna Moore
Linda Morris
Ron Mura
K. J. Murphy
Linda & Mark Myers
Michael & Nakia Gray
Darrell Nelson
Ronald Nelson
Matthew Nestler
Richard A. Flores &
Lorraine Nevarez
Alan Newell
Jay & Doris Newsome
Daren K. Newton
Tammy Niblack
Von Nickleberry
Barbara Norman
Carla Novak
David & Sherri Ogg
Robert O'Neil
Martha L Ospina
William Owens
Robert Pack Jr.
Nick Pagano
Zenobia Peoples
Monica Petty
Vicki Pouncie
Mary Ann Powell
Michelle Quarles
Purita Quimbo
Sharon Raeford
Jose & Rosa Ramirez
Erna Rappaport
Michael Reams
Mendi Reed
Jimmie Reed
Virginia Reese
Rick Reese
Philip & Roma Riley
Larease Rivers
Lisa Romano
Colleen Rush
Elisa Pineiro
Samuel Gomez
Delvy Santiago
Edwina & Michael Scally
Karin & Bobb Schmitz
Simply Scrumptious
Tamara Shamburger
Bill & Jeanie Sharpless
Darlene Sheets
Debe Skidmore
Virginia Slaughter-Ailer
Lisa Smith
Chuck Smith
Kimberly Buffy Smith
Althea Smith
Karen Smith
Rod Smith
John Orlando Smith
Massimo Spadazzi
Linda Straight
Scott Surut
Gwendolyn Taylor
Denson Taylor
Herbert & Christine Thomas
James Thompson
Arlyne Thompson
Charles & Francenia Thompson
Bill & Gayle Thurston
Dennis Tilon
Jesus Timaure
Leslie Tumlin
Eunice Turner
Dwayne & Tammara Twamley
Ryan & Tammy Vanderpool
Jimmy Vargas Perez
Nick Verrengia
Delina Villa
Kathy Villalobos
LaTasha Ward
David Washington
Ruth Washington-Dean
Brendan or Jamie Weigly
Robert Wesley
Bob & Kelly Westmoreland
Leroy White
Cheryl White
Julie & Dwight Wiggs
Gayle Williams
Rodney Williams
Tracy Wilson
Ron Waldo & Thea Wilson
Julie Young
Ben & Yoly Zoleta
 


ASSOCIATION TRAINING

 

YTB Association Division Offers
Outstanding Training

 

Location
Hilton Charlotte University Place

Charlotte, NC
Saturday, December 2, 2006

Hilton Charlotte University Place
8629 J. M. Keynes Dr.
Charlotte, NC 28262

Reservations: 704-916-2850
8:45 am - 4:00 pm

Your Instructors:
Association Division Directors Steve Chandler and Mike Wood

NOTE: This is the last LIVE training at the $99 course fee.  Fee increases to
$149.00 on Jan. 1, 2007


UPCOMING 2006 CRTA EVENTS

Become a Certified RTA
at the location nearest you!
Take your YTB businesses to
the next level as you learn from
the best in your business -
The YTB Directors!

WOW!
WHAT A CRTA SCHEDULE!

YTB Directors will be planning and conducting CRTA trainings - these field leaders will share the knowledge and experience they have gained on their way to outstanding YTB success.  Remember what Coach says:  "To be a success, find a successful person and
follow their plan!"
If you haven't taken an RTA Certification course, plan to do so soon! 
The education and motivation are priceless!

 

Sign up from your Back Office and you’re on your way!

 

2006 CRTA Training Schedule
Click each event for more details.
Your instructors (YTB Directors) are listed for each event.

     
Friday
December 1
Indianapolis, IN
Donald Bradley
Melissa Boston
Larease Rivers
     
Saturday
December 2
Dallas, TX
James & Marcia Prewitt
Dave & Mickey Rawls
     
Saturday
December 2
Dearborn, MI
Bill Hoffmann
Von Nickleberry
Antjuan Jack
     
Saturday
December 2
Beaumont, TX
Marlis Funk
Nick Nicholson
     
Saturday
December 2
Brunswick, GA
Tim Dominey
     
Saturday
December 2
Chicago, IL
Donald Bradley
Larease Rivers
Melissa Boston
Spencer Iverson
     
Saturday
December 2
Overland Park, KS
Kent & Kim McLaughlin
     
Saturday
December 2
Columbus, OH
Ron & Phyllis Bush
Ted Harris
     
Sunday
December 3
Los Angeles, CA
Juliet St. John
Arlyne Thompson
Preston Blair
     
Friday
December 8
Bradenton/
Sarasota, FL

Gary & Diane Adams
Kevin Adams
     
Saturday
December 9
Santa Clara, CA
Juliet St. John
Arlyne Thompson
Preston Blair
     
Saturday
December 9
Baltimore, MD
Ron & Phyllis Bush
Don Bradley
     
Saturday
December 9
Raleigh, NC
Kirk & Cathy Phinney
Horace & Barbara Braveboy-Locklear
     
Saturday
December 9
Urbana/
Champaign, IL Area

Andy Helmuth
Ron Head
Camaron Corr
     
Saturday
December 9
Colorado Springs, CO
Jacques & Lynetta Johnson
Tessa & Frank Graham
     
Saturday
December 9
Norfolk, VA
Steve Branch
T.V. Wilson
     
Saturday
December 9
Miramar, San Juan
Puerto Rico

Delvy Santiago
Victor & Nancy Toyens
     
Saturday
December 9
San Antonio, TX
Bill Hoffmann
     
Sunday
December 10
Aurora, CO
Jacques & Lynetta Johnson
Tessa & Frank Graham
     
Saturday
December 16
Atlanta/
Marietta, GA

Tim Dominey
Terry Graham
Denson Taylor
     
Saturday
December 16
College Park, GA
Jerome Hughes
Katrina Greenhill
Floyd Williams
Donald Bradley
Spencer Iverson
Melissa Boston
Larease Rivers
     
Check the Company Events page in your Back Office for the complete list!

 

THE YTB STATEMENT

 
The YTB companies offer two unique and powerful business opportunities, that of Referring Travel Agent or ‘RTA’ and that of Independent Marketing Representative or ‘REP.’

The RTA opportunity has an initial fee under $500 and a monthly license fee of $49.95. There is no fee or RTA purchase required to be a REP. You may choose to participate in one or both opportunities.

 


INSPIRATIONAL INSIGHT

 

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them,
is the true measure of our Thanksgiving.

 

 

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