#ghoulishness

WORD OF THE DAY Saturday, January 15, 2022 OED Word of the Day: ghoulishness, n. The quality or condition of being ghoulish; morbid or macabre character.

SENTENCE EXAMPLE "The ghoulishness of the murder scene began to seem a little more distant." - 2011, N. White Cold Kill vi. 62

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The proliferation of "Factory Outlets" or "manufacturer-direct prices has become common place, but we are always true 'box or directly the prices? The distributors, agents or distributors is to offer in our modern Internet-based environment and big-box stores, the lowest, but still enormous profits are published on the agenda of suffering. The world of travel agents from the insurance business, to feel the financial crisis because they are so expensive costs quickly tested by the manufacturer, vendor or manufacturer. The airlines began eliminating decline of the travel agency system when it commissions and over-rides and began to online booking systems directly to consumers, forcing some retail agencies charge additional fees. Now you can flight reservation sites charging fees for online seat selection plus everything else that they can get away with it. Are the savings that will make it be passed on to consumers? Insurance companies began advertising for the banks as well as dealing directly with the development of in-house financial planner (not at all independent, but just another name for banking products seller). Are they the old Commission to keep for themselves or on the savings to consumers? Let us concentrate on one of the largest consumer spending over a lifetime - recreation and business travel, holidays and travel, retail travel agent or agency: 1 These were really, before the consumer needs could access websites of B & B's to hotels, Luxury lodges and tour operators, or if you wanted to pick up an expensive glossy brochure. 2. This was really before travel providers and tour operators need enabled consumers Book directly with them over the Internet reservation systems, booking requirements, little training and know-how required. 3.The were really needed before airlines own booking service and support was always greedy for additional percentage fee or travel agency and wanted to be rid of overhead costs as expensive and unnecessary. Now those funds are really only needed if travelers knowledge, experience and expertise of specific objectives, activities or travel company, or of course the travelers still do not want on the Web. Let us not feel too much suffering for the retail agents as first-class travel consultants to travelers who have complex itineraries or to the less knowledge-venture areas of the world. All is not dark for travel agents with knowledge, experience and expertise as consumers, these professionals must now find access to them wherever they are and no longer need to use local agents, if they have the necessary skills. But they can still be found, since it can not be in your area or even in our own country. There are different kinds and levels of travel intermediaries - inbound tour operators, wholesalers, retailers, agencies, deserve all of a percentage of the original travel plan providers for their advertising, promotion and sales efforts, these percentages between 10% to 25% or even everything! If you turn off a trip advertising with $ 200 per person and booking through retail agents see, you are still paying the commission, directly so with a reservation with the operator, you should get the offer and also save the Commission. Some tour operators are already offering their products directly to consumers but at the same prices as the consumer would get from an agent Retail. Fair enough, if these providers should not use middlemen but if they also sell to distributors its prices are "net of commission" for the direct booking and "retail" to the Agency Sales. If the consumer directly to the travel provider these dealers percentages should not apply, but the provider is sometimes in a predicament. In order to show a net price and sale price on their website was to hold the middlemen in the handling of their products. Until now. Travel providers can now direct net prices for consumers using the services TopTravelVoucher TopTravelSites.com. This website is in fact operating as a travel agency, not sold on behalf of tour operators, but also generates travelers directly to the provider for information and bookings. Because the website does not need bricks and mortar offices, expensive glossy brochures, familiarization trips and computer reservation systems and all other utensils for operating a travel agency, it is able to discount sales commissions for travelers as a reward for dealing with their own arrangements directly with the tour operators. This innovative consumer travel service offers travel discounts in over 70 countries to travelers who purchase their deeply discounted TopTravelVouchers. They offer their services to the global travel industry community and the global traveler. They do not ask the travel industry for promotional services, and allow multiple listings for any type of travel product, as long as the consumer gets net pricing. The consumer does not need before the trip and can now offer the coupons as gift certificates to be used. All vouchers come with a 100% money-back guarantee and even if the traveler is unhappy after the trip refunded the money for the vouchers for 100%. Currently you TopTravelVouchers for guided tours, Eco Tours, Adventure Tours, Small Boat Cruises, lodges, resorts, hotels, B & B's and can get new products arrive on a daily basis. Some tours offer a flat percentage of the selling price while other vouchers have a fixed value. A voucher for a Greek Cruise has a value of 1,500 € and can be purchased for just $ 100usd and there are many tours accompanied throughout the world, offers a 10% discount on the tour price, which can be significant depending on the length of the tour and number of travelers. If you have a family or a group of travelers, you can arrange a voucher for each person (there is a specific seven days Thai River Rovers cruise, like me, if I find some friends to join the Charter). So now, no matter where you live or go where you want, you can book travel from home, discounted cyber cafe or laptop anywhere in the world. You could be in the offices of travel agents and go online, and a coupon and then leave it immediately receive savings. Not bad eh? This site and the concept is a first for the Internet and with the support of the global travel industry from the smallest of the tour to the Giants, but only become larger with extended range and savings as this aspect of the Internet travel, a seemingly endless growth. speaking travelers who need to travel directly to websites their own due diligence do you for free with Skype, 800 number or e-mail with the operators, read reviews, check current prices and last minute deals, book and check bottom discounted TopTravelVouchers get fairer fares. If your tour operator does not provide a "network of committees trip, if you do your own bookings, to ask for it or suggest they begin to offer these vouchers and you will start saving on your journey. Although this service is not yet a household word for travelers TopTravelVoucher service TopTravelSites.com on the way to making a difference, can we now find true outlet prices for a variety of travel choices directly from tour operators, wholesalers and retailers and travel agencies, which often have their own in-house tour programs. Everyone wants to expand its reach to the ever growing international customer base of travelers comfortable with handling their own travel arrangements and do all the fairer fares.