Archive for October, 2009

The Sundance Vacations Haunted House “Sundance at Sundown” was a HUGE success. The Haunted House was held at the company’s corporate headquarters on October 22^nd, October 23^rd, and October 24^th.  Sundance Vacations participated in USA Weekend’s annual Make a Difference Day event. The MADD is a day dedicated to giving back to your community.

The entry fee was $5. Sundance Vacations also provided baked goods to all guests in efforts to raise more money. Sundance Vacations raised $1300 for the SPCA (Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) of Luzerne County. All proceeds raised were donated to the Luzerne County SPCA. “Consumers who don’t know Sundance Vacations may be skeptical or even misguided by thinking that Sundance Vacations is a scam,” said Sundance Vacations Founder Tina Dowd. “But, our employees illustrate who we are and what we believe in by their actions every day. This charity project fits two of our core values: to create fun and to give back. We’re proud of Sundance Vacations’ reputation in the community,” added Dowd.

Last year employees helped raise $2, 830 for Habitat for Humanity.

Sundance Vacations takes pride in raising money to help out in their local communities. We thank each and every one of the Sundance employees who helped make the Haunted House a success. Did you come to the Sundance Vacations Haunted House? Did you have a “spooktacular” time? If not, what charities have you been working on in your community?

Sundance Vacations will, for the second year in a row, participate in Make a Difference Day. The company will hold a Haunted House “Sundance at Sundown” at the corporate headquarters on Thursday, October 22^nd from 7pm-9pm, Friday, October 23^rd from 7pm-11pm, and Saturday, October 24^th from 7pm-11pm.

The address is 264 Highland Park Blvd. Wilkes-Barre, Pa 18702. The entry fee is $5. As part of Make a Difference Day, the company will donate ALL proceeds to the Luzerne County SPCA!

Please come out and help support a great cause. We hope to see you there! If you plan to come to “Sundance at Sundown” please come back and write us a comment about your experience!

Sundance Vacations would like to congratulate two of our favorite Women in Business! Sundance Vacations Founder Tina Dowd and Sundance Vacations Assistant General Manager Denise Miller were recently recognized by the Stevie Awards for being exceptional! Tina Dowd is a finalist for a Stevie Award for Best Entrepreneur, and Denise Miller is a finalist for Best Executive.  The Stevie Awards ceremony will take place on November 13^th at the Marriott Marquis in New York City.  Stay Tuned!

Join me in wishing Tina and Denise the best of luck in bringing home the Stevie trophy!!

Read the Press Release: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Sundance-Vacations-1060519.html

Flip Camera Winner and VP of Sales Mike Milillo

The Customer Service Department at Sundance Vacations observed National Customer Service Week from October 5th-9th. The week was full of exciting activities. Two events that recognized Sundance Vacations customers were a blog contest on the Sundance Vacations Travel Blog, and a prize giveaway at each of the seven Sundance Vacations sales offices each night the offices were open during the National Customer Service Week.

The winner for the best customer service experience posted on the Sundance Vacations Travel Blog was Dale Kilian from Princeton, New Jersey. Mr. Kilian picked up his Flip Camera at the Sundance Vacations Princeton office on Saturday, October 10th. Congratulations Dale, we’re very glad that you enjoyed your customer service experience with Sundance Vacations!

We also extend a happy congratulations to all of the customers who visited a Sundance Vacations sales office during the National Customer Service Week and won a gift just for giving us a chance to introduce the wholesale vacation program.

What a successful National Customer Service Week! Do you have any customer service praises that you would like to share?

Sundance Vacations invited five Parent Teacher Organizations to a private showing of the company’s “School Bucks” program at the company’s corporate headquarters on Monday, October 5th.

Sundance Vacations introduced their “School Bucks” program. The program was designed to help Parent Teacher Organizations obtain money for their organization without having to fundraise.

PTO’s in attendance were: Crestwood High School, St. Nicholas Elementary school in Wilkes-Barre, and Lee Park Elementary in Hanover Township. The company held a drawing for all PTO’s in attendance. Sundance Vacations contributed $1000 to Lee Park Elementary-the winning school. Lee Park plans to put the monetary donation towards their school’s annual Santa’s Workshop in December.