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Shopping and Travel Planning with Outsorcerer.com

By Admin | May 21, 2008 -->233 views

Shopping is a great stress reliever, irrespective of whether it is window shopping to pass the time while to you spend time with your gang (or family), or and Impulsive shopping spree where you just have the urge to purchase on sight. But when necessity demands, it is very important to put lot of effort into shopping , by way of “shop hopping” , before you actually pay for the product. This can make shopping a serious exercise and lack of time during the weekdays or trying to squeeze time during the weekends is the recipe for a shopping nightmare. This also has the risk of shopping turning from a “stress buster” to a “stress causing agent”.

Let us consider a scenario where you want to purchase some appliances. This could be appliances for home or office equipments or furniture to improve the décor of you home, office ( or perhaps the “Home Office”). Now, any of the items that fit into this category cannot be purchased in a jiffy using the “Saw that – bought that “ kind of purchase. If it is an electronic ( or expensive piece ) equipment , then you need to do your homework such as, Walk into several dealers and check their prices against one another, Does any dealer have a sale going on ?., What is the best time of the year when the dealer puts up a bumper sale , and several similar information. This information has to gathered and consolidated so that you can check the criteria for the same equipment but with different dealers in one page. Holding several pamphlets (which you must have gathered during your visit to the dealers) will only add to the chaos.

We cannot deny the fact that Time is a great deciding factor in carrying out the activities we have planned for. It is not uncommon to see a “to do “ list growing by the day during the week while the items in the lists get preferential treatment depending on how much time you can scramble for during the weekend. This frenzy of activity sometimes leaves us with a “Burnt Out” feeling. We at OutSorcerer.com are more than ready execute the tasks in your to do list, minus the “burnt out” feeling in the head.

In response to the above scenario, As soon as you place your request with us using the Online Form for Project Submission, regarding the “Item that you wish to purchase” , you will be assigned your personal Virtual Assistant who will be carrying out the preliminary information gathering. The assistant will also make relevant enquires about the specification of the equipment as requested by you and will present them to you, complete with the dealer’s address , phone number . email , Website , and Product Information. If you decide to have some last minute queries, that will also be arranged by the Virtual Assistant at OutSorcerer.com. This leaves you to study the consolidated report and then decide on your choice of dealer. Purchasing appliances, equipments and furniture are just few of the items that need to be compared for prices before making the actual purchase.

Another area where decision is made in haste is “Planning your Travel”. Travelling is the best way to enjoy one’s holidays.(We shall be talking about Business Travels in our upcomming posts, so stay tuned !) But we are so busy during the working days of the year, one hardly get time to compare ticket fares , their availability , hotel fares , room availability and book a room with view in advance etc etc. So the lack of time and increase in demand for tickets and hotel rooms, their prices skyrocket. Not to mention the clause “ If you had book a couple of months in advance , you would have surely got the executive suite at affordable rates” from a pleasing , smiling, receptionist.

Travels during holidays are meant to relax the mind and body. If you are constantly thinking about “how high is the room rent going to be ? , or the ticket fare is way over the budget I planned for “, then it is not surprising to feel more stressed out after the holiday, while the reverse should be the case. We at Outsorcerer.com will help you put your travel plan in order , ( much before the heavy booking season starts). All it takes for you is to place a request with a brief outline of your travel itenary, using our Online form. The travel plan you submit could be as simple as Home Town – Destination A - Destination B - Destination C…. Home Town , and how many days you propose to say at each destination.

Your Virtual Assistant at Outsorcerer.com, will immediately spring into action towards comparing airline charts for fare amount , flight schedule , Cab booking at each destinations , Hotel reservation charts for Room rents , Reservation guidelines ( Advance booking days varies with different hotels, so its always better to be on the safer side and confirm the number of days for advance booking) , Local attractions that match your taste , or perhaps look for attractions which caters to the tastes of adults, teenagers and children alike. ( You would not want you little kid / teenager brooding over lack of activities)

The Virtual Assistant assigned to you at Outsorcer.com will be in constant communication via emails or through one of the several Instant Messengers, such as Yahoo, Skype, gTalk, Msn etc. Depending on the number of comparisons you request ( compare airlines , hotels , cab service ,and other services , any or all of them) and initial draft of the consolidated information will be submitted in a well organised, easy to read and comprehend document. Following your feedback, further revisions and clarifications will be performed ( say you want a specific information for Hotel ABC and Hotel 123 only, then such information is gathered indepth , could be by email of placing a call). Finally you will get the complete information required to plan a perfect holiday, without having to read through pages of websites or to talk to unresponsive receptionists.

You can ask your Virtual Assistant to work on these information several months before the actual holiday season starts. This will allow you to avoid the holiday rush, ensuring smooth travel plan and complete satisfaction of a holiday well spent. At OutSorcerer.com, we consider it our privilege to help you make up for the lack of time in your everyday routine. Our Time is well spent , when we spend it for you.

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