Welcome Travel Professional
PerryGolf is pleased to welcome Travel Professionals. Here you will find an introduction to PerryGolf, our twelve destinations, our 2009/2010 Feature Programs, a review of Selling Points and target markets, booking instructions and current sales incentives. If at any time you require further information or personal assistance, our staff of golf travel specialists always welcomes your call on 800.344.5257 or email to Information@PerryGolf.com.
Play The Game. See The World.™
 PerryGolf
is the luxury golf tour operator of choice for those who wish
to combine their love of the game with their passion for international
travel. “Those” individuals are men and women who
belong to private golf and country clubs, 45-70 years of age,
and who spend an average of $4,000 per person plus air. Better
still, they like to play – and travel – with their
friends.
We offer international golf and luxury lifestyle travel to
twelve of the world’s most memorable destinations: Scotland,
Ireland, England, Wales, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, South
Africa, Australia, New Zealand and China.  Completely customized
itineraries are our particular expertise while we also offer
an exclusive selection of escorted programs including privately
chartered small ship cruises and train tours. Beginning with
expert travel planning assistance by our highly knowledgeable
sales staff, every aspect of a PerryGolf tour is seamlessly
arranged from tee times and accommodation to local transportation,
sightseeing excursions and international air travel.
Contact PerryGolf
Extensions
To be connected with the most knowledgeable
Golf Travel Specialist please use the following extensions:
| British Isles, Spain &
Portugal |
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| France |
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| Australia, New Zealand & China |
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| South Africa |
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| Italy |
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Literature
Request
to submit your literature request allowing five business days
for delivery. If you have an urgent need, and a PDF version of
our brochure would help, click
here. We encourage you to provide an extra copy of the brochure
anytime you find interest in a PerryGolf tour. Golf is inherently
a group activity so very often the extra copy will be shared with
golfing friends who are also excellent candidates to travel.
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Client
Phone Conference with a PerryGolf Travel Specialist
 If
ever you would like to include one of our Golf Travel Specialists
in a phone conversation with one of your clients, feel free
to call 800.344.5257 and we will assist you in any way we can.
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2009 / 2010 Feature Tours
Scotland 2009
| Tour |
Price |
Nights |
Rounds |
Detailed Itinerary |
St Andrews ~
The Old Course & Kingsbarns |
$2,195 |
5 |
4 |
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Turnberry After The Open ~
Ailsa & Western Gailes |
$2,185 |
4 |
3 |
|
The Scottish Highlands ~
Royal Dornoch & Cruden Bay |
$2,890 |
6 |
5 |
|
Classic Scotland ~
The Old Course, Turnberry Ailsa, Royal Troon & Carnoustie
*VIP Golf Coach |
$5,550 |
6 |
6 |
|
Scotland's West Coast ~
Turnberry Ailsa & Machrihanish
*VIP Golf Coach |
$3,715 |
4 |
4 |
|
St Andrews & East Lothian ~
The Old Course & North Berwick |
$2,050 |
4 |
4 |
|
A Taste Of Scotland ~
An Epicurean Golf Tour |
$5,590 |
7 |
4 |
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PerryGolf Presents The 2009 British Open at Turnberry
The British Open returns to Scotland in 2009, hosted once again by the famous Westin Turnberry Resort. Combining a schedule of Scotland’s legendary links courses with attendance to The Open is truly one of the most memorable experiences imaginable in the British Isles. We have assembled what we believe your Clients will find to be among the most entertaining options to enjoy the experience to its fullest.
Click here for
detailed itineraries for each of our six 2009 British Open tours.
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PerryGolf Introduces Epicurean Golf Touring 2009
Tapas at the turn? Absolutely in Andalusia, home to the culinary pride of Spain and the Costa del Sol, a 62 mile stretch of the Mediterranean with trendy beaches, posh marinas, luxury resorts and, more than 60 golf courses!
Call it providence or simple good fortune, but a great many of the game’s finest golf courses are found in the same destinations where you will also enjoy the world’s finest food and wine. Our new portfolio of Epicurean Golf Tours is expertly designed for you to experience the best of both in Scotland, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, New Zealand and Australia. Click here for further details.
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2010 Ryder Cup Matches
Celtic Manor, Wales | 28 September-4 October 2010
The Ryder Cup returns to Europe in 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in southern Wales. Working in association with Ryder Cup Travel Services, we are delighted to offer the privately chartered, 226 passenger Le Diamant for local accommodation and ticket packages.
Corporate and leisure guests alike will find Le Diamant to be an ideal combination of comfort and convenience. She will be berthed in a specially designated area of Newport Docks, only 7 miles from Celtic Manor, with regular shuttle service provided to Celtic Manor.  The spacious, outside cabins range from 170 to 370 square feet. Ten have private balconies. Each has a double or twin beds, private bath with tub or shower, bathrobes, minibar, flat screen satellite tv, radio with music channels, DVD player and telephone.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner onboard are inclusive. There is always a choice of menu with carefully selected ingredients prepared by an experienced staff to the highest standards. House wines are served with lunch and dinner. Click here for details.
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About PerryGolf
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| Gordon (Left) & Colin Dalgleish in Lijiang
China |
Founded in 1984 by a pair of Scottish brothers – Colin and
Gordon Dalgleish – who were accomplished amateur golfers,
PerryGolf has risen
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The VIP Golf Coach,
comfort & convenience for parties of eight |
to become America’s leading provider of international golf
and luxury lifestyle vacations. The Company maintains a marketing
and sales office in Wilmington, North Carolina with a sales and
operational headquarters located in Helensburgh, Scotland. PerryGolf
is recognized and respected for providing unique and innovative
golf travel experiences including privately chartered small-ship
cruises, luxury train tours, helicopter tours and personalized
land tours utilizing an exclusive fleet of nine custom-configured
Mercedes-Benz VIP Golf Coaches. The business has evolved into
three distinct “products”;
Customized
Travel - completely personalized itineraries for a group
who are typically close acquaintances. Non golfers enjoy such
trips to enjoy local sights, history, resorts, etc while the
golfers play. PerryGolf arranges the complete vacation including
airfare, tee times, hotel accommodations, sightseeing and local
transportation. Group size can vary from single traveler to
more than 100.
Escorted Travel – fixed departure land programs for groups
up to 24 clients which incorporate equal parts golf and sightseeing
activities. These programs are generally enjoyed by couples
who book in 2s and 4s. Promotion will typically begin 12 months
before departure dates.
Grand
Touring - Unique, fixed-departure programs which are exclusive
to PerryGolf featuring small ship cruises and luxury train charters
for golf and sightseeing tours. These programs are generally
enjoyed by couples who book in 2s, 4s and 8s. Examples include the British Open by Sea, the Royal Scotsman luxury train to the Scottish Highlands and the British Open, and river barge cruising through Provence, France on board the 18-passenger Le Phénicien.
Twelve Destinations
PerryGolf offers twelve of the world’s most desirable golf
and travel destinations:
Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales, France, Spain (Costa del
Sol), Portugal (Lisbon & Algarve), Italy, South
Africa, New Zealand, China and Australia.
Travel to the British Isles is predominantly May – October.
High season for Portugal and Spain is April - June and September
- November. Summer months along the Mediterranean can get quite
warm for golf. Quality golf may be found throughout France and
Italy with April – September high season for the northern
regions, October – February for the southern coasts. Our
Southern Hemisphere destinations South Africa, New Zealand and
Australia are enjoyed primarily from October – April.
China’s enormous size permits year round golf in the southern
regions while spring and fall are best for countrywide itineraries.
Selling Points
-
PerryGolf has been operating luxury golf and travel experiences
since 1984 and enjoys a significant rate of repeat and referral
business.
- PerryGolf provides complete experiences for golfers and non
golfers;
golf couples and groups of men
- While most PerryGolf Clients prefer completely customized
itineraries, we also offer a selection of fixed departure escorted
programs each year.
- Customized Quotations - most often provided the same day,
but never more than 24 business hours, by experienced staff
sent via email with click thru to more extensive detail.
- One company service - PerryGolf with marketing and sales office
in Wilmington, North Carolina plus operations office in Helensburgh,
Scotland provides seamless service. Your clients are dealing
with the same company throughout. They are NOT being passed
to a ground handler over which you have no control.
- Old
Course, St. Andrews - by contract, PerryGolf has the most
extensive access to guaranteed starting times on the Old Course
of any golf travel company in North America.
- Mercedes-Benz
VIP Golf Coaches - Golfers travel in unsurpassed comfort
with custom designed coaches for 8 travelers. Concierge driver
on each coach who remains with group throughout golf vacation
from collection at airport at the destination until departure
back to the United States.
- Grand
Touring programs - utilizing chartered vessels, PerryGolf
offers unique golf experiences around the British Isles which
may include small ship cruises and the Royal Scotsman train
- Value Added Programs which clients experience such as Preferred
Hotel Partners which extend a particularly warm welcome
to PerryGolf travelers.
- PerryGolf
Lodges at The Westin Turnberry Resort, Scotland - perfect
for group of 8 traveling together as they provide 8 bedrooms
PLUS private lounge area.
- Private
Collection - A portfolio of properties ideal for small groups
of travelers in Scotland to enjoy exclusive use accommodations.
- Plan
Your Own Tour (PYOT) - an exclusive online trip planner/calculator
for customized golf tours to each of our twelve destinations
- Travel Protection Plan available with Cancel
for Any Reason Waiver
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Client Interest / Motivation
Passion for the game is obviously the primary factor which many
golfers simply treasure to shared in the company of family and
friends. In recent years with the proliferation of so many quality
golf courses in nearly every one of the world’s marquee
destinations, interests have grow to include all manner of local
experiences ranging from vineyard tours and cooking classes to
general sightseeing, safaris, fishing and river cruising.
Completely unique interest is found for trips to British Isles.
As the “home of golf” and with so many famous, highly
regarded courses available for visitor play, Scotland and Ireland
in particular provide a golf experience which does not exist elsewhere
in the world. Many golfers wish to play where the game was invented.
It is also viewed as a significantly different experience
due to the type of golf course -- links style courses --
which are characterized by their seaside location among natural
sand dunes, minimal trees and water hazards, plus fast, firm fairways
and greens. These types of courses and their historical significance
all work together to create an ambience that is impossible to
duplicate. Another specific interest is attendance to the British
Open, the oldest of golf’s four major professional championships
played each  year
during the 3rd week of July. The Ryder Cup is similarly compelling
event hosted at regular intervals in the British Isles.
For our other destinations, the interest combines our Client’s
love of the game with their passion for international travel.
Target Audiences -
| PerryGolf serves primarily two target audiences among international golf travelers: groups of men and groups of couples. Groups of men, or “buddy trips”, typically prefer to play Scotland and Ireland for 6-8 days in groups of 4-12. Australia’s Sandbelt golf region near Melbourne is another popular destination for the men. Couples enjoy the British Isles as well of course, but their non golf travel interests lead them around the world. Our Mediterranean destinations plus South Africa, China, New Zealand and Australia are booked almost exclusively by couples, as are our golf cruises. Couples itineraries typically combine golf with local activities ranging from safaris and sightseeing to wine tastings and cooking classes. In either case, couples or men, our clientele ranges in age from 45 – 70+. Geographically, they are found throughout the United States. Nearly all of our clients are members of higher end private golf and country clubs. |
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Key
Client Questions
Custom Tour:
In order for a PerryGolf Travel Specialist to prepare a customized
quotation, we require just a few questions be answered. This provides
sufficient data that we can formulate the initial proposal which
serves as a road map for the final itinerary. It helps everyone
involved in the process as it focuses the client’s attention
on a specific plan.
- How many golfers & non golfers (if any) in the group?
- What are the preferred dates of travel?
- Is local transportation requested in a VIP Golf Coach with
Concierge Driver or self drive?
- What type of accommodation is preferred, e.g small country
house, deluxe hotel, first class hotel, single or double occupancy?
- Do they have any specific golf courses they wish to play?
(Ideally, prioritize the important courses.)
Grand Tour (fixed departure itinerary):
1. How many golfers & non golfers (if any) in the group?
2. Is party interested in pre or post tour extensions?
3. What level of cabin accommodation is preferred?
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Custom Quotations
Prepared In No More Than 24 Hours
With
the information provided from the list above, your PerryGolf Travel
Specialist will prepare, within 24 hours, a carefully detailed,
interactive Provisional Schedule with day by day descriptions
of each activity. Your will receive an email containing a hyperlink
to access the schedule. Pricing is guaranteed for 30 days minimum.
You and your client(s) are welcome to adjust the schedule as you
wish. The proposal will be confirmed for availability however
when deposits and completed reservations forms are received for
all members of the party. Click
to review an example schedule.
Custom Quotations Instantly and Entirely Online
 If you prefer to create custom golf schedules on your own, we
invite you to visit our online trip calculator – Plan
Your Own Tour™. Simply provide your client’s travel
dates and group size, then choose their golf, hotel and means
of local transportation, and you will receive an immediate online
quotation. Should you require a detailed, day by day itinerary
– or if you have any questions – a PerryGolf Travel
Specialist always welcomes your call.
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Booking:
Step 1: Once your client has settled on a schedule
they wish to book, you shall receive our reservations form via
email including booking conditions. Once you have returned a completed
reservations form and deposit for each client, we then begin the
process of confirming the requested arrangements with our various
golf and hotel suppliers.
Step 2: On the next business day following receipt
of your reservations forms we expect to have your clients confirmed
schedule with assigned starting times. In the event we encountered
availability issues at any of the hotels or golf courses, your
Travel Specialist will contact you and discuss the options available.
If we are unable to secure a schedule which satisfies your client’s
requirements, there is no financial obligation to either party,
and all arrangements are cancelled.
NOTE: It is critically important during the confirmation phase
of the booking that you are aware of the time constraints PerryGolf
deals with our suppliers. Some facilities will only hold space
for a brief period of time before they require non refundable
deposits.
Step 3: Final Travel Documents. Approximately
30 days prior to travel you shall receive your clients final travel
information with complete documentation for their upcoming trip
including final schedule, travel advisor booklet, maps and bag
tags.
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Key Golf Courses and
Hotels
 We
invite you to visit the Destinations section of our website where you will find a “Golf &
Hotels” page for each country we offer. A country map is
provided and divided into regions along with dozens of golf course
and hotel selections convenient to each. Place your cursor over
any course or hotel name and its location is automatically indicated
on the map. Click on any course or hotel name and a pop up window
will appear with a photo/text description.
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Preferred Hotels
PerryGolf has worked tirelessly with all of the better properties
at our destinations to ensure every client is welcomed as warmly
as possible. To this end we have developed our Preferred
Hotel Partners which uses the finest hotel in each region.
We carefully review each hotel on an ongoing basis and also closely
monitor client feedback.
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Non Golfers
 Sightseeing - It is critical to address the needs and interest of non golfers
who travel with us. We serve their needs in a variety of ways,
depending upon the individual situation;
Grand Touring - comprehensive daily sightseeing
programs are designed and included in the total cost of all of
our Grand Touring events. The schedule varies by destination but
the intent is to provide an interesting, cultural experience for
those participants not wishing to golf.
Customized Touring - On programs with a Concierge
Driver, he will gladly take the non golfers sightseeing during
the day when the golfers are on the links. He will assist with
shopping & sightseeing ideas to ensure a memorable vacation
for those not playing golf.
Self Drive Touring - Included in the information
travelers receive upon arrival at the destination is a comprehensive
package listing sightseeing opportunities and suggestions for
their trip.
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