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Follow Your Bag
A trading division of Speedlink Group-a capable and experienced company with a proven track record of success
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Speedlink Group- Client Value Proposition
Door to Door Delivery - Anywhere in the World!
Working in Partnership with Clientshttp://www.speedlink.ie
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Introduction to Speedlink Group
• All Ireland Group– Offices & Facilities in Dublin and Belfast
• Hub in Amsterdam• Provision of International Courier Services
– 24/7 and 365 days per year• 20 years trading• Known Agent Status – We are well known
& respected in the industry
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Services Portfolio
• A Range of Customised and Tailored Business Solutions:– Door to Door Services– Timed Deliveries– Time Critical Shipments– AOG (Aircraft on Ground – very urgent parts)– On-board Couriers– Next Flight out Service– Local Deliveries All-Ireland and next day UK– Euro Road Service (new)
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Service Benefits
• Operated in a Flexible and Responsive manner
• Competitive Rates
• Highly Efficient
• ‘Around-the-Clock’ Dedicated Customer Service
• Quick to adopt new technologies
• World-wide network of dedicated local agents
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IS/IT/Web Support
• Web http://www.speedlink.ie • Full web based MIS system • On-line booking system• Full Track and Trace• On-line Customs Clearance & Administration• Fully computerised warehouse/storage management
system• Full range of MIS reports to enhance decision
making, increase efficiency & inform the customer
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Introducing Follow Your Bag
Take the pain, hassle and expense of taking your bag with you when going on international travel - we can pick it up and deliver it door to door for you. Ideal for business & sports, and a nice
treat for personal travelling!
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Proof of Concept & Operations
• Pilot from October 2010 to February 2011• Findings proved the concept• Refined the Customer Value Proposition• IS/IT & Web Systems & Processes put into place • Operational capability confirmed• How do we do it? – we have a world-wide
network of dedicated local agents with intimate local knowledge
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Houston - we have a problem!
• We all know the pain and hassle with flying when it comes to luggage.
• Carrying heavy bags from home to the airport,– getting through security– checking in with concerns about weight and excess baggage
charges.
• If you’re over the weight allowance– many airlines seem to have different rules– weight allowances are constantly reducing– carrying more than one bag– It gets very expensive, very quickly.
• Regular travellers feel this pain even more
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We have a solution!
• We can collect your bag(s) before you depart, then you can enjoy the airline flight walk on style
• It’ll be faster, easier, more convenient • Remember, it’s not just the flight, we collect and
deliver your bag(s) door to door • Making your whole journey much easier• Allowing you to relax a little more, airline flying is
tiring & trying at the best of times.
• And it’ll most likely save you money as well!
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Can we save you money as well?
Baggage Allowance
Checked Baggage Charge
Excess Baggage
Rate
Excess Baggage Charge
Total Cost FYB Cost
You Can SAVE
For 1 bag15 kgs £35 £20 per kg £200 £235 £119.80 £115
For the 2nd bag15 kgs £70 £20 per kg £200 £270 £113.00 £157
Ryanair – what it could cost you as at 28 February 2011
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Who Uses follow your bag?
• Absolutely anyone.
• Business people who travel regularly use it to make life easier.
• Sports people with kit to carry • Holiday people looking to be stress-fee• Working or Studying abroad• Brides for that Special Day!• People travelling alone, find travelling stressful or
have difficulty carrying bags, after all 25kgs/55 lbs is quite a lot of weight
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Business People
• Items to bring home? Take to the client? Samples/materials/leaflets etc? - This is perfect for that extra bag; we'll collect it and deliver it home or office for you!
• You’ll be able to go straight to work/appointments; bags will go to you hotel/convention centre; in fact anywhere you send them e.g. 1 bag to hotel and 1 bag to convention centre if you wish.
• Display equipment, pop ups, stands, exhibition materials etc
• We can even put up and take down your displays
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Sports People
• Many sports people have kit and/or equipment:– Golf bags, Bikes, Cricket gear, Ski equipment, Surf
boards, Hockey and Ice Hockey gear, Athletics (particularly field events)
• Kit & Equipment is expensive and valuable and hard to replace if lost or damaged
• E.g. we’ve been contracted to take an expensive off-track racing bike to Brazil and 7 bikes for the Tour de France for Jim Stokes
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Holiday People
• Families going on holiday use it to allow them time to look after the children and enjoy the travel experience better.
• People going on that special holiday, maybe a cruise, or some far away exotic destination use it for that special treat.
• People travelling alone, senior people, or if find travelling stressful or have difficulty carrying bags, after all 25kgs/55 lbs is quite a lot of weight
• We took a Canadian airline pilot golf bag home to Toronto
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Cruise People
• Deliver & collect from Port-side• Coordinate with cruise docking/departure
times• Cruise companies offer (at best) only
limited service to Irish customers• We’ve been contracted to collect from
Venice and deliver to South Yorkshire and Australia
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Brides & Bridal Parties
• Marrying abroad or coming home to NI/Ireland to marry
• Bridal gowns are nearly always unique, valuable, expensive, irreplaceable
• Cannot be lost, has to be delivered on time
• A special gift for your honeymoon couple – purchase a follow your bag voucher to have their bags shipped from their wedding to their honeymoon hotel!
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How it works….
• Via web site• www.followyourbag.com • Everything completed
online• Secure credit card
transactions• Order/Receipts sent
automatically
• Via telephone• Lo-call:
– 0845 304 5531• Open 24-7• Place orders on
phone• Credit card
transactions taken• Ideal for cruise line
bookings and groups
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Deals for Groups…
• We do special deals for: - – Small groups, from 4 upwards– Sportspeople, e.g. golfing groups, skiing– Family arrangements– Cruise liners– Special exotic or far away places– Baggage that is ‘out of gauge’ meaning, bags
that are heavier/larger than the guidelines
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Channel Partners
• We are seeking ‘Channel Partners’ – people/companies who would like to offer our services to their clients & customers
• Suitable when our offer compliments their services
• E.g. Hotels, Travel Agents, Cruise Lines, Membership Organisations,
• Commission, no set-up costs, joint promotions & offers,
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Travel Agents
• Go on – add this bespoke service to your holiday deals and make your customers’ next holiday that much easier!
• Make life easier for customers• Reduce hassle for customers• Add a quality service at no extra cost for your
company• You can sell our service at the same time you
sell your holiday so little/no extra work is required
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Hotels
• Make life easier for guests• Reduce hassle for hotel staff• Add a quality service at no extra cost for the
hotel• Solve last minute customer baggage problems
easily & promptly • e.g. guests buying goods and have a second
bag to take home resulting in excess baggage costs
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Follow Your Bag is Tax Efficient!
• For EU travel, the VAT @ (soon to be) 20% is fully reclaimable.
• The total expense is tax deductible – this means a saving of £21 in every £100.
• Example: -– 1 x 25 kg travelling within in Western Europe will cost net
£78 (door to door)– 1 x 25 kg bag travelling to New York State will cost net
£86 (door to door)
• Why give this money, and more, to airlines for baggage fees?– Spend it with us and we’ll give you a fantastic value for
money service that’ll make your life a lot easier!
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Joint Marketing
• Exchange of hyperlinks and webs links
• We promote your services to our network, and you promote our services to your network
• Support with Facebook, Twitter, Blogs etc
• Custom offers & promotions
• Reciprocal marketing
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No pain! No hassle! No lost bags!
• This service used to be expensive and only affordable by royalty and the wealthy – now Follow Your Bag enables ordinary people to regularly use this service!
• Is particularly beneficial when you are having to pay airline excess baggage costs – most times we can SAVE you money
• We’ll not lose your bags
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We would very much appreciate the opportunity to discuss with you how this
innovative new service could be used for mutual advantage
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Tele: 0845 304 5531
Adrian adrian@followyourbag.com
David david@followyourbag.com