 Poster: A snowHead
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I got an e-mail from http://www.voyage-prive.co.uk today saying I'd won membership to the site. I signed up, I only needed to give them my e-mail address.
Seems it's an invitation only exclusive travel deals site (including some skiing). Not sure I get why it's private/invitation only though. Anyway, anyone know anything about it? Are they dodgy? Just wondering if I booked anything through them that I'm not going to end up on an episode of Hustle 
Some of the offers seem ok, but nothing out of this world, and nothing I'm tempted to book at the moment.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I was invited by a friend who uses them regularly so confident its all legit, however I haven't been with them yet. Offers are reasonable but not amazing.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks Ernie. I'll keep them on my list of sites to look on for holidays then.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Why would anyone with anything as ordinary as holidays and travel to sell want to restrict the number of their potential customers in what is a highly competitive market?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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They tend to get promoted by third parties on the likes of cashback and points sites. I got signed up, can't recall how.
Possibly the rules and regs are different for holiday clubs than they are for travel agents ? Can't say about France, but there are situations where promotion to "memebers of private clubs and associations" is considered different to public adevertising in England.
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It's basically Groupon for travel. It started in France and apparently is a big company.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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How it works: the company invites people to sign up to their "exclusive" website, either through "invite a friend", other membership sites or with incentives. It's generally not very difficult to obtain an "exclusive" account. This gives the company the email addresses of thousands of "motivated" people - these potential customers elected to be on the list, therefore they are less likely to see the marketing emails "exclusive offers" as spam, and more likely to part with their cash. A large list of people who value your company and like your products is very, very valuable. Also, less money is wasted advertising to people who aren't interested.
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Oops, just to clarify: I have never booked with this company, so can't comment on their service. There are a high percentage of negative comments on pam w's link though which is a little concerning although understandable - people are more likely to have a whinge when they feel they've been wronged (who would otherwise not bother saying anything at all), and it seems that some of the commenters didn't quite understand the nature of the company, i.e. they're an agent, not a TO.
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