Client of the Month – Friendly Planet Travel, Inc.

We are so proud to announce our December client of the month, Friendly Planet Travel! Founded in 1981 as Great Touring Adventures, they are owned and operated by Peggy Goldman-Fink and Ilan Fink.  They are currently located in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania and employ a staff of 22.

Friendly Planet Travel wants to be the most service-oriented travel provider on the Internet. They develop and sell upscale tours to many destinations around the world, including such exotics as Borneo, China, Patagonia, Peru, Kenya and many, many more.  They are one of the few tour operators to receive a special new license for legal travel to Cuba for U.S. citizens. And, they do it all at prices that typically save their travelers hundreds of dollars when compared with similar programs offered by their competitors. They sell directly to the public, so travelers benefit from the very best prices Friendly Planet Travel can negotiate, and judging from the growth of their business, their formula is working pretty well.

Travelers often say they can’t believe how much they have gotten for having paid so little, which makes the Friendly Planet team incredibly happy. It’s exactly what they strive to do!

Friendly Planet Travel is also extremely proud to support a number of humanitarian outreach projects in some of the destinations they visit. They believe that travel helps demystify people and cultures.  When people meet face to face, they realize that they are not so different from one another. It’s an experience Friendly Planet Travel loves to make happen again and again.

If you’re interested in wonderful tour and cruise packages, beautiful pictures and amazing detail, be sure to visit their website at www.friendlyplanet.com. Just don’t forget to read the traveler feedback and testimonials to get your own ideas flowing!

As for ProductiveTech, Peggy was so nice to say, “ProductiveTech has helped us grow our company. Simply said, without proper automation and infrastructure, our company could never have gone from a few hundred passengers a year to 9,000 a year. Kevin, John and the ProductiveTech team have been our network administrators for close to 9 years. During that time, Friendly Planet has grown from 3 people to 22. We have moved our offices twice to accommodate our growth, and if we needed to move again, we would depend on you to do your magic and make the move as painless as possible.  Considering that virtually all our work is done online, we have hardly ever experienced a down time. And on the rare occasion that we’ve faced a problem or emergency, the ProductiveTech team has truly been only a phone call away. That’s great service and we’re very glad to have it.”