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717 Poker Tour asked:


Welcome to the site for in-person free to enter poker tournaments in the Harrisburg area!

Do your really need an excuse to go to The Coliseum?  Now you have one.  Come on by and play Poker. . Directions click here

 

Your invited to to poker league tryouts every Tuesday & Wednesday at 8PM.

Points are based on the number of players entered in each weekly game, so come on in and make a name for yourself

 

717 Poker Tour runs a weekly poker game at Coliseum Camp Hill, every Tuesday night at 8PM.

Points can be earned each week and are posted on our leader board page. Points are based on the number of players entered in each weekly game, so come on in and make a name for yourself

 

The top 24 in points on Thursday will qualify to play in the Season 1 Championship Event.  Season 1 Championship Tournament will be Saturday 12/6/2008 game starts at 1PM.

 

 Coliseum tournament details:

 Starting stack:  700 chips

 Red    5 - 4 

 

Blue    10 - 3

 

Green  50 - 5

 

Black  100 -4

 http://717pokertour.com/

 

Welcome to the site for in-person free to enter poker tournaments in the Harrisburg area!

Do your really need an excuse to go to The Coliseum?  Now you have one.  Come on by and play Poker. . Directions click here

 

Your invited to to poker league tryouts every Tuesday & Wednesday at 8PM.

Points are based on the number of players entered in each weekly game, so come on in and make a name for yourself

Ian R Gumm asked:


Like the majority of my competitors, I offer standard battlefield tour packages that show people the sites of D-Day, Ypres, The Somme, Waterloo, Arnhem, Vimy Ridge, etc. I offer six set date tours each year aimed at taking people to the battlefield sites on or close to the anniversary date of the battle. My Battlefield Tours 4u website also offers a range of set itinerary tours that have flexible dates and hotel grades.

What relatively few battlefield tour operators do however is a “truly bespoke tour service” whereby they put together a tour with their customer to ensure that the customer gets to see what they want rather than just what the tour operator wants to show them. Such a service is a partnership between the customer and tour operator/guide determining what can be seen in the time set aside to allow the customer to achieve their aim. I have been fortunate enough to take customers to visit the battlefields where their father or grandfather fought. I have taken others to the grave of an ancestor and shown them the place where their ancestor fought and died. Others have wanted to see the places where their own regiments fought and so on. I have even taken veterans back to the places where they fought and lost friends.

The key to a truly bespoke battlefield service is defining what you the customer would like to do or what you want to achieve. This is unique and individual to each customer, but in general the following gives a good basis from which to work.

What is the purpose of the tour?

What is it you the customer would like to do or achieve? For example do you want to: -

1. Visit the grave of an ancestor, relative or particular person?

2. See the place where that person fought and was perhaps wounded or died (if this can indeed be established)?

3. Understand the battle in which they fought?

4. Get a better understanding of the war in which they fought?

5. Want to see the place in which a particular unit fought?

6. Follow the progress of a particular unit during a campaign?

The list is almost endless, but in short it is what you the customer wants to do that matters.

Where do you want to go?

This sounds easy, but this may not necessarily be the case. It is linked closely with the purpose of the tour, but can include places to enhance understanding that do not directly relate to an ancestor’s, relative’s or particular unit’s war.

How long do you want to go for?

You are in charge and can determine the length of your tour, but beware a word of caution here. Make sure that the time is sufficient to achieve your aim and get around the tour locations, but not too long so that you get “toured out”. By this I mean the days start to merge into one and the places you are visiting no longer have a meaning. The great thing about a truly bespoke tour is it remains flexible and if this happens you can take a break, reorganise the schedule or whatever else you and the tour guide jointly decide.

Where do you want to be picked-up and dropped-off?

This needs to be agreed before going on the tour as it has a bearing on the tour cost. I have picked people up from their homes, met them at the UK Ferry Port, at the hotel, an airport and more. I have agreed different pick-up and drop-off locations where asked. If the pick-up and drop-off points are on my route (or close by) I do not normally charge for this, but if additional mileage is involved or the location involves an overnight stay then a charge is made. Each tour operator is different so make sure you check this out.

What standard of accommodation do you want?

You can set the standard; I can normally arrange anything from self-catering to a five Star Chateau Hotel. You can of course specify that the tour guide stays with you, but don’t expect them to cook if its self-catering (I am not a good cook and do not want to poison my guests). Often the tour guide will stay in the same place if it is within their budget. I normally stay in the same hotel so that I am available for my guests should they want to see me or nearby if the cost is greater than my budget allows. I have stayed in more expensive hotels when my guests have decided that this is what they want provided they pick-up the additional cost.

What meals do you want to include in the price?

A good tour operator should be able to arrange a tour that includes no meals, breakfast only, half board, full board or all-inclusive. Make sure you agree with the tour operator before going on the tour just what is included. Is it just meals, or is wine provided with dinner, or no drinks, or include all drinks, etc. If meals are inclusive decide whether or not you wish the tour guide to dine with you (providing they are staying in the same hotel). I normally give my customers the choice, but even where it has been agreed that we dine apart within a day or so this seems to change as we continue to discuss things once back at the hotel and then over dinner. Please don’t forget that the tour guide will need some admin time to prepare for the following day, top up on supplies, etc.

Do you want museum fees included?

You can have museum entrance fees included in the price of your tour or you can pay on the door as you go in. Make sure you agree this with the tour operator before you go. I normally include these within the price as standard, but others may not.

What about refreshments whilst travelling around the battlefield?

This can include light refreshments and snacks carried in the vehicle or regular stops to allow you to purchase your own. The choice again is very much the customer’s. I normally carry a cooler-box with drinks as a minimum, but this will vary from one tour operator to another.

The list can go on, but I think you will have got the gist of what I am trying to say.

My best advice is if you want to do something different from a standard tour talk to a professional. They will tell you whether or not they can do it, if they can great, if they can’t you can decide to go elsewhere or even follow an alternative if it is offered. You can of course talk to a number of tour operators about your proposed tour, but please do not string them along, as organising a bespoke tour can be very time consuming. They may also turn down another tour based upon your enquiry and if you decide not to use them they will have missed out on another opportunity. This is after all their livelihood and they need to make a living so please be fair.

My final point is that a truly bespoke service puts you in charge and we the tour operators should be facilitators to enable you to do it. I believe that I like the other truly bespoke tour operators do.

King David Tours asked:


Many Tourist asks me,

what is the best way to explore Israel ?

from my experience, the best way to explore Israel is with "Eshkol Car"

When your time and money is limited, or if you want to have a professional Taylor made tour with a professional tour guide and in a SAFE way, the Eshkol Tour is the best for you !

Eshkol Car, Is A super comfortable car / van That allowed to be driven only by a certified tour guide, that had extra training for this purpose, and must speaks another languages.

 

Soon You land At The AirPort, your Guide Will wait for you, with a nice car / van,  and will help you to start your tour very easy, in the best way for you.

 

The "Eshkol Car" logo - bring us back to the biblical times, when the spies enter the holly land and carried grapes on their shoulders.

You all welcome, to explore the Holy Land, Not As Spies

But As A VIP tourist, On your Private Tour !

 

* This Eshkol Car - have full insurance coverage for the tourists

 

Typical Tours

since Israel Is a Very small country. In less then six hours you can cross Israel from the north to the south, thing which makes it very easy to travel.

 

Having private tour, you can decide for your self which hotel to stay ( allot of tourists uses their credit card points and convert them for free accommodation )

 

Most private tours choose to stay 3 nights at Jerusalem, which gives enough time to visit all the holly places, and have one full day tour towards the dead sea.

 

Then you can choose to stay another 2-3 nights at the north part of Israel, the best is at the area of the sea of Galilee, which  located less then one hour fro, all the famous places at the north.

 

Since you having your private tour, you can consult you tour guide, on other nice spots on the road which are out of the main tourist attractions.

 

Blessed Are The people that comes to the Holly Land

 

Beth Menzies asked:


A virtual tour is a complete 360-degree view of a space. The user can feel as if they’re standing within a space, and then can control their movement within the area. They can look up above them, at the floor below them, and all around. Users are also able to zoom in and out, giving them the ability to focus in on areas of interest. Each virtual tour is usually made up from a number of photographs which are ’stitched’ together

Where are they used?

One of the most familiar applications of virtual tours is by estate agents. These virtual tours tend to be small scale, and low-quality, as price is the biggest issue.

High-resolution virtual tours that can be viewed at full screen are the best option for any organisation for whom quality is important. A hotel group will use virtual tours to show the potential clients the quality of the rooms. Other examples of potential virtual tour customers include conference centres, museums, hospitals, car manufacturers, football clubs, universities, architects and property developers - all of whom benefit by showing off their space to its best advantage.

What extra features can a virtual tour have?

You can use the virtual tours in many different ways on your site, depending on how you’d like to display them. Virtual tours can be linked to a floorplan, so that users can feel orientated and choose how and where to move within a space. This is particularly useful for architects or property developers. Eye Revolution have created an example of this type for The Edison bar and lounge.

A Google Maps interface enables users to see virtual tours that are geographically removed from each other - a large number of virtual tours can all be linked via a map. Britannia Vista offers an excellent example of this type of implementation.

Many virtual tour providers will also be able to integrate hotspots - special links within a virtual tour. You may even want to include an audio script, a soundtrack or even some video in your virtual tours.

Talk to the virtual tour companies about the project, and they will be able to suggest interfaces that may be appropriate for you.

What’s the advantage of a virtual tour on your website?

A virtual tour which is relevant to the viewer can help both build a brand and sell a product. So in the case of an architect’s website, where part of their portfolio is available to be toured, the viewer is able to see the quality of the architect’s work, choose where they’d like to focus on (rather than being dependent on the ‘right’ stills being provided) and then zoom in and see the small details. This gives the company a big advantage over their competitors as potential clients get a better insight into the product on offer.

How should I choose a virtual tour provider?

The good news is that there’s a lot of choice out there. The bad news is that there are some very poor providers too. The best bet is to make a shortlist of virtual tour providers and then have a very thorough look through their portfolios. Look for ’stitching errors’ - places where the photographs that make up the tour don’t line up properly. Look for clarity - are the lines clear and sharp, or fuzzy, pixellated or indistinct? Can you see odd colours which don’t look ‘right’, particularly on edges of objects in the tours. Check for over-exposure - so can you see through windows, or are they all white and hazy? Can you look around a full 360-degrees, or are the ceilings and floors blocked off?

If you’re looking for a high quality virtual tour, it’s vital that your providers are good photographers. If they’re poor photographers, nothing will make your virtual tour look as good as it should.

So, going through their portfolio to make sure that you’re happy with the quality of their virtual tour work and that they’ve got a good range of clients and experience is vital to the success of your virtual tour project.

Is it expensive?

This depends on the type of project that you’re commissioning. Talk to the providers you’ve shortlisted, describe your project in as much detail as possible and ask them to quote. A ‘menu’ of prices (where you can see the cost per virtual tour, rather than the total cost for 10 virtual tours) is often useful, as it enables you to compare like with like.

The important thing to note is that the old adage still applies - if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys! Good virtual tour providers will be investing in new equipment, training and software on an ongoing basis. They will also be expert in retouching, and can use their skills to ensure your tours look as good as they can. This investment means that you get the best possible end result, and as you’re going to live with it on your website - possibly for a number of years - you want to make sure that the virtual tours are perfect. If you’re being offered a deal that seems to good to be true, again, look back carefully at the portfolio and assess the quality again.

How do I get it on my website?

Your virtual tour provider will provide you with files which can be uploaded to your site, or they can be hosted on your virtual tour provider’s server. They will be able to liaise with your web designer to ensure the smooth delivery and upload of the virtual tours.

There are several plugins through which people can view virtual tours (for example, Flash, QuickTime, Java, Shockwave and OpenGL). Flash’s high *********** (97% in developed markets) tends to make it the main choice, however, providers will be able to discuss the best options with you.

So finally…

Good virtual tours that stand the test of time and enhance your site visitors’ experience will be likely to increase sales, will encourage people to return, and may over time increase the traffic to your website.

Robert Meyer asked:


Kenya Tour -All Inclusive tour of Africa

All inclusive Kenya tour information. The most bargain Kenya tour options are the all inclusive safari packages. Best all inclusive African Kenya tour packages will mostly include a package of bargain flights to Africa, national park tour, local transport and accommodation in wilderness lodges and hotels. In Kenya, inclusive packages have a characteristic of putting all the components of a safari in one. The tour operators are able to negotiate discounts from suppliers of beds, flight seats, local transport seats and entertainment spots. The discounts are further passed on to the travelers to Kenya.

This provides a discounted Kenya tour package to an otherwise expensive tour. For example, the cost of a return flight from the USA to Kenya would normally go for usd 1700 in the tourist season. If you calculate how much a family of six would have to spend on air fare alone, then the sense of purchasing all inclusive packages becomes evident.

All Inclusive Kenya Tours-How You Benefit From

On the local scene, Kenya tour providers would include lodges in Kenya tour national parks, safari van transport companies, Kenya car rentals and entertainment spots. When a tour operator negotiates for discounts and commissions from such providers, they are able to pass on the same to you on your Kenya tour. At the least you are able to get the best all inclusive Kenya tour packages at the cost price since the operator is able to enjoy commissions as his profit as opposed to marking up on the different components of the Kenya safari.

It’s therefore pennywise to insist on all inclusive Kenya tour packages when negotiating for your safari tour. In most cases you will be able to cut off more than 30% of the cost of the Kenya tour which s unnecessarily added up as mark ups by the selling middle men. More the reason to use Kenya local tour operator when booking your next Kenya all inclusive tour package.

There are a variety of all inclusive Kenya tour safaris which can be obtained from your tour operator. You will need to be wary of Kenya tour packages that seem overly cheap or low cost. The marketing gimmick mostly employed by overseas tour operators is to only present you with their cost price which includes only part of the Kenya tour components.

The Vacation Marketing Tricks Played On You By Operator

Other tour components like entry charges to game parks, taxes, cover charges are deliberately left out and no mention is made of them. Or if they do, they only give them rough estimate and label them as local charges. This marketing gimmick seems to work well into deceiving you that you are getting a sell off, down right steal all inclusive Kenya tour. However, what you might initially have cost you say, $1200 for a 10 day safari, turns out to be more costly when you arrive and the total cost of your Kenya tour tallies to $3000 for the same 10 days. Worse cases is where you jump into the Kenya tour deal without doing proper research into exactly how much more you would have to pay on arrival as local charges.

I once had a very very hard time trying to convince a potential visitor from Europe that a 20 day Kenya tour would in no probable way cost a paltry $300. When she gave me the website they had got the offer from (and even had confirmed prices on phone from them), she was shocked when together we tallied all the hidden costs that amounted to a whopping $5000. So much for the $300 Africa Kenya vacation tour. In an instant her dreams of a super cheap Kenya tour evaporated. Lets face it, it cant be that cheap to travel half way round the world to Africa without a sponsorship program!!

All Inclusive Tour Operator Tricks-How To Beat Them

The best way to beat this marketing trick is to compare, compare and compare prices, then bargain as best as you can. Of course your bargaining should also bear in mind that a low end cheap tour might not be what you want. And again, very cheap prices for all inclusive Kenya tour might mean that you are being accommodated in equally cheap places. It helps to know the average cost of accommodation, park entry and average transport in a Kenya tour.

This way your Kenya tour will not turn into a low end dirt cheap and uncomfortable adventure. In my work I have had visitors who bargained so hard that on arrival they felt they could have spent a little more to enjoy the comforts of the truly magical safari park lodges in Kenya. Believe me it helps to do your research well and know when you are being ripped off.

All Inclusive Best Kenya Tour Safaris

Some of the common Kenya all inclusive tour packages highlight one or more of the many Kenya tour attractions, parks and landmarks. Below is a list of some of the all inclusive Africa Kenya tour packages on offer either as a single attraction safari or a combination of more than two.

Africa Kenya all inclusive beach tour

Africa Kenya Africa all inclusive national park tour

Africa Kenya all inclusive animal tour

Africa Kenya all inclusive water safari tour

Africa Kenya all inclusive family tour

Africa Kenya all inclusive lake tour

Kenya all inclusive overland tour

Kenya all inclusive walking and trekking tour

All inclusive Kenya camping tour

All inclusive Kenya mountain climbing tour

All inclusive Kenya fishing tour

All inclusive Kenya golf tour

All inclusive Kenya rift valley tour

All inclusive Kenya Africa desert tour

All inclusive Africa Kenya bird watching tour

All inclusive African Kenya historical tour

All inclusive Africa Kenya cultural tour

All inclusive Africa Kenya education tour

All inclusive Africa Kenya mission and charity tour

All inclusive Kenya tribal tour

All inclusive Kenya sports tour

All inclusive Kenya adventure tour

All inclusive Kenya Christmas tour

All inclusive Kenya home stay tour

Kenya all inclusive wilderness tour

Kenya all inclusive forest tour

Kenya all inclusive African lion tour

Kenya all inclusive business tour

All inclusive worry free Kenya tour

All inclusive Africa Kenya sightseeing tour

All inclusive Kenya Africa coastal tour

Do the math-Yourself!

The best way to get a favorably priced all inclusive Kenya tour is to firstly research on the actual prices of the separate components of your itinerary. When you are done you can now compare prices of the different all inclusive Africa Kenya tour packages. This will be easy to compare which is the most favorable price with your original non discounted gross price. That is you establish the ceiling amount of the sum of all components of your safari. I know its hard work, but well worth it. You will be surprised at how much you know of the destination even before you set foot there.

You may need to bear in mind that cheap is also expensive at times. Otherwise; buy your self a very adventurous Kenya tour vacation in East Africa.