Nīnauele me Seychelles Travel Pro: ʻo Mr. Alan Mason

Ma ke ʻano he paradaiso i ka moana ʻInikia, hoʻokūkū ʻo Seychelles me nā lāhui mokupuni ʻē aʻe ma ka hone o ka honua, mai ka Hikina Hema ʻo Asia a i ka Caribbean, a me nā ʻāina kokoke. Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻokele ʻoe iā mākou iho ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. He aha nā hoʻokūkū a me nā mea hoʻohālikelike i hoʻokaʻawale i kēia ʻāina mai kāna mau hoʻokūkū nui?

Ma loko o ka Moana ʻInikia ponoʻī, manaʻo wau e hoʻohui ʻo Seychelles i nā mea ʻoi loa o nā mokupuni. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao aia mākou ʻo Mauritius kahi mokupuni nui aku me nā hōkele maikaʻi, ma kekahi ʻē aʻe iā mākou nā Maldives me nā mokupuni liʻiliʻi a me nā hōkele kupaianaha. Akā ʻaʻohe o lākou i loaʻa ka like ʻole o Seychelles. Manaʻo wau inā ʻoe e hele i Mauritius, hele ʻoe i kahi hōkele a inā ʻoe e hele i ka Maldives ʻoi aku ia o kahi ʻike hoʻolauleʻa. Akā ʻo Seychelles i koʻu manaʻo ʻo ia wale nō ka mea nāna i hōʻaiʻē iā ia iho e lawe i kahi ʻike i kahi e hele ai.

Loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻano huahana ʻokoʻa ma aneʻi, mai nā hale hoʻokipa, 3 a me 4 Hōkū i hoʻokumu ʻia, nā hōkele maikaʻi ʻo 5 Stars i hōʻailona ʻia a hiki i nā mokupuni pilikino e hāʻawi ʻia. Akā he aha ka mea e hui pū ai i nā mea āpau me ka nānā ʻole i kāu moʻohelu kālā, a i ʻole ka hōkele āu e noho nei, ʻo ka ʻokoʻa o nā poʻe a me nā mokupuni. ʻO kahi laʻana, ma Mahe, ke kaʻa a kaʻa kaʻa a puni nā hale hōʻikeʻike kiʻi, e ʻike nei i ka lawaiʻa kūloko e hoʻi nei me kā lākou iʻa, ka laʻana ʻana i nā hale ʻaina kūloko a me ka hele huakaʻi ʻana ma waena o nā mokupuni a i ʻole ke hele nei i Praslin, La Digue a ma kahi pilikino ʻē aʻe. mokupuni. ʻO ia ke ʻano kū hoʻokahi o Seychelles, manaʻo wau ʻo kēia ka mea e kū ai iā mākou mai nā mea hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū.

Akā ma luna o nā mea āpau, he heluna kānaka mākou ma luna o 90,000 mau kānaka, no laila, ʻoluʻolu mākou a waiho ʻia a ʻoluʻolu loa ka poʻe o aneʻi. ʻAʻole mākou he moʻomeheu kahiko; inā ʻoe e nānā ma o ka hune o ka honua ʻaʻohe o mākou moʻomeheu o nā ʻāina ʻAsia akā ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻohe o mākou ka lehulehu a me ka haumia. Ma ke ʻano he mokupuni, manaʻo wau he pakele maoli kā mākou i ka ola mokupuni a kokoke ʻoe i kēlā ʻike ma aneʻi ma kahi ʻē aʻe.

ʻO Mason's Travel kahi ʻoihana ʻohana Destination Management ʻohana i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 1972 a ʻo ia ka lā ʻoi aku ka ikaika a me ka hana hou o ka lawelawe ʻana i ka honua ma Seychelles. Hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi iā mākou pehea i loli ai kāu ʻoihana i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa a he aha ka mea i hoʻokau ai i nā loli?

ʻĀ, noho mau nā mākau nui o ka ʻoihana. ʻO ka mea nui, ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka ʻoihana e koʻu makuahine a ʻike ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā paionia nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Seychelles. ʻO ka hoʻomaka o ka huakaʻi ʻo Mason i kūlike me ka wehe ʻana o ka Seychelles International Airport a pēlā ka ulu maoli o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Seychelles. Ua hoʻomaka mākou ma ke kōkua ʻana me kekahi mau hoʻokoe ʻana no nā hōkele, ʻo mākou nā paionia i hoʻomaka i kekahi mau huakaʻi a me nā huakaʻi keu i ka paka kai i kēlā manawa. I loko o kēlā manawa ʻo Mahe ka mokupuni nui nāna i kūkulu i nā hōkele mua, ʻoiai ʻo Praslin lāua ʻo La Digue he mau hale hoʻokipa a ʻaʻole i hoʻomohala ʻia a hiki ʻole ke komo ʻia; ua hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi i nā huakaʻi iā Praslin a me La Digue a ua ulu ka ʻoihana mai ia mea.

Ua lilo mākou i poʻe loea i ka loina o ka lele ʻana o ka mokupuni. I ke ʻano o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā hoʻāhu o ka hōkele i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kā lākou huakaʻi, ka lawelawe ʻana i ka ʻāina ke hiki mai ka mea kūʻai aku, lawe lākou i ka wā o ko lākou noho ʻana, lawelawe lawelawe ʻana, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana me ka holo pono o nā mea āpau, inā lākou e neʻe ana mai kekahi mokupuni a i kekahi.

I kēia lā he mau keʻena mākou ma nā mokupuni nui ʻekolu a ʻoi aku ma mua o 300 o nā limahana. ʻO ka mea hope loa, hoʻolilo mākou i ka nui o kā mākou manawa huakaʻi a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana i kahi e hele aku ai kekahi o kā mākou kuleana nui. Kōkua mākou i nā ʻoihana huakaʻi a me nā ʻoihana huakaʻi me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa, ʻike ʻana i nā huahana kūpono no kā lākou mea kūʻai aku a kōkua iā lākou i kahi e koi ai. Kōkua mākou iā lākou e kūlike i nā mea kūʻai aku me nā hōkele kikoʻī no ka mea ʻaʻole like nā mea kūʻai aku me nā mea āpau. Hana like mākou me nā hōkele kiʻekiʻe e like me mākou me nā hale hoʻokipa liʻiliʻi. Nui loa ka ulu ʻana o nā makahiki, e hoʻomaka ana me nā limahana he nui wale, akā pili kā mākou kūleʻa i ke kūpaʻa a me ka hoʻokō a mākou, kā mākou huakaʻi like e hoʻokau iā Seychelles ma mua.

Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo Mason's Travel i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi maikaʻi loa ma Seychelles e ka Luxury Travel Guide 2017. Pehea ʻoe e hoʻokaʻawale ai iā ʻoe iho mai nā hui nui ʻē aʻe ma aneʻi, e like me nā lawelawe huakaʻi ʻo Creole?

He hui nui ʻo Creole Travel Services, he kime maikaʻi kā lākou a me kahi hanana ikaika. Eia naʻe, manaʻo wau ʻo kā mākou ʻokoʻa koʻikoʻi nui kā mākou limahana. ʻO ka hapa nui o lākou i noho pū me mākou no 20 mau makahiki a me kekahi mau makahiki 40. Manaʻo wau he hiʻohiʻona kēia o ka waiwai a mākou i kau ai ma luna o kā mākou kime a me kēlā kūpaʻa i ka mea a mākou e kapa aku ai "me ka paʻi o Mason". Loaʻa iā mākou āpau nā ʻōnaehana maikaʻi, nā ʻōnaehana IT o kēia wā, nā pahi a me nā moku no nā huakaʻi, akā manaʻo wau e iho nui ia i ka poʻe a me kā mākou laina kikoʻī e pili ana i ka noho ʻana i ka ʻike Seychelles.

Kaulana ʻoe ma Seychelles ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana kūleʻa loa, akā he aha kāu hoʻolālā kūʻai kūwaho honua, keu hoʻi i kēia mau lā me ka puka ʻana o nā Pūnaewele Huakaʻi Pūnaewele? Pehea ʻoe e hana ai me ka hoʻokūkū ma waena o ka honua?

He pāʻani ʻokoʻa kēlā a pau iā ia iho. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokūkū me expedia.com a i ʻole booking.com: he kanaka nunui honua lākou i kēia manawa, akā ʻokoʻa ʻokoʻa ʻo Seychelles. No kā mākou mākeke kumu, he wahi lōʻihi mākou. ʻAʻole ia e hele ana i Ladana a i ʻole Palisa a paʻi ma ka booking.com a loaʻa kahi hōkele. Manaʻoʻiʻo wau no ka mea kūʻai aku, he waiwai hoʻokomo ʻo Seychelles i nā ʻano ʻelua: financially, kahi mamao loa e kiʻi ai me nā huakaʻi pipiʻi e lawe; a me ka naʻau no ka mea no ka hapanui o ka poʻe he lā nui nui loa ia, e loaʻa ai kā lākou honeymoon a i ʻole he lā hoʻomanaʻo; no laila nui nā mea i manaʻo ʻia.

ʻAʻole mākou he ʻoihana i ka mea kūʻai akā ʻo mākou ʻoihana nui i ka ʻoihana a ʻo kā mākou mau hoa ke kūʻai aku, nā mea mākaʻikaʻi. Hana pū mākou me nā mea kūʻai nui i hoʻihoʻi i nā pepelu a kūʻai aku i nā pūʻolo. Hana mākou me ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku a hana mākou i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa limahana he nui.

Ke hoʻomau mau nei mākou i ka hilinaʻi i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka poʻe a me nā loea i nā wahi. He huakaʻi ia e hiki ai ke kūʻai hewa aku. E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia i ka hoʻomaka mua, hele ʻoe i Mauritius a koho ʻoe i kahi hōkele e like me kāu kālā. Inā makemake ʻoe e loaʻa i kahi lā Seychelles pono, he pili ia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka poʻe loea me ka ʻike pehea e ʻike ai iā Seychelles.

Nui nā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hiki ke lawe i ka ʻāina a me ka ʻike e hiki ʻole i ka huina nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi e hiki ke hoʻomau i ka hoʻonui. Pehea ʻoe e hoʻolālā ai e hoʻololi i nā helu huakaʻi huakaʻi, i mea e hoʻopili ai iā ʻoe iho me ka hoʻolālā aupuni?

Manaʻo wau he ulu pono kā mākou ulu ʻana i nā helu mākaʻikaʻi. ʻAʻole mākou kahi huakaʻi nui a ʻaʻole kokoke mākou i laila. Hoʻonohonoho pinepine mākou iā mākou iho e like me ka nui o kahi mākeke niche ma mua o ka nui.

ʻIke mākou āpau a ʻae mākou āpau ʻaʻole makemake mākou e lilo i wahi nui. Akā manaʻo wau he nui hou aku ka noiʻi a me ka ʻike e pono ai i ka holomua ʻana, i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻonohonoho i nā pahuhopu kūpono, a hoʻolālā maikaʻi e like me kēia mau pahuhopu.

Pono mākou e noʻonoʻo he poʻe liʻiliʻi mākou i maʻa mau i kekahi ʻano nohona; ke aʻo manuahi, ke olakino manuahi, a hele mai kēia i ke kumu kūʻai. Ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua hōʻea loa mākou i ka palena o ka hana, no laila ʻo ke kūkulu hou ʻana ma Seychelles ʻoi aku ka nui o nā limahana o nā ʻāina ʻē, maikaʻi inā makemake mākou e hoʻomau i ka helu ʻana a kākoʻo i ka ʻoihana akā i ka manawa like, ʻāpana o pono ka ulu a me ka hana i kahi pono hoʻokele waiwai no ka ʻāina. Inā expatriate ka ulu ʻana o ka limahana, haʻalele ka loaʻa kālā i ka ʻāina.

ʻO ka hoʻomau kahi pilikia nui e ʻoki i nā ʻāpana āpau o kā ke aupuni hoʻolālā. I nā ʻano hea ʻoe e hoʻokō nei i kēia makahiapo aupuni?

ʻO kā mākou ʻoihana ʻoihana nui ka limahana, ʻokoʻa i ka hōkele e hoʻohana i nā panela lā. Ua hoʻololi mākou i ke kaila o kā mākou huakaʻi ma kahi o ʻumi mau makahiki i hala. Ke neʻe nei ka hapa nui o kā mākou ʻauwaʻa honua i nā ʻenekini hybrid-efficence oi aku. Ma ka ʻaoʻao kai, ua hoʻololi mākou i nā catamaran holo lā no kā mākou huakaʻi. Ua hoʻohana nui mākou i ka wahie ma hope o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā waʻa nui me nā ʻenekini mana e hōʻike ana he ʻoi aku ka wahie i kā mākou hana i kēlā me kēia lā.

Ma ke ʻano he hui, loaʻa iā mākou kahi mahele hōkele kahi i hele ai mākou i kahi ʻōnaehana wai hana hou piha hoʻi ma kā mākou hōkele hou ma Mahe, ka hōkele kahakai ʻo cabana i wehe ʻia i ka makahiki i hala. ʻO kahi laʻana, hoʻi ka wai hoʻomaʻemaʻe mai ka ʻōnaehana i loko o nā lua no laila ʻaʻole mākou e holoi i ka wai hou ke hoʻohana ʻia nā lua. Loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻōnaehana hōʻiliʻili wai e hōʻiliʻili pū i ka wai mai ka ua. Ma ka mokupuni ʻo Denis, he mahiʻai kā mākou kahi i kēia lā e ʻōlelo ai ma kahi o 80% o nā huahana i pau i ka hōkele a i ʻole ka hale ʻaina i ulu ma laila, mai ka waiū hou a i nā hua manu, nā huaʻai, nā mea kanu, nā moa, nā puaʻa a i ʻole kekahi pipi i hana ʻia ma ka mokupuni.

Ma waho o ka huakaʻi a Mason, aia ka Mason's Air a me Mason's Exchange, akā he waiwai pū kekahi ma nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe. Pehea ʻoe e koho ai i nā wahi e ʻokoʻa ai a ma hea e hoʻopukapuka ai ma Seychelles?

ʻO ka mea hope loa, he loea mākaʻikaʻi mākou a ʻo Mason's Travel ma ke kikowaena o kā mākou papa hana ʻoihana. I loko o nā makahiki, ua hoʻololi ʻia i ka huakaʻi Mason's Air a ʻo mākou pū kekahi ʻo GSA no kekahi mau mokulele. I nā lā mua, pono e hoʻomohala i nā lawelawe huakaʻi kūwaho ma ke kōkua ʻana i nā mea hou aku me ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana a me nā flight. ʻO Mason Air Travel kahi kikowaena huakaʻi hele i waho no nā kamaʻāina a me nā ʻoihana.

Ma hope aku, i ka wā i loaʻa ai iā mākou nā kaohi o nā ʻāina ʻē ma ka ʻāina i ka makahiki 2008, ke ʻimi nei ke aupuni e paipai hou aku i nā puka ʻo “Bureau de change” e ʻoi aku ka pono o nā panakō me nā kumukūʻai, a ʻo kēia ka manawa a mākou i hoʻolauna aku ai iā Mason's Exchange. ʻAʻole mākou wale ka ʻoihana kūʻai aku ma aneʻi akā ua hiki iā mākou ke hana i kahi ʻoihana hoʻokūkū hou aʻe a manaʻo wau i kēia lā ua loaʻa i ka mea kūʻai aku kahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ke kūʻai ʻana a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ke kālā. ʻO nā hoʻopukapuka ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻokipa e komo pū kekahi mau hale hōkele ʻoi aku ka ʻoi loa o nā hoʻolilo kūkulu ʻoihana lōʻihi.

Ua komo hou ʻo Mason's Travel i kahi papa hana aʻo STB e hāʻawi ana i ka manawa i nā hui kūloko e hoʻomohala a hoʻonui i kā lākou mau noi i hāʻawi ʻia i nā mea kūʻai aku ma Reunion mokupuni a ʻo ka hope. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ho'ākāka ma kēia hale hana a me nā manawa kūpono āu e ʻike ai ma Reunion?

Hana mākou i nā papa hana he nui. Manaʻo wau ʻo La Reunion ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻāina, akā ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau a mākou e hana ai i kā mākou mākeke koʻikoʻi. Hana nui mākou i ke kālepa ʻana a me ka hōʻike ʻana i nā ʻākena huakaʻi. Ma La Reunion, he hana like ia.

ʻO kēia ka launa pū ʻana me kā mākou poʻe lawelawe mākaʻikaʻi nui ma laila a ua hana ʻia ka papa hana ma nā kūlanakauhale nui me nā mea huakaʻi huakaʻi. ʻO kahi laʻana, i ke kakahiaka e hana ʻo STB i kahi hōʻike mākaʻikaʻi, a laila ua hele mākou i kahi kikoʻī e pili ana i nā mokupuni like ʻole. Ua wehewehe mākou pehea e holo ai ka ʻike huakaʻi mokupuni, e laʻa me ka lawe ʻana i ka waʻa a i ʻole ka lawe ʻana i ka mokulele e hoʻokō i kēlā hui mokupuni.

Loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau malihini e komo e like me nā hōkele a me nā ʻelele hale hoʻokipa e hōʻike ana i kekahi o kā lākou huahana. Hoʻohui ʻia, loaʻa iā mākou nā palapala hōʻoia a huki i nā makana raffles iā Seychelles a hana i kahi lewa maikaʻi i waena o ka poʻe i hele mai ma ka nīnau ʻana i kekahi nīnau e pili ana iā Seychelles. Hana kā mākou hui kālepa me ka STB i kā mākou mākeke nui i kēia mau hana like. I kekahi manawa hana mākou iā lākou iho me kā mākou pakanā e hāʻawi hou aku a kōkua i ka hana ʻana i ka hopena hopena.

Ma kāu pūnaewele, hāʻawi ʻoe i kahi Hub o Partner. Hiki iā ʻoe ke wehewehe i ka mea i loko, a no ke aha ʻoe i hoʻolana ai?

Hāʻawi ka Partner's Hub i ke komo i kā mākou mau hoa hana aelike a me nā ʻike e pono ai, e like me nā nūhou e pili ana a me nā alakaʻi iā Seychelles. Ua like ia me kahi waihona pūnaewele me ka ʻike ma kēlā me kēia mahele o nā hōkele me nā ʻano o kā lākou mau wahi. Ma ke ʻano laulā, he ʻoihana ia i ka anuʻu ʻoihana ʻoihana e kōkua iā lākou e lilo i aʻo a me ka hilinaʻi nui ke aia lākou i ke kaʻina kūʻai aku i kahi e hele aku ai.

Pili pili ʻo Mason's Travel i nā mokupuni ʻo Seychelles, a he aha kā lākou e hāʻawi ai. Aia i kēia manawa kahi hana lahui e hana i kēlā hāʻawi me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai. Ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana Seychellois me ke alo o ka honua, kōkua ʻoe i ka hōʻike ʻana iā Seychelles ma mua o kahi huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi.

ʻIke nō, haʻaheo mākou āpau iā Seychellois a hui mākou i ka poʻe e nīnau pinepine e pili ana i nā manawa hoʻopukapuka akā ʻo ka mea hope loa ʻo kā mākou loea ka inoa ʻo Seychelles mai kahi ʻike ʻike huakaʻi.

ʻO ʻoe kekahi o nā mea kālepa nui loa ma Seychelles. Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi leka no nā mea kālepa Seychellois ʻōpio, a no nā mea kālepa i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe e kū mai nei pehea e kūleʻa ai e like me ʻoe?

No mākou, ua hoʻokani kekahi manawa i ka hapa nui, akā ʻo ka hopena o ka kūleʻa o Mason a me kahi o mākou i kēia lā e pili ana i ka hoihoi. Pono ʻoe e hilinaʻi maoli i kāu mea e hana nei a e makemake nui iā ia. E hiki mai kou laki akā hana ʻoe i kēlā laki ma ka hopu ʻana i kēlā mau manawa kūpono ke ala lākou a ʻo ia ka mea a mākou e pili nei.