Monday, March 7, 2016

Idea Napkin No. 2

Second Shot at Idea Napkin No. 2
1) You. 
I'm a University of Florida Business Management major with a minor in Innovation. One of my talents is photography, which i believe would help me with the marketing aspect of this business idea. My hope for this business idea is for it to actually be used for it to happen, for someone even if it's not me to start a travel agency for students alone, because it will prove to be a great way for students to relive stress from college and as well as get out there and explore and meet each other. 
2) What are you offering to customers? 
Providing cheap trips on large scales for students from different universities would allow students to only only make life changing friendships but see cities and countries that they maybe would have never gotten the chance to see. College is the time to travel because we'll most likely not get the chance to after because we'll start working, families and forever be too busy to see the world, so we need to use this opportunity to the maximum. 
3) Who are you offering it to? 
This is for college students only, okay not only college students but the age group of college students, people ages 18 to 25. Student's that don't care too much about long bus rides as long as they are with friends and having a good time. 
4) Why do they care? 
We won't get the chance ever again later to travel, college is the perfect time of our lives to travel and see the world. After college were not going to have the time to travel as much as we would want to because we'll be working on our careers and families so this would be the perfect time to travel. 
5) What are your core competencies? 
What sets this apart from the rest of travel agencies is that this is for students only. It's large scale trips for students only from universities from across the country that are the cheapest way for students to travel. 
I think this is a great idea it might be somewhat hard to pull of because if the planning and organization it would take to plan this all out and keep track of a large enough group of people to get these cheap prices. But also accommodating everyone's needs and the free time they have during the semester.

All of the feedback I received was very positive about this business idea, there wasn't any negative feedback because I believe students would really like to see this happen one day and not only on the UF campus but all over the US and maybe even worldwide. Students would get the opportunity to travel and see other parts of the world for much cheaper then they would have ever before.  

4 comments:

  1. It seems like an interesting idea. I know some people who would do that but personally I am not a traveler or like bus rides so this would not be a product for me.

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  2. Hey Adna!
    So personally I love traveling so your idea definitely appealed to me! I would like to know more about how you would make traveling more inexpensive for us than it already is however. I like how you geared it towards college students because college students are always wanting to get out and see the world and it is the perfect age for us to do so! Check out mine at http://courtneyncostello.blogspot.com/2016/03/idea-napkin-no-2.html

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  3. I love your idea of traveling because most college students would like to see different areas (and party). I think that the marketing for this idea is going to be crucial for how it turns out. Your photography skill will definitely help out but also approaches such as social media are extremely important aswell. I hope your idea turns out the way you hope and check out my blog at http://michaelduellent.blogspot.com/

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  4. Hello Adna, great idea! Have you looked into similar companies/firms that offer more or less the same service? I know that student universe offers services to college students who show proof of attendance. Although your are right in the traveling sense, not many students have the funds to travel as often as they would like too. Have you thought about expanding your target market? I had similar, all veery positive. If you would like to check out my blog here it is: http://lopezhaviana.blogspot.com/2016/03/week-9-idea-napkin-no-2.html

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