www.waterwayscruises.com
Industry: Event Planning & Facilities
Member Since: August, 2004
"BizX has been
an overall good
experience for us."
Dan Turnbow, Vice President of
Waterways Cruises and Events, initially
learned about the benefits of barter from an
industry acquaintance. Soon after, Turnbow
was contacted by a BizXchange Membership
Development Representative who showed
him how he could use barter to improve his
business. "The ability to trade for services
that would otherwise require cash was the
number one reason for considering BizX,"
says Turnbow.
BizX has been able to increase Waterways'
overall volume by bringing them new
private events. In turn, Waterways has
used the BizX revenue to cover many of
their facility upgrades, business equipment
purchases and maintenance expenses that
they previously paid in cash.
Another important spending area for
Turnbow is event rentals. By managing
rental needs directly he provides a valueadded
service to his customers, reducing the
number of vendors they have to work with.
More importantly, paying for
rentals with BizX allows him to
dramatically increase his profi t
margin, because he charges his
non-BizX customers cash for
the rental costs.
Turnbow is a fan of
BizXchange not only because
of what he can currently use his
BizX for, but also because the
amount of businesses that accept
BizX is always increasing. "BizX
is doing a great job of expanding
the different types of services
offered by members as well as
adding multiple vendors within
a given product category which
provides choices," says Turnbow.
By gaining a steady stream of new
customers from BizX, Waterways has been
able to increase their purchasing power, as
well as save cash on some of the existing
products and services they need to run
a successful business. "BizX has been
an overall good experience for us," says
Turnbow.
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