Adventure Excursions unlimited 2.4 Services AEU will position itself as a niche service provider within the hard adventure market AEU will offer high-quality travel packages for extreme sporting trips. As a start up, AEU will offer six trips: helicopter-skiing trips to Canada, India and New Zealand, white water rafting trips to New Zealand and Costa Rica and a mountain biking trip along the great Divide from Montana to New Mexico The target market will be made up of young professionals who work and play hard These people can afford to play expensively and are willing to buy time in the form of our services. AEU will serve the hard adventure niche market as a top quality full service provider. aeU defines quality by the unique aspects of the services offered Those aspects include booking group or custom rips, assistance with passports, providing top of the line equipment and supplies and a superior service offering with access to better terrain, luxury accommodations, entertainment, celebrity exposure, and gourmet food The tours to be offered are as follows Mountain bike tours This event will take place on the great Divide trail from Montana to New Mexico and is designed for the serious biker that appreciates a few of life's comforts along the trail. showers and gourmet meals will be provided along with entertainment. All excursions will maintain a staff to client ratio of 1: 2 A map system has been created by Adventure Cycling and is currently available for purchase The map clearly indicates the route places to camp, stores for food and laundromats. It is totally comprehensive. Leadership training for the guides will be developed in-house using some outside material. There are many similar organizations that will be good sources of information The products needed for this trip are for the most part already manufactured one item that needs to be designed and built is a privacy compartment for the solar shower. This will be designed by Jordan and manufactured in-house. a cookbook will also be assembled. This will b a collection of simple recipes including some personal favorites. Professional cooks will be provided and flown in if necessary Heli-skiing Helicopter skiing has become a popular alternative to resort sking. It offers uncrowded access to the best terrain. For those who like to get off the beaten path heli-skiing is for them aeU has planned annual and custom trips to three destinations. Everything will be taken care of for the customer. Transportation, lodging transfers and sking is included in the package. although our trips are planned at peak ski seasons, mother nature can not be predicted. In the event that the weather is too treacherous to ski the trip will be postponed An in-house travel consultant will accompany each group and take care of all check in and transfer issues AEU will not send clients to places we ourselves would not go. All service providers will be top notch professionals with accomplished backgrounds. They will be medically trained and evaluated or knowledge and ability to ensure safety and high quality service. If they fail at any time, to meet our rigid standards of quality they will not be used. If quality falls, another provider will replace them these activities take place outside of the United states and therefore we will hire local guides to accompany our professional guides and service providers. White Water Sports New Zealand and Costa Rica were chosen for these hard adventure excursions. the trips will be ten days long with a maximum of ten people per group Annual trips will be planned to each location, but for large enough private groups, custom trips can be planed. As with the heli-sking trips, local guides will be used in addition to our own. the creation of the trips will be done in house. The abroad trips will be a cooperative effort in-house as well as local guides in the hos countries. The choice to seek outside consulting for the trips abroad is due to each countries different legal and regulatory climate. The potential subcontractors and guides are individuals Page 72.4 Services AEU will position itself as a niche service provider within the hard adventure market.AEU will offer high-quality travel packages for extreme sporting trips. As a start up, AEU will offer six trips: helicopter-skiing trips to Canada, India, and New Zealand, white water rafting trips to New Zealand and Costa Rica and a mountain biking trip along the Great Divide from Montana to New Mexico. The target market will be made up of young professionals who work and play hard.These people can afford to play expensively and are willing to buy time in the form of our services.AEU will serve the hard adventure niche market as a top quality, full service provider.AEU defines quality by the unique aspects of the services offered.Those aspects include booking group or custom trips, assistance with passports, providing top of the line equipment and supplies, and a superior service offering with access to better terrain, luxury accommodations, entertainment, celebrity exposure, and gourmet food. The tours to be offered are as follows: Mountain Bike Tours This event will take place on the Great Divide trail from Montana to New Mexico and is designed for the serious biker that appreciates a few of life’s comforts along the trail. Showers and gourmet meals will be provided along with entertainment. All excursions will maintain a staff to client ratio of 1:2. A map system has been created by Adventure Cycling and is currently available for purchase. The map clearly indicates the route, places to camp, stores for food and laundromats. It is totally comprehensive. Leadership training for the guides will be developed in-house using some outside material. There are many similar organizations that will be good sources of information. The products needed for this trip are for the most part already manufactured. One item that needs to be designed and built is a privacy compartment for the solar shower. This will be designed by Jordan and manufactured in-house. A cookbook will also be assembled. This will be a collection of simple recipes including some personal favorites. Professional cooks will be provided and flown in if necessary. Heli-skiing Helicopter skiing has become a popular alternative to resort skiing. It offers uncrowded access to the best terrain. For those who like to get off the beaten path heli-skiing is for them. AEU has planned annual and custom trips to three destinations. Everything will be taken care of for the customer. Transportation, lodging, transfers and skiing is included in the package. Although our trips are planned at peak ski seasons, mother nature can not be predicted. In the event that the weather is too treacherous to ski the trip will be postponed. An in-house travel consultant will accompany each group and take care of all check in and transfer issues. AEU will not send clients to places we ourselves would not go.All service providers will be top￾notch professionals with accomplished backgrounds. They will be medically trained and evaluated for knowledge and ability to ensure safety and high quality service. If they fail, at any time, to meet our rigid standards of quality, they will not be used. If quality falls, another provider will replace them. These activities take place outside of the United States and therefore we will hire local guides to accompany our professional guides and service providers. White Water Sports New Zealand and Costa Rica were chosen for these hard adventure excursions. The trips will be ten days long, with a maximum of ten people per group Annual trips will be planned to each location, but for large enough private groups, custom trips can be planed. As with the heli-skiing trips, local guides will be used in addition to our own. The creation of the trips will be done in￾house. The abroad trips will be a cooperative effort in-house as well as local guides in the host countries. The choice to seek outside consulting for the trips abroad is due to each countries different legal and regulatory climate. The potential subcontractors and guides are individuals Adventure Excursions Unlimited Page 7