Certain luxury hotel groups give their top producing travel agents perks to pass along to you.
If you are purchasing a condo unit in a new building, you may be able to negotiate with the building complex selling agent for additional perks, such as free parking.
This may put pressure on other ticketing agents to provide perks, better seating or pricing incentives.
Concierge and errand-running service startups have cropped up to provide quick gigs for people seeking supplemental income or extra spending money, including Exec, a task-management service offered as an employee perk; Agent Anything, in which college students complete tasks; and Zaarly, which attracted $1 million from investors, including actor Ashton Kutcher.
She also switched from being jealous to becoming my press agent and using the perks that come with success in the most creative ways.
Right fielder J. D. Drew, signed as a free agent from the Dodgers, perked up this weekend as a leadoff hitter with three hits Friday, one Saturday and one Sunday.
Allegedly, A-Rod's agent, Scott Boras, was after such perks as a separate marketing staff and office, the use of a private plane and "billboard presence in the city" … in addition to a salary in excess of $25m a season.
Tobin's moral compass has gone haywire; even his decision to travel to the town of Midlothia to defend his book in person is made not on principle but on the promise of perks from his agent, Bruno (the droll David Greenspan).
If Bosh does, he will lose the sixth year on his guaranteed contract and earn less money under the so-called Larry Bird rules that offer perks to free agents who remain with their organization.
But I would say almost every large, consumer-oriented business we work with is experimenting with some form of work-at-home agent program either as a perk or as a way to lower costs.
Above all, Carey said, in comparison with making bookings online, travelers appreciate the perks of working with agents, especially when plans clash with the realities of life.
