Incentive Travel RFP Template: The 2027 Operator’s Guide

Incentive Travel RFP Template: The 2027 Operator’s Guide

Most of the incentive travel RFP templates floating around the internet were built for meetings. Six sections, a budget line, an evaluation paragraph, done. That’s fine if you’re sourcing a sales training for 80 people in Dallas. It’s not fine if...
President’s Club Tax Implications: The 2027 Operator’s Guide

President’s Club Tax Implications: The 2027 Operator’s Guide

Your top rep just qualified for a five-night President’s Club trip to the Four Seasons Punta Mita. Retail value: $15,000. She is thrilled until February, when her January paystub lands $3,300 lighter than she expected, and she emails the VP of Sales asking if...
President’s Club Cost Per Person 2027: The Operator’s Forecast

President’s Club Cost Per Person 2027: The Operator’s Forecast

Most articles ranking for this keyword quote a $4,000 to $20,000 per-person range and call it a day. That range is so wide it’s actively useless if you’re trying to size a 2027 program for 180 reps and a CFO who wants a number by Friday. Here is the...
How to Plan a President’s Club: The 2027 Operator’s Guide

How to Plan a President’s Club: The 2027 Operator’s Guide

The first President’s Club I helped rescue had a $1.2M budget, a beachfront resort under contract, and a CFO who had just realized, eight weeks out, that the company owed roughly $180,000 in payroll tax gross-ups nobody had modeled. The trip happened. It was...