On the left here is a 'Call Back' button where you can send me a request to call you back. Many of my long time friends, industry colleagues, former clients and travel agents, that I have known for many years, can stay in touch and let me know what you are up to or if you need some advice. I would be delighted to hear from you and we can have a chat.

You can see the bIog post subjects on the right hand column of this page. The quickest way to see all my posts is to click 'Conn's Blog' at the top of the right hand column and that will take you to the blogspot page and list all the posts in order. Please read them and post your comments.

I have created a blog to post my thoughts and ideas and would appreciate if you would comment on those subjects as I would like you to travel along with me on my new 'journey.'

I have added a new blog post announcing my venture into providing tourism marketing consulting for overseas companies to improve their presence in the United Sates market. I am taking my 40 plus years of tourism experience and offering it to companies that need to improve their product for the U.S. client and then develop their ability to reach those clients. You can click the Conn's Consulting button on the left to access those pages.

On the left side of this page you will see icons that you can click.

You can click the Conn's Consulting button on the left to access my new consulting service pages.

Planning to take a trip and wish to purchse travel insurance? Click the Travel Insured ico on the left and get a quote for three different policies. Pick the one you like and purchase it there! You can all click the 'Call Back' button and ask your question there and I will call you.

Send Out Cards - Send personalized greeting cards to friends and clients Consider using Send Out Cards to send personalized greeting cards to your family, friends and clients. Use it as a way to stay in touch, a 'thank you' for business, a birthday greeting, special event greeting or a Christmas Card. It is a great way to keep your friends and clients feeling that you care about them. Click the Send Out Card button and view the video. You can sign up for the service there.

Towards the botton of the column click the button,('Preview Conn's County House Hotel Business Plan'), takes you to a Business Plan I developed for a luxury Country House Hotel project. I dreamed of this 20 years ago. Over the years I have stayed in many hotels, country houses, manors and castles around Ireland and from those experiences and combined with the experience of listening to the critiques and conversations with my Ireland tour clients, I felt ready to start. I starting working with a local Sligo architect to design the project. We started the planning application with the Sligo County Council in 2006 and after two years of studies, surveys, archeological reports and overcoming objections from my two farming neighbors, we were successful in receiving FULL planning permission in August of 2008. I had everything ready to go, bank loan preliminary approval and investors lined up. Then in September of 2008 you know what happened ....the financial WORLD collapsed! I have until August of 2013 to start the project and then I can get an extension for two years to complete it. If you know of anyone who may have an interest in getting involved with what I would call 'the most exclusive destination property in Ireland' please have them read the business plan. If you have any comments that you think may help me, then please post your comments.

The next button down, ("stay at Conn's Vacation Home & Estate'), is an introduction to the Ballinaraw House & Estate. Many of my clients over the years have stayed there and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. There were couples (sometimes two or three couples at a time) who enjoyed the peace and quiet and the romance of the countyside, to families that stayed for a couple of weeks and had the children run over the 20 acres, stepping in cowpies and breathing in the fresh country air, to grand-parents staying there for a month and having their familes come for a week at a time and thereby being able to enjoy their extended family in small groups, keeping the family together as well as staying in touch with their Ireland roots! Click the icon and take a look. Let your friends and traveling companions know about it. It is affordable and a great break from the moving touring itinerary.

One more thing - I have always wanted to write my own Ireland guidebook - Conn's Ireland! It will be a different approach for the reader in that it will combine the usual historic sites, itinerary guidance but with anecdotes compiled from my experiences over the past forty years and also experiences of driver-guides, hoteliers and those I know in the Ireland tour industry. To that I want to add the stories and comments of my clients. So, I am asking you to go to that post and add your comments. Funny stories about your vacation in Ireland or information you think should be included in the book but never found in an other guidebook on Ireland. I have a publisher that has been encouraging me for 15 years to do this so now I am getting up the courage to make the effort. I know it will be a great book and well received as I know what my clients have experienced over the past 40 years.

In summary, this website is a way for me to to share my experiences and also learn from yours. A way to keep my hand in the Ireland tourism industry but also allow my inner desires to develop and prosper.

I thank all of you for being not only my clients but also my friends over the past 40 years and God willing, in the years to come.

Mise le meas,

Conn

(Mise le meas means 'with respect' in Irish)

O'Scannlain International, LTD
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Telephone 253 752 0448 • Fax: 253 752 0392
Email: Conn@OScannlain.com
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