The airline industry spent $31 million lobbying Congress last year. The hotel industry plunked down $8 million and the cruise industry dropped more than $6 million on lobbying. How much did travelers spend to get their voices heard in Washington? Nothing.
That’s about to change.
A new tax-exempt organization called the Consumer Travel Alliance promises to tilt the balance in your favor.
But we need your help.
Please tell us which travel issues should be urgently addressed.
Click here to complete a brief travel survey.
We’ll be asking your for input on how we can best launch our membership drive and what kinds of cutting-edge products you feel would most useful, that can be added to our membership package.
Click here to complete the survey.
And we’re looking for a group of charter members willing to join now to help our start-up efforts in Washington. Please join our exclusive focus group, where we can swap ideas for how to make the travel industry a better place.
| Join the Consumer Travel Alliance Charter Focus Group |
| Visit this group |
Click here to visit ConsumerTravelAlliance.org.
If you want to simply send us suggestions, send them to me at:
[email protected]
Charlie Leocha is the President of Travelers United. He has been working in Washington, DC, for the past 14 years with Congress, the Department of Transportation, and industry stakeholders on travel issues. He was the first consumer representative to the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections appointed by the Secretary of Transportation from 2012 through 2018.
