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View Poll Results: Would a free PassPorter binder and set of pockets for LIVE! Guide All-Access Passholders be helpful?
LIVE! Guide Poll: Free Binders with All-Access Pass?
I'd like to get feedback for an idea I have for the LIVE! Guide system:
What if I gave everyone who bought an All-Access Pass for the LIVE! Guides a free PassPorter binder and a set of PassPockets, and asked them only to pay for shipping and handling since that's not in the price and it would come out of my pocket? That way they could print out the pages and worksheets from the LIVE! Guide, and have a place to put them. Do you think this would make things easier during this transition period? It would have to be for a limited time, as I only have so many binders, but I have enough to do this I believe. I'd love to know if you think this would be helpful.
Please vote in the attached poll, and feel free to leave comments!
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That would be awesome - especially if it came with instructions for how to print/format the pages. The pockets were one of my favorite parts - so it would be awesome to get them again.
I am sort of straddling lines with my answer. I think this is a great solution, BUT - printing out all those pages would probably cost me a couple ink cartridges. At that point, I'd be better off doing a POD, because it would cost upwards of $50 or 60 dollars.
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Thank You! Jennifer for offering that Wonderful Gift, however I was thinking about making the PassPockets...since I could get my own binder. Even make smaller ones to fit a smaller binder because I can't see myself taking a big one on my Disney trips.
Or maybe offering just the PassPockets! Maybe that would cut down your time. We can print just the pages we want and not waste ink or paper.
Just a suggestion!
I have just LOVED your Disney Passporter Books and my 1st one I bought was back in 2006! And yes I just bought the 2016 one just so I can have one for my 5th solo trip in September of this year! I can understand why you and Dave cannot print another one, but you have such a following and we just have to get used to a different format.
I have not opened my invitation for the soft opening yet! I will soon!
Thank You for always making my planning so much fun! I will continue to use your site for a source of planning Disney Trips for the future!
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For us, the pockets would be of value but the binder not as much, especially when actually traveling.
If there were an option where we could choose to receive just the pockets, that would be a good thing, and for that I would vote "yes" instead of the "not sure" I did vote.
The shipping/handling on sending the pockets would cost just as much as it would for the binders + pockets, so I'm not sure what the benefit would be to having two options rather than one. Or do you just not want me to send the binder because you'd end up throwing it away? I would think it would be great to have after the trip as a place to keep your pockets.
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That's a generous and thoughtful offer. I think it's a great idea as long as you offer an option to decline it. I don't use the pockets and have a Deluxe binder as well as other binders I can use.
Yes! Yes! I would definitely would. I love you and Passporter forever. Even though I'm not computer savvy I will try harder to educate myself and learn to enjoy the Passporter in it's new format. Just wanted to let you know that I really do appreciate everything you have done and sometime change is hard but I will forever be a Passporter user and a big fan. I still will recommend Passporter to everyone who ask me when they want to book a Disney trip. Disney and Passporter just go together like cookies and milk. Thanks again to you and your staff.
PassPorter's Free-Book to Walt Disney World It’s hard to believe anything is free at Walt Disney World; but there are actually a number of things you can get or do for little to no cost. This e-book documents over 200 free or cheap tips to do before you go and after you arrive. You could save a considerable amount of money following these tips. Perhaps more importantly; you can discover overlooked attractions and little-known details most people whiz by on their way to spend money. Click here to see free sample pages from the e-book! Get this popular e-book free of extra charges when you join the PassPorter's Club for as little as $4.95. A club pass includes access to all our other e-books; e-worksheets; super-size photos; and more! This e-book is also available for separate purchase in the PassPorter Online Store for just $5.95.
I love the pass pockets! I was so sad to see that the book would no longer be printed only because I love the pass pockets so much! I love my binder also and printing just the pages I need will be great, as long as we get the pockets. I wouldn't know how to make the pockets. I have them filled in from the last 10 years of trips!
Thank you all for your feedback! I have decided to offer the a Deluxe PassPorter binder + a set of 14 PassPockets FREE to All-Access Passholders of the LIVE! Guide (just pay shipping+handling), but I won't start that program until after the WDW 2017 LIVE! Guide is out and things are running smoothly. So watch for that sometime in February.
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