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Regional VOLUME 13 NUMBER 49 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015 SAVINGS, WHILE INVENTORY LASTS, ONLY TIL DEC 31. 403-742-3407 CHEVROLET BUICK GMC & Detailing Service www.Stettlergm.com com m om OVER OFF The MSRP on all remaining 2015 trucks ONLY AT STETTLER GM GS WHILE INVENTORY LA A A R L L S W S S H GS W S H V V V HILE INVENTORY L Stk# 15196 Stk# 15196 Stk# 15187 Stk# 15187 Stk# 15098 Stk# 15098 2015 GMC Sierra Denali 2015 GMC Sierra Denali 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 2015 Chevrolet 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD Silverado 2500HD Canada’s most modern milking system makes Hausteins smile MOUSH SARA JOHN WEEKENDER REPORTER The automated barn at the Haustein farm in Erskine looks no different from a modern barn from the outside. Yet what is going on within, from milking to feeding to cattle bedding are some of the most ad- vanced in the country. At the family-run oper- ation located a mile south of Erskine on Hwy. 835, one of the Haustein broth- ers, Conlee takes care of the dairy, while Calvert manages the crops, and his wife Amanda manages the beef from aspect of the business. Their father Doug Haustein and moth- er Bernadette Haustein, along with Lory, Conlee’s wife take care of the young animals and help whenev- er needed. In addition, the children of Calvert and Amanda help around the farm, de- pending on what needs to be done. “We milk crossbred cows (Fleckvieh x Holstein) be- cause we feel they are more profitable,” said Calvert Haustein. “Our cows are stronger health- ier and give us less prob- lems.” Although the barn has been in operation with its state-of-the-art facilities since March this year, the journey to where it is now has been a long and metic- ulous process. “We started gathering ideas for the barn in 2010 after attending a progres- sive dairy conference re- garding robotics and au- tomation,” said Calvert. “After deciding what type of milking system and housing system we want- ed, we started with the barn layout design in 2012.” Earthwork began in the spring of 2013 and the construction of the build- ing started late summer 2013. “We were in need of a new milking facility as the previous barn was under- sized, nearly 80 years old, having been a dairy barn for 41 years, and required lots of labour to milk cows,” added Haustein. “We wanted a low-mainte- nance barn with low-oper- ational costs.” Instead of having an anaerobic flush, the Hausteins decided to go with an aerobic flush barn, the only one of its kind in the country. “Building an aerobic flush barn with a robot- ic milking system and a free-stall housing system seemed to be the most log- ical choice to achieve this,” said Conlee Haustein. “The main inspiration for this was the fact that our par- ents, who have a big role on the farm aren’t getting any younger and therefore something would need to be changed if we were to maintain the same level of income once they decided to retire.” continued on page 2 Photos by Moush Sara John/ Weekender reporter Above: Haustein brothers, Calvert (left) and Conlee at their automated barn with Lely robot Juno, which helps move feed towards their cattle, gliding down the large barn and pushing hay towards the cows. The milking robot at the Haustein’s automated barn in Erskine, milks the cows as they come through the turnstile.
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Regional
VOLUME 13 NUMBER 49 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015
SAVINGS, WHILE INVENTORY LASTS, ONLY TIL DEC 31.
403-742-3407CHEVROLET BUICK GMC
& Detailing Service www.Stettlergm.comcommom
OVER
OFF
The MSRP on all remaining 2015 trucks ONLY AT STETTLER GM
GS WHILE INVENTORY LAAAR LLS WSS HGS WS H VVVHILE INVENTORY L
Stk# 15196Stk# 15196
Stk# 15187Stk# 15187
Stk# 15098Stk# 150982015 GMC Sierra Denali2015 GMC Sierra Denali
2015 Chevrolet Silverado 15002015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2015 Chevrolet 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HDSilverado 2500HD
Canada’s most modern milking system makes Hausteins smile
MOUSH SARA JOHNWEEKENDER REPORTER
The automated barn at the Haustein farm in Erskine looks no different from a modern barn from the outside.
Yet what is going on within, from milking to feeding to cattle bedding are some of the most ad-vanced in the country.
At the family-run oper-ation located a mile south of Erskine on Hwy. 835, one of the Haustein broth-ers, Conlee takes care of the dairy, while Calvert manages the crops, and his wife Amanda manages the beef from aspect of the business.
Their father Doug Haustein and moth-er Bernadette Haustein, along with Lory, Conlee’s wife take care of the young animals and help whenev-er needed.
In addition, the children of Calvert and Amanda help around the farm, de-pending on what needs to be done.
“We milk crossbred cows (Fleckvieh x Holstein) be-cause we feel they are more profitable,” said Calvert Haustein. “Our cows are stronger health-ier and give us less prob-lems.”
Although the barn has been in operation with its state-of-the-art facilities since March this year, the journey to where it is now has been a long and metic-ulous process.
“We started gathering
ideas for the barn in 2010 after attending a progres-sive dairy conference re-garding robotics and au-tomation,” said Calvert. “After deciding what type of milking system and housing system we want-ed, we started with the barn layout design in 2012.”
Earthwork began in the spring of 2013 and the construction of the build-ing started late summer 2013.
“We were in need of a new milking facility as the previous barn was under-sized, nearly 80 years old, having been a dairy barn for 41 years, and required lots of labour to milk cows,” added Haustein. “We wanted a low-mainte-nance barn with low-oper-ational costs.”
Instead of having an anaerobic flush, the Hausteins decided to go with an aerobic fl ush barn, the only one of its kind in the country.
“Building an aerobic fl ush barn with a robot-ic milking system and a free-stall housing system seemed to be the most log-ical choice to achieve this,” said Conlee Haustein. “The main inspiration for this was the fact that our par-ents, who have a big role on the farm aren’t getting any younger and therefore something would need to be changed if we were to maintain the same level of income once they decided to retire.”
continued on page 2
Photos by Moush Sara John/Weekender reporter
Above: Haustein brothers, Calvert (left) and Conlee at their automated barn with Lely robot Juno, which helps move feed towards their cattle, gliding down the large barn and pushing hay towards the cows.
The milking robot at the Haustein’s automated barn in Erskine, milks the cows as they come through the turnstile.
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The Hausteins took to
the web to research what they wanted, backing it up with several visits to
modern farms across the country, US and Europe.
They were determined to get it right.
“The decision to build an aerobic flush barn was realized after watching a YouTube video and touring some aerobic flush barns in Wisconsin,” said Calvert. “We felt the benefits of doing an aerobic flush barn were too good to ignore.”
According to the Hausteins, with an aer-obic system, the barn floors are not slippery, cows’ feet are kept clean, nitrogen is retained, odours are minimal, barn temperature can be regulated and lagoon manure water is used to irrigate crops when the plants make best use of the nutrients.
“As we were our own general contractor, we had the role of organiz-ing all the necessary re-quirements to complete the job, so we would get quotes from different companies for different materials and products, compare the pros and cons for these different products before deciding which to choose,” said Conlee.
“We did a lot of tour-ing of other dairy barns and assimilated ideas from all of them to help improve our plan, and make it the most mod-ern.”
With regard to the fi-nancing the project, Calvert said, “Funding was actually very sim-ple and easy, as Farm Credit Canada (FCC) was our choice as a lender
to cover the bulk of the costs, as they were the most eager to help and make us feel appreciat-ed.”
The Hausteins also availed some of the gov-ernment grants, which were “quite easy to apply for and receive”, even though they only equat-ed to 0.5 per cent of the total cost of the project.
“Since we started using robots to milk the cows, we have noticed a big difference in labour needs,” said Calvert. “Leading up to the last day milking in the old barn it would take two people and three hours to milk 80 cows twice a day, which would rough-ly translate to 0.15 hrs per cow per day.”
According to Calvert, with the robotic milk-
ing it takes one person two-and-a-half hours to do chores for 100 cows twice a day, which is 0.05 hrs per cow per day.
“With a milking capac-ity of 120 cows, the re-quired time spent doing chores shouldn’t take too much from what our current chores are,” added Conlee.
The Hausteins have another robot, called Juno, which helps move feed towards their cattle, gliding down the large barn and pushing hay towards the cows.
“My advice for some-one looking to do the same thing would be to do your homework,” said Conlee. “We spent a lot of time research-ing, trying to find the most cost-effective way of doing this.”
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I have been following with great interest all of the news relating to our new provincial and federal gov-ernments and their tax and spend pronouncements. It appears that any chance for balanced fi scal budgets is out of the door for some time.
Much of what a fi nancial advisor does is around tax deferral, tax minimization and replacing taxes on death for estate equalization or conservation. If you have con-siderable assets, own a farm or small business or have holding companies, you should know about the tax benefi ts of life insurance compared to other investment options.
Tax-sheltered accumulation: The cash value inside a life policy can accumulate free of annual taxation, plus allow for enhanced growth in value over time when compared to some other investment options. This is similar to the tax sheltering with a principal residence, real estate, registered plans or investment growing via capital gains. Insurance is an ideal place to hold interest bearing assets that would otherwise be fully taxable.
Tax-deductible contributions: Other than investing in RRSPs, life insurance may offer some tax deductibility of the premiums if it has been assigned to cover any CRA qualifi ed bank debt. There are rules regarding this, and also as to the percentage of the premium that is allowed to be deducted.
Potential for tax-free income: As permanent pol-icies accumulate cash value it’s possible to borrow
against this cash value for income or investment needs. There are specifi c rules as to the amount of cash value that can be leveraged and the type of investments that can be held in the policy.
Tax-free estate transfer: Other than on the sale of your principal residence, life insurance proceeds provide for the tax-free transfer of wealth to the next generation for estate conservation or equalization needs. This can be done in full privacy when paid out to named benefi cia-ries, plus it also bypasses probate in the process outside of the will.
Potential for creditor protection: Within certain guide-lines there can be protection from creditors when fami-ly members are named as benefi ciaries of the insurance proceeds. This also applies to insurance-based invest-ment contracts such as segregated funds and guaran-
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Enhanced extraction of funds from a holding compa-ny: It’s common for people to accumulate signifi cant assets inside holding companies, especially when there are multiple operating companies. But accessing these assets tax effi ciently presents a challenge due to the high level of taxation on distributions from holding companies. This is where life insurance can be an ef-fective tool to withdraw funds at low or no tax to the shareholders by way of the Capital Dividend Account, when the holding company is the benefi ciary of the life insurance proceeds.
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FROM CNWBusy schedules, loom-
ing deadlines - the de-mands of today’s work-place can make it chal-lenging for employees to prioritize a healthy, active lifestyle, but it doesn’t have to be that way. A new report, Moving Ahead: Workplace Interventions to Reduce Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behaviour, produced by The Conference Board of Canada’s Canadian Alliance for Sustainable Health Care and issued with ParticipACTION, pro-vides a model for how Canadian employers can help employees change their behaviour about physical activity.
“With more than half of Canadians spending at least one third of their waking hours at work, the workplace is an ideal and important setting for health promotion. Corporate wellness ini-tiatives must fi t with the organizational culture so that employees are more likely to participate,” said Louis Thériault, Vice-President, Public Policy, The Conference Board of Canada.
In addition, inactive employees must decide to change their behaviours and participate, which is a challenge in most or-ganizations. Faced with competing priorities, em-ployees often feel that they cannot prioritize their health.
“Our bodies’ natural de-sires to move are affected by our information-age sedentary jobs, the ev-er-present lure of screens and our love affair with the car. The challenge is not just to provide oppor-tunities to be more ac-tive, but to shift Canadian cultural norms so that sitting less and moving more are expected and accepted at work,” said Elio Antunes, President
and CEO, ParticipACTION.The Moving Ahead:
Workplace Interventions to Reduce Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behaviour report identi-fi es two broad types of initiatives that employ-ers can implement in their workplaces to effect change.
1 Initiatives intended for the entire employ-ee population such as awareness campaigns, education programs, and instructor-led activity sessions
2 Initiatives targeting the particular needs of specifi c, high-risk em-ployees like health coach-ing or counselling and targeted activity sessions led by an instructor
The report also high-lights several organiza-
tions that have success-fully put these types of initiatives into practice.
• Standard Life hopes to integrate its health and wellness initiatives with health and absence management. It offered a Health Risk Assessment (HRA) to its employees to determine the health risk factors that were pre-dominant in the employ-
ee population.• Chevron Canada has
established wellness ini-tiatives to improve and encourage healthy, active lifestyles at its Calgary headquarters. It includes on-site lifestyle centre, a “Fit-Bit” that tracks phys-ical activity, twice-a-day Fit Breaks, ergonomic software to count key and mouse strokes, and a free health screening assess-ments by a third party provider. Chevron Canada has targeted strategies to promote healthy life-styles at other locations.
• RBC has developed a wellness communication strategy that includes multiple online platforms and grassroots-based programs led by local “Wellness Champions”. To encourage partici-pation in its wellness initiatives and reward healthy behaviours, RBC provides “wellness cred-its” for employees par-ticipating in these pro-grams. RBC will present more about its program at the Conference Board conference, Healthy Canada: Financial Models and Fiscal Incentives in Health and Health Care, being held on December 1, 2015 in Toronto.
You can check out the Conference Board’s Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Health Meter to fi nd out where your physical ac-tivity and sedentary be-haviours rate in one of four categories.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE:D1-D2 Cows: 90.00 to 110.00 D3 Cows: 80.00 to 95.00Bulls 90.00 to 124.50 Feeder Bulls: NONEFeeder Cows: 105.00 to 115.00 Heiferettes: 125.00 to 140.00FEEDER CATTLE:Steers Heifers 1000 plus lbs.: 175.00 to 185.00 1000 plus lbs.: 165.00 to 185.00900 to 1000 lbs.: 175.00 to 195.00 900 to 1000 lbs.: 175.00 to 200.50800 to 900 lbs.: 215.00 to 222.00 800 to 900 lbs.: 210.00 to 225.00700 to 800 lbs.: 220.00 to 232.00 700 to 800 lbs.: 210.00 to 225.00600 to 700 lbs.: 230.00 to 252.00 600 to 700 lbs.: 215.00 to 230.00500 to 600 lbs.: 280.00 to 355.00 500 to 600 lbs.: 235.00 to 253.50400 to 500 lbs.: 290.00 to 325.00 400 to 500 lbs.: 255.00 to 297.00300 to 400 lbs.: 310.00 to 355.00 300 to 400 lbs.: 265.00 to 295.00OFF TYPES: NONE OFF TYPES: NONE
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Good Bred Cows - 2700.00 to 3300.00Older - 1500.00 to 2500.00
Good Bred Heifers - 2800.00 to 3450.00Medium Heifers - 2300.00 to 2600.00
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Help make holiday decorating merry, not scaryCNW STORY
It’s time to light up the street! That winter feeling is in the air, and people are getting into the holiday spirit by decorating their homes, putting up the tree, setting up animated displays and stringing in-door and outdoor lights.
These colourful decora-tions and lighting brighten up the holidays, but while outfi tting your home with festive cheer, be sure to keep safety in mind.
CSA Group, a leading testing and certifi cation organization, would like the remind everyone to consider these safety tips for a worry-free winter wonderland:
Dazzle them, safe-ly – Design a spectacu-lar lighting display that will make the neighbours jealous! But before work-ing with outdoor wiring,
be sure to turn off the electricity to the supply outlet and unplug the connection to avoid po-tential shock or fi re haz-ards. Keep in mind when hanging lights outdoors to keep electrical connectors above ground, out of pud-dles and snow, and away from metal eavestroughs. Make sure outdoor dec-orations are marked and certifi ed for outside use and follow the manufac-turer’s instructions.
Make it sparkle, not spark – Before you plug them in, carefully inspect old lights to make sure there are no cracks or frayed cords and discard any with obvious damage. Don’t overload extension cords by using too many electronics. Use heavy duty extension cords for high wattage decorations and large electronical-
ly-animated displays. And make sure your house is capable of handling the electrical load of multiple lights. If in doubt, contact a licensed professional to inspect your electrical system.
Be merry and bright – Buy fl ame-resistant dec-orations and never place open fl ames or candles near fl ammable materials, such as wreathes, trees or paper decorations. Never nail or tack light-ing strings to a wall as this may damage insula-tion and create a shock or fi re hazard. Instead, use insulated fasteners to hold light strings in place, rather than metal nails or tacks that could damage wiring.
Keep the home fi res burning – Besides their decorative qualities, gas fi replaces are a great place
to curl up in front of to warm your toes. To avoid hazards, be sure to inspect the fi replace before each use and have a qualifi ed professional serviceper-son check it annually. Always have a working carbon monoxide detector and smoke alarm.
Mark it – Avoid deals that are too good to be true. When purchasing light strings, extension cords and electrical decorations, look for the certifi cation mark of an accredited or-ganization such as CSA Group. Certifi cation marks provide assurance that the products have been tested to specifi c standards for safety and performance.
For more tips and con-sumer information, in-cluding a video on hol-iday safety, visit www.csagroup.org/consumers/safety-tips.
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Narrowing down holiday dinner optionsShopping for holiday gifts may be a top
priority for many come the holiday sea-son, but for hosts and hostesses opening their homes to friends and family, several other tasks need to be done as well. One of the more signifi cant decisions holi-day hosts must make is choosing what to serve when guests arrive for holiday dinners.
Holiday dinners are often more ex-travagant than the run-of-the-mill din-ners families eat on ordinary weeknights. Crafting a special dinner requires both planning and prep work, and there are some ways to make the experience go more smoothly.What’s cooking?
Culture often dictates which meals are prepared. Many popular main courses involve pork and poultry, as baked hams and roasted turkeys are especially pop-ular during the holiday season. But re-gardless of history, hosts should consid-er which foods appeal to the greatest number of guests, then plan the dinner around these items. Also, if you’re known for a particular dish, go ahead and make that, even if it’s a less traditional holiday meal.
Another savvy move is to choose foods that can be prepared in advance. If you’re hosting a houseful of guests, steer clear of foods that require individualized at-tention or must be cooked and served promptly, like a risotto. Casseroles, pasta dishes, roasts, and other similar foods can be prepared and cooked, then reheat-ed in time for the main course.
Keep it simpleAlthough you may want to impress your
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Meals that have become routine to you can almost be made on auto-pilot. This way you spend less time in the kitchen and more time with guests.Delegate some work
Guests are often eager to contribute something to holiday meals. When plan-ning a holiday dinner, think about which items you can ask others to bring. A noted early bird may bring appetizers, like a crackers-and-cheese platter. Those who tend to make late entrances may be tasked with providing decadent desserts. Unless the entire meal is potluck, holiday hosts usually handle the main courses and many of the side dishes.Be prepared for leftovers
In an effort to ensure everyone has enough to eat, you likely will make more food than you and your guests need. Don’t let those leftovers go to waste. Stock up on takeaway storage containers so your guests can bring home some of the food. Promptly wrap up any leftovers and store them in the refrigerator so food will not spoil.
Holiday meals are full of many good foods and lots of conversation. Help make them a success by planning ahead.
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Lots of history and little theologyYou were born with a
purpose.It’s said that, before
you even drew your fi rst breath, your destiny was written. You may not know what it is but you are meant to fulfi ll it because, depending on what you believe, fate, Karma, or Divine Powers will see that you do. That’s especially true, as you’ll read in “God & Churchill” by Jonathan Sandys & Wallace Henley, if your destiny is to “save civilization.”
Though he loved his parents and strove to gain their approval, Winston Churchill never completely achieved that goal: his mother was distant; his father, disapproving; and the boy spent his life trying to live up to their stan-dards and legacies. That included agreeing at a young age that going into the military would be a “splendid” idea.
Sadly, that led to an-other disappointment: Churchill had insuffi -cient grades in school, and landed in the cavalry instead of the more-desirable (for his family) infantry. Even so, Churchill saw the cav-alry as a success; he’d supposedly already pre-dicted to a classmate that England would be “subjected somehow, to a tremendous invasion” and he would be his country’s savior.
As a young man, war-time service both tem-pered and strengthened Churchill, and when he returned to England after the Boer War, he “was an international hero.” Having failed in a previous bid for a seat in the House of Commons, he was welcomed, and “fearlessly rose to chal-lenge his own politi-cal party…” His moral standards – received, possibly, as a boy, from a governess – irritat-ed many of his fellow
Parliamentarians.After resigning from
the House of Commons, Churchill joined the Grenadier Guards and served “in the trenches of the First World War.” He surely didn’t know it, but “on the other side of the confl ict,” Corporal Adolf Hitler was form-ing a version of his own destiny. Once Churchill understood Hitler’s in-tentions, “The great weight that [he] carried was, to his mind, noth-ing less than the surviv-al of ‘Christian civiliza-tion’ against the great-est threat it had ever faced.”
Oh, I scarcely know where to begin.
How about here: “God
& Churchill” isn’t all that much about God and Churchill. Yes, authors Jonathan Sandys (who is Churchill’s great-grand-son) and Wallace Henley do occasionally discuss the moral compass and spirituality of Churchill and his belief in his di-vine destiny, but I felt that theology was thinly linked or largely conjec-ture. What’s here was sometimes fascinating, but it didn’t feel solid to me.
Strangely enough, I also didn’t think there was enough God in “God and Churchill.” There’s a lot of history here: of war, England, and Germany. Readers will fi nd Bible teachings and
a bit about Churchill’s personal beliefs. Mostly, though, what you’ll fi nd is a thorough biography of Churchill, and that’s been done before.
I can’t say that I liked this book though I can see an audience for it, perhaps with readers who’ve read everything there is about the great statesman. For every-body else, I think, your destiny is to just put “God & Churchill” back on the shelf.
“God & Churchill” by Jonathan Sandys & Wallace Henleyc.2015, Tyndale Momentum $26.99 / $35.99 Canada 268 pages
TERRISCHLICHENMEYER
8 STETTLER INDEPENDENT Friday, December 4, 2015
Survey identifi es personalization as top travel priority for Canadians
Ninety-one per cent of Canadians appreciate a travel service company that strives to customize their experience
To mark its 100 year anni-versary in the travel busi-ness, American Express released new survey fi nd-ings revealing Canadians place a higher premium on the experiences they enjoy through travel. In fact, over three-quarters (79 per cent) of Canadians value new or unique expe-riences over the familiar. Additionally, personaliza-tion of experiences has become so important that two thirds (66 per cent) of Canadians say they spend more time planning trav-el that is tailored to their interests and preferences than booking a pre-pack-aged experience.
“Increasingly, travellers want to see the world on their terms with tailored, personalized experiences that refl ect their passions and needs,” said Gerald Parent, Director and General Manager, Canada Travel Servicing, American Express Canada. “It comes as no surprise that 91 per cent of Canadians appreci-ate a travel service compa-ny that strives to custom-ize their experiences.”
Having “meaningful ex-periences” is more of a priority for Canadian travellers than it is for Americans (46 per cent vs. 23 per cent). Additionally, Canadian travellers want to be involved in all as-pects of the trip — from preparing an itinerary to documenting and shar-ing their experiences with others.
“American Express has been helping Cardmembers realize their travel dreams for over a century by providing an end-to-end travel service that’s with them every step of the way— from planning and booking, to the airport, to wherever in the world they touch-down,” said Parent.Love of travel increasing among Canadians
• Nearly one-third (31 per cent) of Canadians travel more for leisure now than they did fi ve years ago and over one-third (38 per cent) expect to travel more in fi ve years than they do now
• Most (85 per cent) Canadians believe spend-ing money on travel is an investment worth making
• Most (87 per cent) Canadians value investing time in life experiences over investing in material possessions (13 per cent) and value meaningful life experiences (89 per cent) over focusing on their pro-fession (11 per cent)Human touch is irreplace-able
The recent study, which surveyed 1,001 consumers on their attitudes toward travel, also found almost all Canadians (92 per cent) agree that despite digital advances in the travel in-dustry, the value of per-sonal service cannot be replaced. With American Express offering the best of both worlds, online and live travel support, they
satisfy the majority of Canadians (90 per cent) who prefer help from a live person opposed to on-line (10 per cent) when something goes wrong while travelling. Be it replacing a lost card, or sourcing last minute hotel bookings or car transfers, American Express pro-vides vast choice and a personalized touch that
brings travellers peace of mind and service they can rely on.
In addition, nearly three quarters of Canadians (73 per cent) would rather get recommendations or travel directions from a live person as opposed to online (27 per cent), and 60 per cent of Canadians prefer to get help from a live person when mak-
ing changes to their travel plans.Where technology tri-umphs
Despite the desire for human interaction during travel, Canadians prefer to use technology for certain aspects of their trip. This includes planning (71 per cent), booking travel (69 per cent) on sites such as American Express’ Travel
Website and fi nally, check-ing into fl ights and hotels (52 per cent).
However, technolo-gy does not stand alone. Thirty eight per cent of Canadians share the be-lief that live travel service professionals will become a more important compli-ment to mobile booking options over the next fi ve years.
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