Should I Take My Business Home For Thanksgiving?

[tmo2008]

So, I just found out a few days ago that I am going to be able to go home to MI for Thanksgiving. I am wondering if I should make sure I take some catalogs and order forms and do a catty show while I am up there...Or is it tacky?

Just wanted some feedback!
Thanks,
Trina

 

[heat123]

I've done it before... taken catalogs and offered a "Sale" with my family. And with Stones already on sale, you don't have to have your own .

 

[janezapchef]

I would totally do it! And, if you can take some tools with you, make it a cooking show! The one-bowl salsa (see another thread) wouldn't require a lot of suitcase room and shows a lot! Plus, if you do that, you can write off travel expenses!

 

[tmo2008]

I never though of that part! I couldn't still write it off if I do a catty show? Hmmm....I wonder if my friend still has my ollllld kit products...LOL I was a consultant for a hot moment when I first got out of college in '93...I wasn't ready for my own biz, sadly...I will see what I can do as a "show on the road" !

 

[DebbieJ]

Totally do it. I did it at Christmas last year. It was a small show--only a few orders from family as we sat around with our bellies full of turkey--but it was totally worth it.

 

[tmo2008]

Well, I am thinking that since I will be there for 6 days making the rounds visiting all my friends and family, maybe it would be a decent show...they all know I am a consultant again! I will take my catalogs and OOFs...

 

[janezapchef]

Even if you cook for/with them with other tools, you could talk to them about PC and take orders. I would still consider that a cooking show! If you are doing a walk through the catalog in person and you cook one thing while you're there, add all the orders together and call it a cooking show!

 

[tmo2008]

That is true too!! thanks for all of the advice!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Are you flying or driving? If driving, you could always bring products. Where will you be in Michigan? If you needed to borrow a few products - maybe there are consultants from here who could lend them to you. I'm in the Grand Rapids area if you are coming that way.

I would make one or two killer recipes that will knock their socks off - and then show them the catalog!

 

[tmo2008]

We are flying, so I know I cannot bring a lot! Thank you for the offer...we will be staying mainly in the Flint and Detroit areas though. I think I might be able to pull it off in the end now...I feel a lot better about it since you all have put your ideas in. )

 

[Shawnna]

And, if you put the show in a family members name you can have it shipped there and the shipping will only be 4.50 each and not direct ship prices.

 

[etteluap70PC]

Go for it! You will never know unless you try!

 

[MissChef]

Most Definetely DO IT!!:thumbup: Every trip I take to see family and/or friends, I take either my kit and catalogs, or at very least catalogs and I always have a show as a result of my trip! It's a great way to write off the trip and my family/friends love it because I'm able to tell and/or show them all about the products!

 

[beepampered]

I am NOT a tax expert but from what I understand, you can only write off the expenses if you do something PC-related everyday. So, plan your trip accordingly and plan on showing the catalog to different folks everyday of the week.

 

[raebates]

I always have catalogs and order forms with me. Always. At get-togethers, as I get talking with family members, anyone who says they want to see a catalog gets one. Often I have several orders by the end of the day.

 

[MissChef]

I am NOT a tax expert but from what I understand, you can only write off the expenses if you do something PC-related everyday. So, plan your trip accordingly and plan on showing the catalog to different folks everyday of the week.

I don't know if this is true or not, I never heard this. But me doing something PC related EVERY day is no problem!!! LOL! I've been an addict for 10 years!!!