IL Postcard

The Biggest Freebie Yet: My Boss's Indiscretion May Be Your Gain

Date: 08/22/2007

Time is up. The Early Bird deadline for our Live and Prosper in Mexico seminar expires today.

I'm Eric Stapp, and I'm the International Living conference coordinator for this event, taking place in Puerto Vallarta September 23-25.

I am writing you on behalf of both Suzan Haskins and my boss, who is out sick today.

As you know, Suzan was hunkered down earlier this week in her home in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, no thanks to Hurricane Dean. She has, though, been in touch with me very recently. And she is mad.

She asked me this morning how registrations are going for our Live and Prosper in Mexico seminar. I told her my boss had written to you yesterday and upped the ante a bit. She was pleased about that. She wasn't nearly as pleased when I told her that he included a photo of the vestiges of his last tequila party and dangled a bottle of tequila in front of you like a carrot to entice you to sign up for the seminar.

And you can imagine her displeasure when I said he told you she was swilling red wine and eating SPAM over there in Mérida.

"That little bleep," she said. "Well, guess what…blame it on the weather or my digestive tract, but my fighting spirit is stronger than ever, and I'll show him who's got a carrot or two. Heck, I've got a whole rabbit in my hat."

And then she mumbled something about having the photos to prove that my boss has been more than the life of the party at IL events from Asia to New Zealand to Ecuador to Mexico to Las Vegas.

"Sometime what happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas," she said.

I'm not sure what she meant, exactly, but when my boss heard what she said, he didn't say anything for a long time. Then he just said, "Whatever she wants. It's okay with me. Just do it."

So here's what Suzan wants: In a random drawing at the seminar, one lucky person attending the Live and Prosper in Mexico seminar will get their 4-night hotel stay paid for by my boss. That's right-four nights' stay at the Fiesta Americana hotel in Puerto Vallarta are on "that guy with the funny accent," as Suzan calls him.

So do me a favor, please. Help me stop the madness. Sign up for the seminar today, before these two one-up each other out of their jobs. You get the Early Bird discount on top of any others you may be eligible for if you are a Mexico Insider or IL VIP member. And you get all those other freebies Suzan has coerced my boss into coughing up: your first night's hotel room is on us, dinner is on us, and one of you will get four nights' hotel stay…all on us. And if you mention the word "tequila" when you place your order, we'll throw in a bottle of Mexico's finest…

Oh, and Suzan asked me to remind you that the conference itself is gearing up to be one of our best-ever. We have more excellent speakers than ever lined up to explain the ins and outs of living and investing in Mexico. Find out more here.

The Early Bird discount expires at the end of today, so please act now.

Regards,

Eric Stapp
International Living Events Coordinator

P.S. I'll be in Puerto Vallarta, too, and as both my boss and Suzan have mentioned, it's a fun town. Besides a seriously intense and information-packed conference, we have some seriously and intensely fun things planned, too. Bring a camera. Puerto Vallarta is one of the most picturesque places there is. And as Suzan can testify, you never know what a photo of the right person doing the wrong thing will get you.

If you have any questions, e-mail us at Events@InternationalLiving.com or call us at 1-866-381-8446 (toll free in the U.S. and Canada).