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E-Duction and Vacation Express Offer Six
Months to Pay Interest-Free For Dream Vacation Packages
Available to employees through their employer
7/30/03
BLUE BELL, PA, July 30, 2003
— E-Duction, Inc., the provider of CLEAR, a financial
program that improves the work/life balance of America’s
employees, today announced an agreement with Vacation Express,
a leading tour operator that sends close to 200,000 passengers
per year to Mexico and the Caribbean, to offer vacation packages
through CLEAR’s Budgeting Plan. Participating CLEAR
cardholders can pay for Vacation Express packages interest-free
over a six-month period, with payments automatically deducted
from their paychecks.
Offering the utmost in financial convenience, CLEAR is a payroll
deduction card that allows employees to purchase products
and services worldwide and pay for them via payroll deduction.
Most purchases are paid back over a two-month period interest-free.
Budgeting Plan purchases, such as Vacation Express packages,
are paid back over a six-month period interest-free. There
are never any late fees or interest because payments are made
automatically through payroll deduction.
For example, a CLEAR cardholder who purchases a $600 vacation
package from Vacation Express, assuming bi-weekly pay, will
be charged only $47 for the next 13 paychecks. CLEAR is an
outstanding budgeting tool, allowing payments to be paid over
time interest-free!
“We are delighted to have Vacation Express join our
group of world-class merchants in CLEAR’s Budgeting
Plan. Our cardholders will appreciate the convenience of paying
for vacation packages over time,” begins Kirk Watkins,
CEO of E-Duction. “Our client companies will appreciate
the addition of Vacation Express to the Budgeting Plan because
they want to help their employees better manage work/life
balance.”
“This program helps employees take stress-free vacations.
Vacation Express takes the worry out of planning, and E-Duction
eliminates the financial concerns often associated with travel,”
states Sidney Pease, Director of Marketing for Vacation Express.
“This partnership allows workplaces to offer something
different to ease their employees’ lives. We are excited
to be a part of CLEAR’s Budgeting Plan.”
For more information about CLEAR, Vacation Express or E-Duction,
please contact Theresa Wabler at 610-642-8253
or Theresa@gregoryfca.com.
About E-Duction
E-Duction was launched to capitalize on a growing trend that
has emerged in payment technology - payroll deduction. In
July of 2002, E-Duction introduced the first payroll deduction
card, CLEAR, that gives employees interest-free purchasing
power, 365 days per year. CLEAR is an innovative employee
program that allows employees to make purchases at over 29
million MasterCard acceptance locations worldwide and spread
payments out over future paychecks. E-Duction has teamed with
some of the world’s largest consumer financial services
companies including MasterCard International.
About Vacation Express
Vacation Express is an Atlanta based tour operator that sends
close to 200,000 passengers a year to Mexico and the Caribbean.
It is a member of the MyTravel Group. Vacation Express currently
offers complete vacation packages departing from most U.S.
cities to Aruba, the Bahamas, Cancun, Costa Rica, Cozumel,
Jamaica, the Mayan Riviera, Punta Cana, and St. Martin (with
connecting service to Anguilla and St. Barth’s). For
reservations, book on-line at www.vacationexpress.com
or call Vacation Express at 1-800-309-4717.
Vacation Express is open Eastern Standard Time, Monday –
Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m.
– 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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