Thomas G. Stanley is an expert is adventure travel, exotic travel, safaris and the mass market touring industries. He has first hand knowledge of tour operations and planning, tour guides and guiding, sales, marketing, employment issues, subcontractor negotiations, independent contractor issues, billing and executive decision making regarding all aspects of the vacation touring industry. He has experience with small and adventure cruise ship operations. Mr. Stanley is articulate and concise.
He is the former president of Travcoa, a respected luxury exotic tour operator in Newport Beach, California, was the former Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Trafalgar Tours, one of America's largest touring companies. He was operations manager for Africa at Mountain Travel Sobek, the country's leading adventure touring company.
Additionally, Stanley is an e-commerce expert, having designed www.safari.net which has been incorporated into www.africam.com, and redesigned www.travcoa.com and directed business logic and consumer response for www.trafalgar.com and www.adventurefleet.com. Stanley understands negotiations, contracts, consumer issues relating to touring, risk assessment, terrorism assessment and consumer release requirements.
Background
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:A: Former Board Member of Global Exchange/Reality Tours, San Francisco
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Keynote speaker at numerous conferences; panel member for travel agent conferences including Virtuoso, Signature and others.
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: Four
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Tour operations, consumer rights, difference between tour operator and travel agent, tour operator disclosures, tour operator responsibilities related to independent employees and sub-contractors, accident related incidents while on tour, white water rafting deaths, marketing language, consumer promise, vehicle hiring.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: 100%
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 0%
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: Two as an expert witness
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: July 2009
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: Two
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Consulting, documents review, operations and procedures review, analysis of business structure, strategy, advertising, promotions, marketing, tour operations, adventure travel, risks assessment, site inspections, travel employee issues and subcontractor issues.
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: $195 per hour to consult with attorneys or meet with clients.
$1600 per day for out of town (Los Angeles County) travel.
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: $195 per hour documents review
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: $800 minimum for up to four hours and $1600 for four to eight hours in one day for on site at depositions. $1600 per day when out of Los Angeles County.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: $800 minimum for up to four hours and $1600 for four to eight hours in one day for being on site at arbitration or court room time. $1600 per day when out of Los Angeles County.
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Expenses related to case including travel, Fedex, UPS, parking, hotels, meals, air, luggage and related fees plus $100 per day for meal per diem for out of town travel. Business class ticket required for over 4 hours flying time from Los Angeles to destination or destination to Los Angeles.
$500 per day for travel day with no expert work performed. Fedex, postage, mail, long distance calls and all other expenses billed at cost. $.20 per black and white photocopy, $.90 for color photocopies.
References
Bradford ChildMillard, Holweger, Child & Marton
700 South Flower St, Suite 2950
Los Angeles, CA 90017-4222
213.627.3113 x 104
David R. Olsen
Dewsnup, King & Olsen
36 South State Street, Suite 2400
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801.533.0400
Caj Boatright
Arnold & Itkin LLP
1401 McKinney Street
Suite 2550
Houston, TX 77010
713.222.3800
Roy Jacobson
The Spence Law Firm
15 South Jackson Street
Jackson, Wyoming 83001
307.733.7290
