Pros
We visit and get a small re-imbursement per month to eat at the restaurants on our program.
Cons
Restaurants are deleting constantly because the program is too expensive. We are not bringing in new diners they are just paying us on customers that would have dined at the restaurants anyway! They are figuring it out and deleting! Forget trying to get them back later. RN makes it so difficult to leave they burn bridges and there is no water to put out the massive fires! It is so hard to get new customers to sign up. Mostly because they heard about us and know it is expensive or gave it a try and deleted because they know it is too expensive. Member benefits are constantly reduced! Lower member benefits and higher prices does not equal sales it equals deletions. We are hearing more "No's / Not interested" than ever!!! This is an outdated and stale program. Our program is expensive and we have to charge more than we did 2 years ago. We also take money on the tax and the tip and the restaurants figure it out and don't like it. This is the worst compensation plan. When you interview people you should tell them you are going to give them a small base salary to pound the pavement and only give you back a small portion of the amount you spend on travel expenses which you will get taxed on! We put 15,000 - 20,000 miles or more on our cars a year. That is also not taken into consideration either. Gas, Parking, tolls, millage is only 1/2 covered. Marketing and Management do not do anything to help us close deals. Everything is a battle to get something approved and they make us feel as if we are doing something wrong when we try to get help or get approval for better pricing or make special requests to close an account. We are a marketing company and yet we can't even give our restaurants specific information or make changes to customize a program that would work for them.