Become A Travel Agent And Live The American Dream
Posted on | November 29, 2009 | 18 Comments
Often people considering a career change look to the travel industry and decide to become a travel agent. Nearly everyone desires to travel and many seek coastal vacation travel destinations.
Most families take an annual vacation and many head to the closest beach. Anyone who wants to become a travel agent will seek this lucrative market with millions of eager customers.
The travel industry rarely experiences a severe downturn, even at time when the economy suffers.
An entrepreneur seeking to become a travel agent will provide costal vacations for consumers and enjoy the sun and surf with his or her family as well. Different consumers want different coastal vacation travel packages.
Some want cheap Hawaiian vacation packages, some want to head to Orlando, FL to see Disneyworld. Franchise owners who begin a home based business and become a travel agent learn how to promote these destinations and many more coastal destinations around the world.
When a consumer decides to become a travel agent, the research often involved costal vacation travel. Travel franchise owners consider this travel “research,” since their knowledge of these destinations helps them market the coastal vacations better after they become a travel agent.
Most consumers spot a “stupid” travel agent who does not possess a clue about what they promote. Knowledge put the home based travel agent ahead of the competition.
Completing the “research” represents only the first step after the person decides to become a travel agent. Finding potential customers and closing the sale of the coastal vacation travel package challenges even the most experienced marketing professionals.
These tasks intimidate most people but the successful travel franchise owners who become a travel agent rise above the challenges.
Those who succeed after they decide to become a travel agent will see everyone as a potential traveler. Almost everyone responds positively when asked if he or she would enjoy coastal vacation travel.
Prospecting–a term that describes identifying potential customers–makes or breaks a business. A successful person who decides to become a travel agent keeps a list of potential customers and checks in with them often.
While many travel franchise owners who decide to become a travel agent know many prospective customers, the ability to close the sale eludes them. They did not consider how they would close the sales when they decided to become a travel agent.
The travel franchise owner fails even if he or she knows thousands of potential customers wanting coastal vacation travel packages if they cannot close the sale.
Finding a sales support team can eliminate this lack of experience for those who decided to become a travel agent. A coastal vacation call center provides solutions.
Sales center employees know how to convince customers to sign on the dotted line. They receive extensive training on selling the coastal vacation travel packages and help those who decide to become a travel agent.
Franchise owners who decided to become a travel agent need this type of support to be successful when selling coastal vacation travel packages. Using a coastal call center gives the travel franchise owner a professional sales team.
The coastal call center employees do not compete with those who become a travel agent and credit all sales of coastal vacation travel packages to the travel franchise owner.
Instead, the professional closers call center team enhances the franchise owner’s home based travel agency and assists the owner in bringing in more profits.
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Tags: Coastal Vacations > Franchise > Home Based Business > Home Business > Travel Agent > Work From Home
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November 29th, 2009 @ 9:17 am
I am a travel agent with YTB. The company provided me with a website that people can go on to and book there travel. They also provide all the training and support I need to be a successful travel agent. It is really a great program and I've already booked travel for some friends of mine and seen the commission. When you sign up with the company you get your creditials in a couple weeks after signing up. This is a very legitimate and trustworthy company that has been in the business for over 5 years. Also publicly traded. Watch this presentation for a little more information: http://www.travelproinsider.com my personal site is http://www.ytbtravel.com/kuhlber
Contact me and I will answer any questions you may have and give you more information.
-Dane
November 29th, 2009 @ 9:51 am
hermosisimooooooooo !!!
November 29th, 2009 @ 10:39 am
The answer pretty much depends on your needs. If you have the time to search out the internet for travel specials then you will be ok with booking yourself.
If you want to use a travel agent, he/she can find special deals that you may not be aware of. The travel agent will take all of the information regarding your travel details and find the deals for you.
November 29th, 2009 @ 10:55 am
lemme just say… you are my new hero.
November 29th, 2009 @ 12:53 pm
I work for a travel wholesaler. Technically you do not need any experience. Sales experience is helpful. Some more upscale agencies may require experience and Sabre or Galileo experience. Knowing your geography helps. I had an agent call that said she wanted to book the Greek Isles but she didnt know where they were, one wanted the parking cost at a hotel in Venice (no cars in Venice all boats), and one wanted to pick up a car in Los Angeles and drop it in Maui. If you have little experience you may have to sell yourself.
It is fun and exasperating. People come in and want to go somewhere warm, but not any destination you recommend, and dont want to spend any money to get there but it is a honeymoon in 2 months during spring break.
November 29th, 2009 @ 11:06 pm
Beautiful video!
November 30th, 2009 @ 12:27 am
Hello,
I am a travel agent. First, I will say that in this industry, your success depends on you. A travel agent has an unlimited earning potential. My husband and I together are travel agents and we love it. We've been travel agents since January, and already, we haven't looked back! We work out of our home, and we set our own hours!!
You know what, I'm going to save you some of the $$$ that you were about to dole out to Penn Foster, click this link, and when you're on the front page, click "view the company presentation" http://www.cassandralane.org
November 30th, 2009 @ 4:51 am
Yes, travel agents, relatives, or friends may do the visa application on behalf of you. An additional handling fee of $20.00 is to be paid in this case.
http://www.brazilhouston.org/ingles/visafees.htm ..
November 30th, 2009 @ 5:35 am
wow!
November 30th, 2009 @ 12:03 pm
You are amazing!
December 1st, 2009 @ 3:30 am
I'm a travel agent with YTB International. It's a publicly traded company that has allowed me to become a Referring Travel Agent without any training. They provide all the tools you need when you sign up. My site uses the same booking engine as travelocity. It's awesome because I can write off all of my travel on my taxes and I collect commissions when someone books travel on my site. It's an incredible opportunity. Check out my site when you get a chance. http://www.danestravel.com click on "book travel" to see the booking engine it uses. Please email me I can answer any questions you have and show you much more about this.
December 1st, 2009 @ 7:01 am
Hello, I can give you some tips, first of all, you really don't need to use a travel agent to come here. Everything here is very cheap. The people normally don't speak English, but you will fell welcome in almost places you go.
Try to search another place to go, Rio de Janeiro is the most dangerous town in our country.
Recife is a very Beautiful place and it has a famous carnival parade, "o galo da madrugada". Where there are almost 2 million people walking, dancing and singing trough the streets for 3 miles.
The beaches around this town are marvelous. "Porto de Galinhas"…"Tamandare"….."Boa Viagem"….You will apreciate.
Good luck and be wellcome.
December 1st, 2009 @ 4:47 pm
I always love your art. Now I love your music
December 1st, 2009 @ 10:16 pm
Omfg, it just looks like a picture
December 1st, 2009 @ 11:17 pm
superb!!
December 2nd, 2009 @ 6:15 am
hi all everybody plz watches in my videos and rating .. plz plz plz !!!!!
December 2nd, 2009 @ 4:09 pm
Not in every situation, but in many cases they can. Sometimes your rate is going to be the same price, but an agent may offer you some onboard credits, or other specials that may be available to them.
I would definitely book with an agent or directly with Carnival. The discount sites, which as you have seen aren't really discounted, can cause a lot more problems than they are worth, so if there is no savings, I would definitely avoid them.
There are a lot of travel agencies that you can use online as well. If going to a travel agent office and working on things doesn't really fit in your schedule, which is what I have found to be true for myself, online works so much better. I can e-mail my agent whenever I need, when I'm no the road, etc. I have actually found my online agent to be a lot o better than my old agent that in my local town, since they seem to be more specialized. So you may consider checking into an online travel agent, which is not to be confused with the online discount sites like Expedia, Oritz, etc.
So anyhow, you can't always get a lower rate with an agent, but you may be able to get some extra benefits by booking with an agent, such as onboard credit or upgrades. Also, you always get the service from the agent, very rarely, if ever do I find that my agent is higher than Carnival.
Hope this helps!
December 2nd, 2009 @ 5:30 pm
All you have to do is go to your college. You can get either a diploma or a degree, but a degree will better help you to achieve this. I am a travel agent and I graduated in December with my degree. It takes about 2 years, depending on how much time you put into it and how many classes you take. If you want to, you can try to do it between 6 months and a year if you can, but it will be very hard. It will cost you about $10,000 for everything, tuition, books, classes everything. Apply for scholarships, especially if you had great grades in high school. I kept a 4.0 GPA throughout my academic history, and scholarships and grants got me through college and whatever was left over was like a gift, to do as you wish with. I must have gotten refunds of up to $3000 in that first year. It's easy, just apply for Financial Aid. Good luck and I wish you well. You can do it. If I was able to, you most certainly can.