Vacation & Travel for Free! Get Paid to Travel!

Get Paid to Travel?...Likely story. The travel industry exposed: Before you travel for business, vacation, buy a timeshare, join a vacation club, or even become your own travel agent you are advised to first read this report.
By: Gary James
 
June 25, 2007 - PRLog -- There are many ways to arrange for cost efficient business & vacation travel. However, until recently the notion of “do it yourself” travel arrangements and get paid for it would seem unlikely, that is until you consider some of the reasons and benefits in doing so. For example,

Search Engines: Only within the last couple years have internet search engines become sophisticated and more specialized enough that they now make it much easier to access information that in the past would be privileged to the people who were connected experienced professionals of the travel industry in order to receive such “up to the minute” travel information. (i.e., a travel agent.)

Host Travel Agencies still exist: The ole brick and mortar travel agency is still the basis for why anyone would seriously consider becoming their own travel agent at this point in time because someone (that is a live human being) has got to be there in support to help fulfill customer service needs and otherwise back your play when you book travel for yourself or others. The insurance industry might refer to this as an underwriter. And just like an insurance agency, a travel agency that is used as an underwriter needs to be licensed and bonded. However, a travel agent working with or for an underwriter does not need to be bonded or licensed, only certified.

Save money: As a card carrying certified travel agent, over time you can acquire credibility amongst the vendors who supply products and services to the travel industry. And credibility typically translates into deeper discounts. David Manning, President & founder of Traverus, a travel agency that heavily promotes the notion to become your own travel agent states, “Even if you become your own travel agent simply to handle your own travel arrangements the savings accrued typically off set the resources required to maintain your travel business”.  

Make money: Again, David Manning in an interview on my radio show suggests that an agent with only one client the likes of their own church group or other organization by booking even one cruise per year for that group or organization, the money earned by that part time certified travel agent typically represents a reasonable part time income.
In fact, one group’s subsequent individual member’s travel needs throughout the year can keep a part time travel agent quite busy and in the money.

Also, if you join up with one of the travel agencies who have expanded their business paradigm to include the concept of relationship marketing, the residual income from the networking process can become quite lucrative and still remain part time. As it were, just like the cosmetic industry (Mary Kay) and the house ware industry (Tupperware) the travel industry has evolved to the point where if you join the “right” Travel Agency you can now receive indefinite residual income from that company on the volume of business written by the people you refer who also become their own travel agent.

Other key questions that can be asked include: How easy is it to become and maintain a travel agent business? What are the hard costs? Can I engage in this as a Home Based Business and are there the same tax advantages as other Home Based Businesses? Which Travel Agencies should I research to consider joining or at least to work with? How do I measure their merits? Can I do this business with out becoming attached to any particular company? Etc.

Answers to these questions, the procedure to join, and more can be gleaned if you listen to the interview of Mr. David Manning.

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I am a freelance writer/producer and host of a radio show that in part devotes time to subject matter not typically covered by standard media outlets. Feel free to contact me.

Website: www.garyjamesprojectpage.com
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