25/10/2018
Why it's good to be a travel agent!
This is from Travel Market Report, July 2016 and relevant more today than ever!
1. You can be your own boss.
2. You have complete location freedom. Work from an office, from your home while the kids are at school—or from a resort across the world.
3. You can see the world. And there is nothing like it in your backyard. Travel agents get discounts, upgrades, perks and free trips.
4. It’s interesting and fun—and it helps people. They don’t call it the hospitality business for nothing. Your job is to make people happy, and work doesn’t get any better than that.
5. There are lots of free training programs to help you get started. Most agencies, consortia, host agencies, travel associations like ASTA and CLIA, and industry suppliers offer free training. And who doesn’t want to be an expert on hotels and cruise ships?
6. The industry is back. The number of travel agents is on the rise, and so are their salaries. It’s not unheard of to make $60 or $80 or even $100K, and corporate agents earn an average salary and benefits package of more than $118,000.
$30 to get started in your own business and $69.95 a month.
