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How to Become a Travel Agent & Entrepreneur with Your Own Travel Website

Written by Anne Wanchic

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You do not need to be an Internet genius to have success with a web-based business. With a niche like travel, everyone has an interest. And you own a business selling excitement, discovery and memories that others will treasure for a lifetime.

Get the best rates by combining 3 Travel Search Engines

Research: Each year, travel is a 7 trillion dollar business worldwide. The trend is to search for your best deals over the internet and make the bookings yourself. If you are looking to be a travel entrepreneur, you will need to get started owning your own web-based travel business. First, you need to see the quality of a combined Travelocity/Expedia/Priceline powered search engine and website that will have your business name on it. Visit http://www.ChicTravelDeals.com and/or www.TravelGems4Less.com. These websites are examples of what your travel store will look like once you are up and running.

An easy to remember travel name is a great marketing tool

Choose your company name. You should find a name that can be easily accessed on the internet that has not already been taken. Yahoo is a good source for finding domain names. If you can choose a company name that has the exact available domain name, find a web hosting site and purchase that domain name for your company.

The more you research your business beforehand, the better agent you will become

More research: Access http://www.ytb.com/ChicTravelDeals and click on the company presentation. If you are going to be working with a travel company to provide your website, you need to know what else they can provide for you. With YTB, you actually get more than one website booking engine. Along with the main travel site, you get a specialized golf vacation site (see http://www.19thHoleGolfVacations.com), a floral site (see http://www.ytbflowers.com/chictraveldeals), new member sponsor site (see http://www.ytb.com/chictraveldeals) as well as access to booking event and theme park tickets, car rentals, car purchase programs, honeymoon registry, and passport services.. just to name a few. This is all inclusive as part of your travel business and can help market your services to clients as a one stop travel concierge.

Get started with your own online travel franchise

After viewing the presentation, click on Join Today, and confirm your sponsor. Your sponsor will assist you with questions that come up and be a mentor to you to get the most out of your business. Think of your sponsor as your personal travel business coach. Not only can your sponsor point you in the right business direction, but you will have access to travel agent training and weekly phone conference training calls that will assist you in building your business. If you miss a phone conference, you can easily access past calls in your online back office and listen to them as many times as you wish. YTB also offers huge conferences and seminars that can help you get to know your travel vendors as well as improve your personal travel agent skills.

Get the most out of your investment

Choose to become a RTA (referring travel agent) and a REP (representative). This choice allows you the most access to expanding your business and the potential to make the most money. Then simply follow the prompts to confirm your order and within minutes your website is up and running!

Start marketing your business to everyone who travels

Market your new business. Who do you know that travels? Most everyone does at some point. You have many choices to bring traffic to your website. Business cards are a great start. Email all your contacts to tell them about your new website that can get them the same, if not better rates than using the other big named sites. Inform them that they can book airfare, cruises, hotels, golf tee times, flowers, event tickets, and other services all on your travel store. It is truly a one stop travel concierge. See the ehow article on How to Successfully Market Your Own Online Travel Agency Website at http://www.ehow.com/how_2160731_market-own-travel-agency-website.html

Enjoy your new business

Expect checks. You now own a passive business that allows others to do the work of booking services on your website. You make 60% of the commission for each purchase. Continue to market your business to everyone you meet. It's great to have a personal website that has so much to offer in the travel industry that is quick, easy and saves people money. You can offer that now. Grow your business and the more people you reach, the more will use your website to travel!

Tips:

Always remember that people love to talk about travel; where they have been, and where they are planning to go. You are selling quality time with friends and family, memories and fun!
As a travel agent, you can organize group trips for larger commission checks.
Remember, your own travel can be deeply discounted as an agent.
Treat this venture like a business and you will succeed.
Treat it like a hobby and you can earn some extra income.
Be sure to view the presentation at www.ytb.com/ChicTravelDeals and join if you are an online travel agent in the making
Once you are a RTA and REP, you can show others how they can prosper from this excellent market by sponsoring them personally
Contact this author if you have questions or need assistance.
This is not a get rich quick scheme, so you will need to be serious enough to work at this as your business or at least a hobby to be successful.