The Travel Agent

Author : Joanie Ogg,Andy Ogg,Tom Ogg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798609011725

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How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency by Joanie Ogg,Andy Ogg,Tom Ogg Pdf

Empowering Individuals to Start and Succeed as a Home Based Travel Agent for over 25 years! A comprehensive workbook to compliment the Independent Study Guide. This workbook will speed you on your way to opening your own Home-Based Travel Business by helping you discover your opportunities and focusing on developing them. The workbook concentrates on the key areas needed to get through the maze of information and confusion encountered when first starting out. Broken into three separate sections, the workbook first deals with the key concepts in the study course. Over 100 concepts are explored, as they relate to your business plans. This will help you focus on the most important information in the course, as it pertains to you. While the "How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency" is a must read, the workbook continues your critical thinking and education before you begin your journey. "There is so much to learn as an entrepreneur in the travel industry. It's not just about booking travel. It's also about launching your own business and setting it up for success. That is why "How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency" is such a critical resource for those new to the industry, or making a move to an independent contractor status. It is filled with practical tips and real-world advice that can be applied immediately. We value this textbook so highly that we include it in our entry level program curriculum, the TRIPKit." - Guida Botelho, CTIE - Director of Education for The Travel Institute About the Authors: The Ogg Family has a cumulative tenure in the travel industry of over 100-years. Their experience and understanding of the Home Based Travel Agency opportunity, combined with their enthusiastic entrepreneurial spirit, make this title a must read for those looking to either start a home based travel business or to further their success as a Travel Professional. To Access More Tools to help you get started as a HomeBased Travel Agent, visit www.HomeBasedTravelAgent.com.

Author : Sally Scanlon,Kelly Monaghan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Tourism
ISBN : 188714062X

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The Travel Agent's Complete Desk Reference by Sally Scanlon,Kelly Monaghan Pdf

A one-stop resource that brings together information travel agents need every day, information that is usually scattered among numerous reference materials. Contains an extensive industry glossary with over 3,200 entries.

Author : Joanie Ogg,Andy Ogg,Tom Ogg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798609003935

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How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency by Joanie Ogg,Andy Ogg,Tom Ogg Pdf

Empowering Individuals to Start and Succeed as a Home Based Travel Agent for over 25 years! "How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency" was the very first book written about this exploding business opportunity that has evolved in the travel industry over the past decades. First written in 1994, the book was considered on the fringe of the industry. Today, the book is distributed by the most professional and astute travel organizations in existence and is considered a must read for anyone looking to start a successful Travel Business. It is written with only one purpose; to help you start your Home-Based Travel Business with a minimum of outlay and maximum return for your investment of time and money. Nothing is left to the imagination as every detail of the start-up process is disclosed in great detail. Chapter Outline: Chapter 1: The Travel Industry, Opportunity of the 21st Century Chapter 2: A Brief History of Travel Retailing Chapter 3: Transition from Storefront to Home Based Travel Agencies Chapter 4: Evolution of the True Independent Contractor Chapter 5: Developing a Business Concept Chapter 6: Developing a Business Plan Chapter 7: Starting a Home-Based Travel Business Chapter 8: Setting up your Books Chapter 9: Your Home Office for the 21st Century Chapter 10: Your Home Office - Computer, Network and More Chapter 11: Selecting your Host Agency Chapter 12: Establishing your Agency Relationship with Suppliers Chapter 13: Travel Reservations and Reference Resources Chapter 14: Setting up your Supplier Files Chapter 15: Developing your Marketing Plan Chapter 16: Creating a Print and Digital Marketing Strategy Chapter 17: Using Direct Mail Chapter 18: Travel Advertising Chapter 19: Travel Promotion Chapter 20: Cold Calls, Canvasing and Telemarketing Chapter 21: Travel Marketing Techniques for the 21st Century Chapter 22: The Internet and the Travel industry Chapter 23: Organizing your Marketing Files Chapter 24: Developing your Knowledge and Skills Chapter 25: Legal Issues and Protecting your Business Chapter 26: Home Based Travel Agent Benefits Chapter 27: Tax Benefits for Home Based Travel Agents Chapter 28: Getting Connected to the Travel Industry Chapter 29: Travel Professional Community Chapter 30: Where do I go From Here? "There is so much to learn as an entrepreneur in the travel industry. It's not just about booking travel. It's also about launching your own business and setting it up for success. That is why "How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency" is such a critical resource for those new to the industry, or making a move to an independent contractor status. It is filled with practical tips and real-world advice that can be applied immediately. We value this textbook so highly that we include it in our entry level program curriculum, the TRIPKit." - Guida Botelho, CTIE - Director of Education for The Travel Institute About the Authors: The Ogg Family has a cumulative tenure in the travel industry of over 100-years. Their experience and understanding of the Home-Based Travel Agency opportunity, combined with their enthusiastic entrepreneurial spirit, make this title a must read for those looking to either start a home-based travel business or to further their success as a Travel Professional. To Access More Tools to help you get started as a Home Based Travel Agent, visit www.HomeBasedTravelAgent.com.

Author : L.D. Lapinski
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781510106031

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The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski Pdf

'Assured, witty and inventive. This debut has "future classic" written all over it.' - The Guardian Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! Perfect for fans of The Train to Impossible Places and The Polar Bear Explorers' Club. At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside . . . When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase. Then Flick gets the invitation of a lifetime: join Strangeworlds' magical travel society and explore other worlds. But, unknown to Flick, the world at the very centre of it all, a city called Five Lights, is in danger. Buildings and even streets are mysteriously disappearing. Once Flick realizes what's happening she must race against time, travelling through unchartered worlds, seeking a way to fix Five Lights before it collapses into nothingness - and takes our world with it. A magical adventure for 9+ readers that will take you to whole new worlds.

Author : Kelly Monaghan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : CORNELL:31924085185829

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Home-based Travel Agent by Kelly Monaghan Pdf

The $300 billion travel market offers unparalleled opportunities to earn money and free trips while sharing your love of travel with others. This award-winning book provides step-by-step guidance on setting up a home-based agency, making bookings, finding and keeping customers, and maximizing income. Extensive bibliography, complete subject index, and resources section included.

Author : L. D. Lapinski
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534483583

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The Secrets of the Stormforest by L. D. Lapinski Pdf

Flick journeys to a dangerous new world in this magical third book in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency series that’s a “moving conclusion to a delightful trilogy” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Flick and Jonathan have faced countless dangers as members of the Strangeworlds Society and come out alive on the other side. But what do they really know about the society they are risking their lives for? Why does it exist? Who is Strangeworlds there to protect? And what in the worlds is happening to the multiverse now? With worlds everywhere under threat of collapse and mysteries abounding, it’s up to Flick and Jonathan to discover the answers to these questions. And only if they can uncover the secrets of Strangeworlds, and the secrets of a mysterious new world called The Stormforest, will they have any hope of defending their world—and others—from the threat that is facing them all.

Author : Charles McCool
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0970511922

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Winning the Airfare Game by Charles McCool Pdf

Author : Dan Chappelle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1523654589

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Get Your S. H. I. P. Together! by Dan Chappelle Pdf

Get Your S.H.I.P. Together: The Wealthy Travel Agent Guide to Sales draws on author Dan Chappelle's decades of experience in the travel sales industry and provides a comprehensive guidebook for new and experienced salespeople alike. His no-BS style and personal anecdotes bring real, actionable advice to life to help readers achieve their sales and business goals. It's not just for travel professionals, either, though it's packed with industry advice.The book covers five key areas:1. The Opportunity-Discover why the next twenty years are the best time in the history of the world to be involved in travel and tourism sales.2. The Wealthy Travel Agent Mindset-Explore Dan's trademarked "Get Your S.H.I.P. Together" approach to building a successful business. Master the Skills, Habits, Inspiration, and Performance and Planning that every salesperson needs to excel.3. The Business of the Travel Business-Learn how to make money selling travel! Develop strategies for increasing brand expertise, find out how to compete with the big guys, get advice for choosing partners, and discover the secret to finding new prospects.4. The Wealthy Travel Agent Sales System-Use this complete roadmap to start selling right now. Developed by Dan over thirty years in sales, the WTA Sales System is a foolproof method for sales, covering prospecting through follow up.5. Why Travel Agents Fail-Avoid the pitfalls in travel sales. Want to know the difference between agents who fail and those who become Wealthy Travel Agents? Dan lays it out in the final chapter.

Author : Chand Dhiman, Mohinder,Chauhan, Vinay
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781522584353

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Handbook of Research on International Travel Agency and Tour Operation Management by Chand Dhiman, Mohinder,Chauhan, Vinay Pdf

Changes within the travel industry, such as globalization, consumerism, and advancements in technology, have transformed travel agencies into highly competitive businesses. To remain successful, new business approaches and models must be created in the global tourism and hospitality industry. Travel companies continue to expand their businesses in different countries and seek to collaborate with international entrepreneurs, developing the need for cross-cultural strategies and policies. As travel agencies flourish, identifying these business practices is necessary for these organizations to obtain a competitive management model at the global level. The Handbook of Research on International Travel Agency and Tour Operation Management gathers the latest methodologies, tools, models, and theories regarding tourism development and sustainability into one comprehensive reference source in order to promote, manage, and maximize the profitability potential of travel agencies and tour operation services. Featuring research on topics such as e-marketing, medical tourism, and online travel, this book provides travel agents, managers, industry professionals, researchers, academics, and students with the necessary resources to effectively develop and implement organizational strategies and models.

Author : Cherie Priest
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982168902

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Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest Pdf

"Meet Leda Foley; Devoted friend, struggling travel agent, sometime psychic. When Leda, proprietor of Foley's Flights of Fancy, books Seattle PD Grady Merritt on a flight back from Orlando, she does not expect it to change her life. When Grady watches the plane he was set to travel on catch fire while he remains safely in the airport, he seeks out Leda, and despite her rather scattershot premonitions, he enlists her help in investigating a cold case he just can't crack. But Leda has her own reasons for helping: her fiancé Tod was murdered under mysterious circumstances several years ago. Her psychic abilities weren't good then, but now she's been honing them at her favorite bar's open-mic nights, where she draws a crowd klairvoyant karaoke-singing whatever song comes to mind after holding other patrons' personal effects. With a rag-tag group of bar patrons and friends, Leda and Grady set out to catch a killer--and find that the two cases that haunt them may have more in common than they think"--

Author : Claire Newell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1552859134

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Travel Best Bets by Claire Newell Pdf

Presents travelers advice on research, trip insurance, air travel, cruises, vehicle rentals, traveling with children, specialty travel, and safety.

Author : Candy B. Harrington
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781458758750

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Barrier-Free Travel by Candy B. Harrington Pdf

Now in its third edition, Barrier-Free Travel is essential reading for every traveler with mobility limitations. With over 100 new photographs and updated travel rules and regulations, effecting access outside of the US, this book contains essential, thoughtful, and reliable information- not just common-sense tips. Barrier-Free Travel gives read...

Author : A.K Bhatia
Publisher : Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788120790810

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The Bussiness of Travel Agency and Tour Operations Management by A.K Bhatia Pdf

"Travel agent has become an integral part of the world’s fastest growing travel and tourism industry. A large percentage of all international and domestic travel is arranged by travel agents. The scope and functions of a modern travel agency have increased manifold over the years. The present book The Business of Travel Agency and Tour Operations Management explains the various concepts of travel agency operations in a systematic manner and makes it easier for not only students of tourism management but also working professionals to comphend the subject. Since customer relation is key to the success of travel agency business, the book explains the need for understanding and retaining the customers as it is easier to retain loyal customers than to make new ones. This book contains some additional features including key terms, comprehensive outline of as many concepts as possible, references and bibliography. Throughout, the approach has been to explain the concepts in a simple and comprehensive manner. The main objective of the book is to provide valuable source material on the complex subject of travel agency business to graduate as well as post-graduate and management students of travel and tourism, travel agencies, airlines and others engaged in the business of tourism.

Author : Aryear Gregory
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Travel agents
ISBN : 0935920463

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The Travel Agent by Aryear Gregory Pdf

Author : The Staff of Entrepreneur Media,Rich Mintzer
Publisher : Entrepreneur Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781613081693

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Start Your Own Travel Business by The Staff of Entrepreneur Media,Rich Mintzer Pdf

Pack Your Bags…Full of Profits! At over a billion dollars, the travel industry is evolving, creating new trends and new opportunities for eager entrepreneurs like you. Our experts take you step-by-step as you embark on your most exciting adventure—starting a business. Discover success as an independent travel or specialty tour professional offering unique opportunities—in both geography and market niche—that even online discount travel sites can’t compete with. From exotic getaways to adrenaline-pumping extreme tours and time-saving technology to important regulations, learn how to conduct business by land, air, or sea. Plus, access an abundance of resources including important associations, travel-specific software, mailing lists, and in-the-trenches tips from successful travel specialists and tour operators. Covers: Hot travel markets including: business, leisure, adventure, honeymoons, family, men only, women only, seniors, and more Designing and pricing your services and packages Managing your finances Using efficient software systems and mobile technology for daily operations Complying with security regulations for domestic and foreign travel Advertising and promoting online and in print Growing your business From finding your clients to delivering a trip of a lifetime and everything in between, learn what you need to know to become a high-flying success!