How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency: Study Guide
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Narrated by:
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Joanie Ogg
About this listen
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-have for anyone looking to start a successful Travel Business.
With a global pandemic behind us, How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency has been updated with the most current information to reflect the changes that have occurred to the travel industry.
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: Home Based Travel Agent
- Chapter 30: Where do I go From Here?