Adding more detail to the last post, you may wonder why an Independent travel advisor would want to affiliate themselves with a host travel agency? In the days before travel agencies “hosted” travel advisors, those that worked on commission were commonly called “outside agents”. The term Independent Contractor did a...
In this post I will dive into the differences between an employee and an independent travel agent, or contractor, sometimes called an IA or IC . Most independent agents focus on leisure travel, but they can be either leisure or corporate. In becoming a travel agent, a question to ask yourself...
In my last post, I wrote about the perception of the travel agent and a bit about what the job entails. There are a few different types of travel agencies. The Retail Agency is also known in the industry as a “brick and mortar”. These are often independently owned, possibly...
Step one is to learn what you don’t know Learning how to become a travel agent is an internet mystery. This is step one in a guide designed to help you navigate this wonderful career. In the travel industry we love to take long names and turn them into acronyms and then...
The Virtual Campus: The best way to do online travel school For many people, their love of travel is a true passion – and more and more individuals are realizing that they can turn that passion for travel into a successful career. However, starting a new career (and potentially owning your...
Welcome to Our Independent Learner Travel Agent Training Program It’s important to get the right foundation to be a successful travel agent. For three years, Travel Leaders of Tomorrow has been training the industry’s newest travel professionals with our Virtual Campus travel agent training program. It’s easy: attendees get live instructor-led...
Do travel agents still exist? The short answer is “Yes!” Sometimes when I tell people I am the director of a travel agent training program, their first question is “Do travel agent’s still exist?” Thankfully, there are fewer and fewer who think the travel consultant job was on its way to...
Do you need to be a certified travel agent? This is probably one of the most confusing subjects to research on the internet. The short answer is no. I talk to dozens of people each month who are interested in learning about how to become a travel agent. I am sometimes asked whether...