International Harbors: How and Why to Become a Travel Agent

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July 20, 2007

I signed up to become a Referring Travel Agent some months ago and then paid little attention to the benefits and the process.

However, I recently used the system to make my own reservations for a European vacation. I booked one of the lowest airfare rates available from San Francisco to Rome and then booked a hotel in Rome, only to realize that I get a percentage of the hotel rate as my Referring Travel Agent fee.

Then I went to the Marin meeting in San Rafael on July 11, 2007, and heard success stories from people I considered extremely low key, including the woman that introduced YTB to me. She couldn't be a more gentle and mild person, yet she has encouraged more than 30 people to be a part of YTB to take advantage of the benefits and reap the rewards.

Her success has inspired me to reach out again to friends and family to encourage them to look at this opportunity.

Why and How to Become a Travel Agent

Travel like an expert while saving thousands of dollars. My first trip out of the U.S. was as a travel agent when I was offered a week in London for $44 (airport tax). The $44 included round-trip airfare from San Francisco to London and one week in a newly refurbished hotel near Kensington Gardens. This was a "Fam Cap" trip, which are offered to agents so enable them to familiarize themselves about a location with the anticpation that you recommend that location to clients. Even if your travel is business-related only, you will save on airfare, hotels, car rentals, etc.

Need A New Career or Additional Income?
Then take advantage of any of these "Huge Expanding Markets," or combine a few (which is what I'm doing):

° Travel: $7 Trillion a year and growing 23% faster than our WORLD economy; is expected to reach $12 Trillion within the next 7 years. Travel is one of the fastest growing segments of any business. You will benefit from all of your travel experiences, but you can also benefit from growing your own "at home" travel business.
° Work From Home, with resultant tax advantages, financial independence and a rewarding career: $401 Billion Dollar Industry.
° Internet Marketing: Exceeds $523 Billion (per McCombs School of Business study) and expected to reach $7 Trillion within the next 3 years.
° Mail Order Marketing: $350 Billion Dollar Industry
° Wellness: $200 Billion Dollar Industry and expected to reach $1 Trillion within 10 years.
° Nutrition: $4.2 Billion Dollar Industry and exploding. ° Weight Control Industry: $33 Billion Dollar Industry fueled by epidemic size obesity levels.
° Personal Care/Personal Health: $72 Billion Dollar Industry.

How to Become a Travel Agent and Take Advantage of These Benefits
Just follow this link for details: "Your Travel Agent."
And PLEASE eMail us with questions or concerns. This is a tremendous opportunity for people who love to travel and for people who WOULD love to travel.

Still Not Sure?
Read Jack Canfield on "Effortless Success."

IT'S EASY: The booking system is completely set up.

° YTB's booking agent is one of the top ranking travel search engines in the business. It is fully "point-and-click." Just point people to your own travel site.
° Marketing: A blueprint is provided. Just follow it.
° Never buy a lead.
° Accounting: Also built-into your back office and archived.
° Administration: Full support from YTB's offices
° Product Development: YTB develops all materials; we just point.
° Order Fulfillment: Done by our vendors.
° Product Delivery: Real time from YTB sites.
° Taxes: 1099 sent
° Customer Support: From the supplier, i.e. airlines, hotels, car rental companies, etc.
° Training: CRTA / Association/ National events/ archives.

Special offers are sent frequently. You will see hundreds of travel opportunites, including:

° A long weekend in Ireland for $280? (Yes, that's too short, but just imagine telling your friends, "Can't make it this weekend. I'm scheduled for the Literary Pub Tour in Dublin for a couple of days. Yes, I mean Ireland, not the one in Northern California.")
° A week touring Brazil for $599?
° 10 days in Egypt (including a 4-day Cruise) for $699?
° 8 days in Fiji for $895?

Our family goal is to visit every major port in the world—just for the pure pleasure of doing so, and to follow the paths our family travelled as ship captains in the 1800s. We have unxpectedly come across links in Hawaii, Northern Ireland, Wales, New Zealand, Australia, Central America, America's Eastern Seaboard States and various cities in California. Expedia.com guarantees the lowest prices. They are worth considering.

Ports of the World by Dr. Cindy McCreery.

Ports of the World: Prints From the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, c. 1700-1870
Dr. Cindy McCreery, 1999

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