Home-based Travel Agency: What to Look for When Starting One

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March 30, 2009

by KHM Travel

No matter what the economy is doing, people still need to travel. They travel for business; they travel to see ailing friends and family; they travel for special occasions like weddings and graduations. Travel never stops. Hence, starting a home-based travel agency is one of the best business opportunities around.

If this work-from-home business opportunity interests you, following are three things to look for when starting.

3 Things to Look for When Starting a Home-Based Travel Agency

Travel Advantages: To be sure, one of the best things about owning a home-based travel agency is that you receive discounts on your own travel. However, the perks are not the same from one company to the next.

One of the best ways to ensure that you get all the travel perks you deserve is to sign up with a top-notch, travel-based marketing organization. When you become agents with one of them, you can rest assured that youll receive all the travel perks youre entitled to as a home-based travel agent.

Quality Commissions: Another benefit of owning a home-based travel agency within the confines of an established travel-based marketing organization is that the commission structure is better. However, just a quick note of caution In order to make the money you deserve avoid MLM or network marketing organizations in the travel arena where the focus is primarily on recruiting and not truly on the bottom-line. If you are new to business, then you will quickly find out that it is difficult enough to learn the ins and outs of a new business much less have to worry about recruiting and training your downline just to make ends meet.

On a separate note, many organizations would have you believe that the commission on travel is between 5% and 10%. However, depending on your home-based travel agencys sales volume in combination with the travel marketing organization you go with, preferred travel suppliers may pay out as much as 13%, 15% and in some cases up to 20%.

Some home based travel agency program are able to do considerable better for their agents namely, KHM Travels Pro Plan, which can pay out their agents up to 80% to 90% of the total commission on travel sales made within that program.

Business Support and Training: Perhaps the number one reason to become a home-based travel agency within the confines of a travel-based marketing organization is for the in-built business support and training it entitles you to.

This support covers billing, web design, marketing and perhaps most importantly of all, training. Getting the first customers can be hard. Working within the confines of an established travel-based organization helps you to do this easily ” and help your business to succeed that much sooner.

About the Author:

For more information on how to start a home-based travel agency contact Burt Kramer, the KHM Travel Agency Director, at http://www.KhmTravel.com. He oversees the travel agent training and recruiting. Burt Kramer can be reached at 877-220-9260.

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