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The Ups and Downs of Becoming a Travel Agent

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👁️ 15K views📅 7 years ago⏱️ 14:58
What This Creator Said
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Veteran Cruiser

Source: Our analysis of the creator's lived experience, based on what they said in this video.

Creator's Key Takeaways

becoming a travel agent takes quite a while to build up a clientele it's not a magical thing where you automatically have hundreds of people contacting you

you have to have empathy you have to really care about your clients

the hard stuff the bad part about being a travel agent number one you're always on call

you get to travel you get to work from home you can set your own hours

Creator's Tips & Advice

✓Take the lowest joining fee option when starting as a travel agent
✓Always be available to clients and give out your cell phone number
✓Triple check and quadruple check things to avoid mistakes
✓Build up a clientele before upgrading to higher commission structures

🆕New to Cruising? This Creator Addresses:

It takes a long time to build up a clientele and get paid — Be patient and build up your business before expecting significant income
Being always on call and available to clients — Give out your cell phone number and be prepared to answer questions at all hours
Potential for mistakes and client dissatisfaction — Triple check everything and ask a ton of questions to avoid errors

Questions This Creator Answers

QHow to become a travel agent
QWhat are the perks and downfalls of being a travel agent
QDo you need to pass tests to become an agent
QHow to choose a host agency
YouTube Video Description↓

The Ups and Downs of Becoming a Travel Agent. A lot of people ask me about becoming a travel agent. Whet do you need to do. can you just say your an agent. Does it cost money to be an agent? so here are my thoughts on starting out when you want to be a travel agent. Need to contact me with questions or to book a cruise? You can email me at dterris@travelonly.com or check out my website at dterris.travelonly.com Looking for information on out group cruise? Email me at cruisingwithdon@hotmail.com check out some of these other videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T6HvnOOVg0&t=29s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttIzWrUq37Y&t=273s