How to become an Online Travel Agent - Starting an Online Business
The need for travel and discover new places together with the enjoyment and the freedom we get from our vacation is a human basic need since ever but with the opportunities and capabilities, we have today this need is becoming greater by the day. As the need for travel grow the travel industry expand and becoming more available and more reachable to more people. Becoming an online travel agent is one of the best ways to make money online by starting an online business while working from home. To understand how to become an online travel agent it is important to understand the change that the travel agent has made.
The Old Traditional Travel Agent
In the past, the travel agent had the sole rights to produce travel via airline companies'. The customer bought and paid for his whole trip (airline tickets, other transportation means, hotel reservations and so on) at the travel agency. The travel agent then had to transfer this payment to the airline company. The commission from the deal will be calculated and paid to the travel agent by the airline company.
Getting the same flight from the airline itself used to be more expensive from what he could buy at the travel agency. Yes, It is no mistake. That was the same exact ticket. The airlines protected the agencies. The Travel agencies were the main connection instrument with the traveler. Selling the same tickets at a lower price would mean that sooner or later the travel agencies would go out of business.
The New Evolved Travel Agent
Today it is a totally different story. How obvious that the main reason for that is the INTERNET.
The exact same information that used to be available solely to the travel agent, Is now available to all, all thanks to the internet.
Choosing out of a very limited option are over. Nowadays the travel agent is mainly supplying information and recommendations as to packages and deals that were arranged and built for the potential customer. The travel agent today supplies information about places, sites, events, attractions, transportation, accommodation, equipment and so on.
After receiving that useful information that we as travelers were looking for we will have to decide whether they will go with those recommendations or keep on searching for better options in other places, at other blogs, travel sites, and apps.
The Wealthy Affiliate classes and training will give you all the knowledge, tools and information to get you going as a new Travel Agent.
Easy access to the information by the customer together with the advanced technologies allowing us to purchase everything online, brought the airlines to show a strong presence on the World Wide Web. So does it means that the days of the travel agent are over? On the contrary, it mean that everyone can become a travel agent and from now on everyone has the ability to become one if he/she only wishes to. Now the market is open to everyone. The travel agent can no longer keep all the important information close to his chest and supply only the information he wants to. It is not possible anymore to hide deals that are not profitable to the agency and expose only those that remunerate him the most.
Prices are now even for everyone and for all travel agents commissions are at static rates with few stairs depending on performance and not on a personal relationship with the airline companies.
Companies such as Expedia, Travelist, booking, Priceline, and others are all suppliers of information targeting specific audience helping them to find thier travel.
The vacuum that was created by the reduction in numbers of the traditional travel agencies gives us the opportunity to step in and find a great opportunity to become an independent travel agent.
In my next Blog, we are going to see what types of products we can promote and how to find the relevant niches.
You will be surprised how many topics within that industry you were not aware of that will trigger you to dig into them. We will show you how it is done. Simple and Easy.
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Awesome blog, love it! When are you going to publish the next blog?