Get Paid to Travel

Get Paid to Travel?...Likely story. The travel industry exposed: Before you travel for business, vacation, buy a timeshare, join a vacation club, or even become your own travel agent you are advised to first read this article.

Timeshare, vacation clubs, online searches, a close friend who's a Travel Agent, and now, become your own travel agent and get paid for it? There are many ways to arrange for cost efficient business & vacation travel. However, until recently the notion of "do it yourself" travel arrangements and get paid for it would be a remote notion at best. That is until you consider the features as well as the benefits of doing so.

Search Engines: Only within the last couple years have internet search engines become more sophisticated and more specialized. Such that they now make it much easier to access information that ordinarily would be privileged to the people who were connected to the inner circle of the travel industry in order to receive such "up to the minute" travel information. (e.g., a travel agent.)

Host Travel Agencies: The ole brick and mortar travel agency is still the basis for why anyone would seriously consider becoming their own travel agent at this point in time because someone (that is a live human being) has got to be there in support to help fulfill customer service needs and otherwise back your play when you book travel for yourself or others. The insurance industry might refer to this as an underwriter. And yes, a travel agency used as an underwriter needs to be licensed and bonded.

Save money: As a card carrying certified travel agent, over time you can acquire credibility amongst the vendors who supply products and services to the travel industry. And credibility typically translates into deeper discounts. So even if you become your own travel agent just to handle your own travel arrangements the savings should off set the resources required to maintain your travel business.

Make money: For example, book just one cruise per year for a group or organization and the money earned by that part time certified travel agent typically represents a reasonable part time income. In fact, one group's subsequent individual member's travel needs throughout the year can keep a part time travel agent quite busy.

Also, if you connect with one of the travel agencies who have expanded their business paradigm to include the concept of relationship marketing, the residual income from the networking process can become quite lucrative and still remain part time. Yes, just like the cosmetic industry (Mary Kay) and the house ware industry (Tupperware) the travel industry has evolved to the point where if you join the "right" Travel Agency you can now receive indefinite residual income from that company on the volume of business written by the people you refer who also become their own travel agent.

Other key questions that can be asked include: How easy is it to become and maintain a travel agent business? What are the hard costs? Can I engage in this as a Home Based Business and are there the same tax advantages as other Home Based Businesses? Which Travel Agencies should I research to consider joining or at least to work with? How do I measure their merits? Can I do this business with out becoming attached to any particular company?

Answers to these questions and more can be gleaned in part if you listen to one of the internet radio shows I recorded in May 2007 where I interviewed the President and Founder of arguably one of the largest Travel Agencies that embrace, encourage, and even help prepare people to become their own travel agent. Listen To The Show http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/blogtalkradio/show_23194.wax

If you wish to learn more about what you can save and earn as your own travel agent go to www.gatewayassurancesystem.com/garyjames Be sure to watch the video, fill out the form, and if you're ready you can get started right there.You may even want to take the survey compiled to ascertain early qualifications. To take the travel survey copy this link into your browser address bar or click the link below. Http://www.garyjamesprojectpage.com/Default.aspx

Meanwhile, if you have questions of me, feel free to contact me via email garyjamesshow@hotmail.com or call me at 412-378-1531. I am in the East.