A VIP Travel Club is the Best Way to Build a VIP Travel Business.

You Want To Set Yourself as a VIP Travel Business but Need a VIP Travel Supplier.... 

The Easiest Way is to Start with a VIP Travel Club.

Anyone can rough it up on the mountains or ask a local to take in an "ordinary" person for the weekend but how are you putting yourself in an uncomfortable or safe position?  It seems that life of a vagabond is not a life for the average person who "roughs it up" everyday.

It would only seem right to have an experience with family and friends that are different from the everyday scene of life.  While on vacation, simple ideals such as where to stay/sleep/eat, should never be an issue.  We have enough of that back at home.

After reading the life of a nomad in the travel industry, I was highly turned off.  I wanted a VIP business because I wanted a VIP experience.  I want to jump off of a yacht not the next car running down the street or the bus.  Yes the bus is alright but not when you don't have any money as a nomad.

Chances are when your potential customer comes to you, they would like to be a VIP too.  They would also like to be VIP at a vagabond price.

A VIP Travel Business.

Truth be told, any travel business can set itself up as a VIP travel business.  It all depends on what you consider VIP.  Are there VIP perks and benefits in your VIP travel business or is this something that is extra?  A lot needs to be taken into account when setting up a VIP travel business.

One might even say that the set up of a VIP vacation is more difficult than the actual execution of the VIP vacation you are engaging in.  Your customer may want to change what you consider VIP, that may be the first issue.  When dealing with VIP clients, you must be very flexible.

A way to set up your travel business as a VIP travel business is to make your VIP travel business a VIP travel club.  Travel club members are VIP because these are very important people who have exclusive access to perks and benefits, others do not have.  With a travel club backing you, it is very easy to consider yourself a VIP travel business owner.  In addition, those customers who want a VIP travel deal from your VIP travel business, will speak to your customer service department.

A VIP Supplier.

Travel clubs act as the supplier in your business.  You will be offering the perks and benefits supplied by your travel club to your travel club members.  From local discounts to international all-inclusive packages with itineraries to boot, travel clubs are an easy way for you to access those VIP deals for your VIP travel business.

Heck you can call your business "Franks travel for VIP's" if you want and simply add members to your club.  The travel club will supply the VIP customer service, VIP travel set-up, VIP itineraries, vacation packages, and they will even welcome your new customer to the crew.

When thinking of travel clubs, its hard to consider them as an end all, but the possibilities are endless!  As a VIP there are extra perks such as resort credits, personal dinners, and parties available.  As you offer this wonderful all-in-one vacation package of all sorts to your customers, you know that they definitely will consider your travel club a VIP travel business.

A VIP Travel business is a Travel Club.

Just think of what a VIP travel club really is.  Can you call your local agent make you a VIP vacation package?  You sure can!  What makes the difference in a travel agent for VIP's and a VIP travel business through a travel club... Longevity.

Once a member, customers will always receive the perks of the club whether they are on vacation or not.  Wham, Bam, Thank you Miss/Mr VIP!

Next time when considering how exclusive or luxurious you wish for your VIP travel business is supposed to be, consider a travel club.

For more information on travel clubs and how to get invited into one click here.  Travel clubs are by invitation only.

Shavonne Davenport is a home-based business owner in the travel industry.  She uses her knowledge and resources to help people discover the possibility of travel through their own personalized business structure.  She has written a free report called "How to Fund Your Travel Dreams" to help those who always wanted to travel or start a business in the travel industry but never thought it  possible.  To get a free copy of "How to Fund Your Travel Dreams", click here.

Dream of Traveling the World? How to Make a Living While Traveling the World.

How to Make a Living While Traveling the World...

Oooh, Ooohh, Ooohh, this answer is so easy.  

Traveling the world is a decision that most people wish they could make.  It seems that if only the rich and those who are in the travel industry and know some sort of "secret" can travel the world without effort.  These people seemingly do not have a care as to how they will pay that big "traveling the world" bill.  In their efforts to live the life of freedom, the forgot to tell us how to make a living while traveling  the world too.

For the rest of us normal people, we want to travel the world but how?

How can we travel the world when we need an income?  Most of us do not have a certificate in travel of any sort and the rest of us do not know how to obtain and retain customers.  How do we create a travel lifestyle and make a living doing so?

Dream of Traveling the World? The best option to make a living while traveling the world would be to start a business in the travel industry. 

 Having access to the parts of the world that can make us money is the key.  Why would one start a business in the coffee industry if they wish to travel the world.  It would only seem right if this person was planning on starting an international coffee company of some sort where they would go and try different coffee all over the world and offer it to their customers.

In today's society, we do not have much time for traveling the world, running a household, and running a business complete with vendors and customers.  We secretly wish someone would do the work for us.

Come on, you know it.  We all wish for it.

How many times in the last week have you said, "I wish someone else could do this for me".  Either you did not have enough time or enough energy to complete the task.  Maybe you had no prior knowledge of the task and wish for someone who had the experience to complete the task.

Dream of Traveling the World?  The best way to enter the travel industry is through a travel club.

There are done for you travel opportunities available but the easiest one is a travel club.  Through a travel or vacation club, you can make a living while traveling the world.  As a matter of fact, doing so it the best option. Thousands of people all over the world are taking this option and for good reason to.

Riu Palace St. Martin; travel club members enjoy exclusive wholesale vacations and make money too!

1.Travel or vacation clubs make revenue from club member dues.  The members of the travel club do not find customers and offer travel packages in hopes that the customer takes their options.  In fact, representatives usually have no clue when club members are on vacation unless the club member chooses to promote it.  In addition there is no need to wait for another person to take a vacation in order to have one.

2. Travel clubs offer a community-like setting.  Just like with any other club, travel clubs come with members.  These members have access to each other while on vacation and at home.  Travel clubs have a system of training in how to increase your customer base. 

3. Travel clubs offer a lucrative opportunity to make money while building your business and while traveling the world. Since members make money without ever having to book a trip, there is more than enough time left for the other things that need to be done.  Travel club handles travel, you handle members.  

4. Travel clubs offers perks when you are out and when you are home.  Discounts to your everyday stores and access to special venues, travel clubs offer these deals at home and while traveling the world.

5. There is no obligation or courses with travel clubs.  When starting a business in the travel industry from scratch, there are a certain amount of contracts and certifications needed all depending on what you plan to do in the travel industry.  With travel clubs, there is no need for these courses and certifications.

6. Travel clubs act as a savings program.  This means that money that is usually meant for other things will not get tied up in to business dealings.  Any money put towards a travel club membership is money that is saved for the next vacation or extravaganza.

6. Travel clubs are exclusive.  Just like with your average golf or swim club, only members get the benefits. There is easy start-up and very little overhead when running a travel club business.  It is all home based.  In addition, members can travel and have access to exclusive perks before the pen dries on the application.

If you wish to learn more about travel clubs and how to make a living while traveling the world, click here.

Dubai, a very attractive and popular destination for travel club members.  

Dream of Traveling the World?  Vacation clubs are your best bet.

Vacations clubs are the best bet for the one who does not have any experience in making a living while traveling the world but want to.  Otherwise, plan on reading a lot of books based on travel knowledge and history, business books on accounting and vendor relations, and books on personal development so you can keep your head together while starting a company from scratch.  If you are planning on becoming an agent, get ready for more schooling. 

If you are not an avid reader and do not have the time, money. or energy to start from scratch, you may want to make a living while traveling the world through the ease of travel clubs.  For more information, click here.

 Shavonne Davenport is a home-based business owner in the travel industry.  She uses her knowledge and resources to help people discover the possibility of travel through their own personalized business structure.  She has written a free report called "How to Fund Your Travel Dreams" to help those who always wanted to travel or start a business in the travel industry but never thought it  possible.  To get a free copy of "How to Fund Your Travel Dreams", click here.

Want to Become a Travel Agent? What You Really Need To Know Before You Become A Travel Agent.

Reason Why I chose NOT to become a Travel Agent.

Wish someone would have told me this information first...

Are you good with negotiation?

What about presentation?

Event Planning?

Organization?

Like to Read?

Are You Good with Numbers or Accounting?

Customer Acquisition and Regular Follow-up?

Like talking on the Telephone to Various Companies and Customers?

Are You Studious?

Are You Accurate?

Are You Patient?

Want to Become a Travel Agent Because You Don't Want to Locate Customers?

Believe it or not, every day people all over the world are looking to become a travel agent. Travel agents, just like real estate agents are made of people who have paid to take courses to learn geography and the details of the ever-changing airline industry.  Once the courses are paid and completed, the new travel agent is out to find their own customers.  It's their business.

However, many travel agent companies do not claim that you need to find customers.  They claim that an expert should be the only person to get paid for travel accommodations.  Meanwhile, travel sites such as Hotels.com and Orbiz are making faster and bigger sales than the average travel agent.

Want to Become a Travel Agent Because You Want to Make a lot of Money?

A lot has been said about the travel business and it seems that there are more travel agents than people who are looking for travel agents.  This is because travel agents make money off of YOUR vacation.  They are looking for people who do not feel like booking their accommodations so they can upsell you on services or charge a fee.  Most people know this... or act like they do.

Take the most recent travel agent salary in the United States for 2015.  Click here for the Indeed article.

Travel agents make on average around $56,000/year or around $15/hour.  The average income of most jobs in the United States and this is not coming in the gate.  Coming in the gate, a travel agent is in the negative because of course and book costs to learn the industry.  There is no leverage involved.  Check with other sites giving salary information and you will find travel agents make less than that (around the $30,000).

In addition, travel agents do not get the perks and benefits they offer to their customers.  The salary indicated is just in commissions because travels agents sell vacations.  If a travel agent wishes to take a vacation, it comes out of this salary here.  

What most travel agents don't tell you is that a lot of the work they do is not paid.  This is because by the time a customer decides they want to go with a travel agent, they have already found a more suitable deal.  Customers who have called travel agents more than likely have done some research of their own and have some ideas in their heads.  How else are they able to tell you where they want to go and when? The preliminary research that the travel agent has done is null in void.  

Some travel agents charge for any type of research they do including flight charges and the most comparable hotels but too often customers are not willing to pay for information they can get for free or they can ask their traveling buddies to do.

There is light at the end of the tunnel.  There are those who just hate to do research such as myself in the confusing travel sites and just want to get to where they are going in a dignified fashion.  This is where travel agents have to compete with travel companies, travel package sites such as Groupon, timeshares, and travel clubs.  All depending on your prospective customers' attitude towards travel, you may or may not get the (one time) sale.

Travel agents compete with travel agents and just because a customer has chose you the first time does not mean they are immediately a repeat customer.  How often do they travel?  Have they used a travel agent before?  What sets you aside from other travel agents?  This means great skill customer acquisition and follow-up, not to mention the background work in setting yourself apart from the rest.

You know we tell the truth here and truth be told, the average travel agent, especially new ones, do not make much money.

Want to Become a Travel Agent Because You Want to be the Expert?

Of course the first place to look in building or beginning a travel business is the internet.  Searches for "travel agents", or "how to become a travel agent" get searched every 45 seconds.  

When searching for "how to become a travel agent", there is a lot of information available, however, the most important information is not readily out in the open for you to see.  Most of the information you find out there will be someone else's opinion.  They are waiting for you to take it without any regards of your own needs.You have to do a lot of digging to find the travel business structure that fits your personal needs as a travel agent.  Are you looking for...

• A blank structure  that you build from the ground up?  A freelance travel agent?
• A company that can house your business and you make commissions from sales?  A job as a travel agent?
• A company that supplies you the vacations packages and you do what you want with them?  This is the way most want to go!

Unfortunately, travel agents do not have it as easy as you think.  They often have to negotiate with customers and companies to get some sort of outcome where the customer will not leave.  Imagine trying to get a customer to a remote island in less than a day with a budget the size of a cell phone... good luck.  This happens often in the travel agent industry and is why people ultimately choose travel agents, for the hard grunt work that may seem impossible.

This is because with the rise of other forms of travel, the average travel agent is no longer the expert.  They just know more than the average traveler.  The extreme traveler may not use a travel agent.  They have their ducks in order. 

With the rise of point systems from credit cards and new airline changes, the average travel agent has to be an avid reader.  The information out there is available to most people.  Anyone can read up one what's happening in the industry.

Want to Become a Travel Agent Because... If You Build it, They Will Come, it's that Easy!

No they won't.  It takes skill in marketing (internet and offline), business, customer service, and a little creativity to become a full-time travel agent.  Not to mention, you may want to brush up on all of the skills above if you are not a 10 on them.  Get ready to read and retain a lot of information.  To find out if you have what it takes to become a travel agent... for real, click here for the Travel Agent Quiz: Should You Become a Travel Agent.

I pondered becoming a freelance travel agent because it seemed they had more freedom in their dealings.  Being very studious myself, and avid reader, one who has extreme customer service skills and who was willing to follow-up with customers soon found all of this information out for myself. I wanted to know if I was really ready to jump into this.  What I found out is that I became confused very quickly because being a travel agent is a business!  There are many aspects and if you are not truly interested, you can fall into the cracks and be in the negative before you begin.

I work in the travel industry now and took the Travel Agent Quiz right before this article.  I just wanted to see if a person who was already in the travel business could be a travel agent. I should be a "shoe in" right?  Here are my results...

Why I Chose NOT to Become a Travel Agent

I found out, a lot of this "information" I don't need to know.  I can rely on those who have done the already and have them build my business for me instead (leverage).  If a customer wants to go on a trip really fast, I just ask the "experts" to do the portion either I don't feel like or cannot do.  Furthermore, I don't have know geography.  I found no one is impressed by the one in the room that can shun all of their travel dreams and extravaganzas with book information regarding airport abbreviations.

It doesn't matter how you enter the industry, travel is a business and EVERY business has to have customers.  Being a travel agent doesn't automatically bring customers because people like to travel.

Even now I have potential customers who ask me to book vacations for them and when going back with the information (whether I found it or not), they have found something else.  So now I charge to do research (whether I researched or not) because I do not make money based on how often someone wants to go somewhere.  It makes no difference to me.  This deters a lot of customers but it keeps me from wasting my time.   These things I have found out WHILE being in the industry.  I did not learn from a book or a class.  

Furthermore, I found, I don't have to upsell vacations.  The price is the price because I don't get paid on how much of a vacation someone buys.  I get paid whether they go on vacation or not.  I once spoke to a travel agent that was surprised that I did not upsell anyone on vacations.  She wanted to see the commissions of my vacations.  I guess some sort of commission portfolio.  She wanted to tell me how I could have made more money from my customers.  I politely declined in that I am not interested in over-charging people for my personal gain.  Personally, I wanted to know how her customers did not realize they were paying way to much for their vacations... maybe they'll figure it out.

Want to Become a Travel Agent?

If you want to become a travel agent please do ample research before you start singing the "expert praises".  It takes a lot of work and dedication the average person is not willing to commit to.  

To find easier ways to enter into the multi-billion dollar and growing travel industry... click here and remember...

Out of all of the searches for "how to become a travel agent", how many successful travel agents do you know?  Are they going to tell you how to claim a portion of their market and become successful to?

Shavonne Davenport is a home-based business owner in the travel industry.  She uses her knowledge and resources to help people discover the possibility of travel through their own personalized business structure.  She has written a free report called "How to Fund Your Travel Dreams" to help those who always wanted to travel or start a business in the travel industry but never thought it  possible.  To get a free copy of "How to Fund Your Travel Dreams", click here.

Traveling? Millenials are Now Traveling with Class!

Traveling?  Millennials are now traveling with class!

Millennials do more traveling now because there are more opportunities to fund what used to be a dream.

HOW IT USED TO BE... TRAVELING.                   

It used to be (in my generation, I don’t know which letter I am X or Y) that if a person left the security of a “normal” life and lived one of travel instead that they were crazy.  This is due to the fact that there were not too many opportunities to fund such a dream.  If there was, they took a looooong time to come into fruition.  Many from my generation instead opted for a lifestyle that they could fund.  That meant getting a job.

             NOW... TRAVELING.

Now millennials are traveling more than any generation before their time.  The internet, social media, and new creative options opening in the travel industry have allowed them to fund the dream of traveling.  These millennials are not only traveling for fun but for work as well as corporate positions obtained after school requires a more global approach to the 9-5.  In addition, many millennials need knowledge of global accommodations, global culture, and travel options for new jobs in high executive areas. 

          WHY DOESN'T SCHOOL COVER THIS?

The problem is school teaches everything from a book.  Even upon exit of school after graduation, many employers believe college grads are great for unpaid internships.  How does a millennial who dreams of traveling or needs to know more about traveling for that perfect job, get ahead of this?  How can they gain the advantage over the other students and millennials who need the same jobs and went to the same schools?  Moreover, with the cost of college and the average cost of living rising, how does a millennial fund this travel dream?

          WORLD CLASS WITH CLASS... AND DURING CLASS.

More now than ever, millennials are doing both getting their world class on with class.  They are joining travel clubs that allow easy access into the global traveling field and the opportunity to fund their travel dreams, many while still in school. 

 Not all college student’s parents have the money to send them all over the world, or heck, even home.  I was one of them.  Instead millennials are making the money themselves through travel clubs to fund their travels, vacations with friends, and trips back home while in school.  Most millennials stick with their travel business after school and never get a job. 

          NO TIME TO TRAVEL...IS NO LONGER AN EXCUSE.

What’s more interesting is that millennials are making this sort of money without ever having to travel.  They are funding and saving at the same time they are partying and studying.  This is due to the fact that travel clubs are not exclusive to traveling but entertainment, and activities and do not have the requirement of ongoing travel to stay afloat. 

Millennials are world schooling themselves through these experiences which also helps with class as it’s better to get the information from the source than a book about the source.  These millennials are even gaining traction over their older counterparts because technically, they are more cultured than the 35-year old who knows how to book a flight. 

To find out more about how a travel club works, click here.  

Shavonne Davenport is a home-based business owner in the travel industry.  She uses her knowledge and resources to help people discover the possibility of travel.  She has written a free report called "How to Fund Your Travel Dreams" to help those who always wanted to travel but never thought it  possible.  To get a free copy of "How to Fund Your Travel Dreams", click here.