Preparing for a Travel Agency NOW? Bookings for International Clients?

Travel Agent Chatter | Friday 15

Steph Lee co-hosts with Stephanie Gagnon of Just Perfect Travel. Check out the questions below, and then come and join us Friday at 12 pm CST for the podcast! Please submit your questions and sign up for reminders for the F15 here!

1. I am thinking about trying to become a travel advisor as a side hustle/potential career change. But, with the way the world is right now… Travel bands, tariffs, impending USA recession… I'm wondering what the outlook actually is for someone trying to start a new career in this field? What are the real travel agents preparing for? Is it a good idea to get into this business while all of this political stuff is happening? — Madi D.

1. I am in the final steps of picking a host agency. My business is based out of the United States but my clients are from many different countries. I have a 16,000 person international reach and need to be able to service any client, regardless of where they are citizens. I have been told, possibly erroneously, that I can only book clients that are US citizens due to the suppliers limitations. Is this correct for most US host agencies? If so, are there any host agencies that allow booking of non US citizens, when my company is US based. —Apryl B.

RESOURCES:

➡️Protecting client payments: https://www.travelweekly.com/Mark-Pestronk/How-to-protect-client-payments

➡️ Advice for traveling in fraught times: https://www.travelweekly.com/Arnie-Weissmann/Advice-for-traveling-in-fraught-times

➡️ Just Perfect Travel, Stephanie’s agency! https://www.justperfecttravelllc.com/

➡️Submit questions, sign up for reminders for the F15, along with that week's questions we'll be covering! https://hostagencyreviews.com/friday15