You…A Travel Agent Home Business Owner?
The question should be…”Is this a dying profession?” Well, summer is over, but there are still some great travel deals out there, and most people think that going online is where you go to find the deals. So this might be the end of the travel agencies in the next few years. Even President Obama recently used travel agents as an example of a dying profession. Well, I beg to differ.
There are still over 14,000 travel agencies active in the United States, and 94% of them made a profit this past summer. Should you even consider owning an offline or travel agent home business in this age of “Point and click? Let’s see…
Against all predictions, the bricks and mortar travel agencies…the kind you can walk into and talk to real people is alive and well today. You see, even after summer is over, people can’t wait to go away again. Despite the downturn in the economy, people are still traveling a lot. According to Liberty Travel, the number of customers has grown every single year. But wait a minute…Bricks and Mortar? That’s what companies like Borders was in the book business until the Internet killed that off.
Before we go any further…Following is a video I thought I should share with you…
Secret Seats on Airplanes
What About Expedia, Orbitz, etc?
Isn’t everyone supposed to go to online travel to sites like Kayak, Expedia, Priceline, orbitz, etc, and find rock bottom travel packages and cut out the middleman? Wasn’t that the point they made on 30 Rock not long ago? Well guess what…there is a migration back to traditional travel agents. It’s so damn frustrating trying to find great travel deals at sites like Expedia. It’s not as easy as they make it seem in their commercials.
I would rather have an online travel agent find a good deal for me…like a trip to my home town in St. Vincent. I lived in one of those houses on the beach… in the picture below. Gorgeous isn’t it? Looking at it makes me homesick. I need a vacation.
Now there are some things that we still need a middleman for. Some people survive online using sites like Expedia, but many are lost and get frustrated like my mom and myself. You see, dealing with a travel agent is still a human experience in a way that doing business on the internet is not.
Humans, you can talk to when booking travel, but an airline website…No! It’s what you call, real backup. When something goes wrong, you have someone to call…an expert travel agent. And the great thing about it is, you don’t have to have a Brick and Mortar travel agency. You can work from home…own a travel agent home business.
Many people who made reservations via travel sites like Orbitz got stuck in the path of Hurricane Irene. However, if they booked with a travel agent, they could call the agent and have the travel agent change their plans with minimum fuss to get them where they want to go. No holding for hours on the phone…all the work done for them. Travel agents usually have real knowledge about the world out there.
I think I’m getting a bit carried away here…looking at videos instead of finishing up my article. Shame on me…he he
What about finding cheaper deals online?
Travel agents can help you get the same price or even do better than the prices online. So despite what you might have heard, travel agencies are here to stay. The internet is not killing this industry. So if you would like to start a travel agency…own a travel agent home business. There is no need to open a store offline. You can start your business for as little at $200.
Not sure you want to be a travel agent home business owner, but want to own a business online in the travel industry? Well, you can create a cruise review blog like Small Ship Cruises Review. There are so many ways you can make a good living online with a review site like Small Ship Cruises. You can advertise almost anything that has to do with cruise travel and earn a commission from the ads and affiliate products you post on a site like that.
10 Best And Real Work At Home Jobs…
According to Yahoo Finance, travel agents made the list of the 10 best and real work at home jobs. Make sure you check out the list on Yahoo Finance. You might see something else on that list that interest you.
Again, despite the fact that the internet makes it easy for people to book their travel online, travel agents are not going away. It’s a great home business to start. So what are you waiting for? Let us help you get started today. Well that concludes the travel agent home business post. Hope you enjoyed it.