Imagine experiencing the fun of world travel every day, without leaving your home or office. As a travel consultant (also known as a travel agent), you can combine your love of globetrotting and exotic cultures with a flexible career that offers unlimited income potential. 

Plus, you'll have exclusive access to discounted "agent-only" travel offers, and you will always get the best deals and rates for your own travel adventures, too.

While there are still traditional job openings in travel agencies, recent changes in this multi-billion-dollar industry have seen many consultants start home-based travel businesses, working flexible hours and earning lucrative commissions. 

You can choose to specialize in whatever type of travel that attracts you the most:

• Adventure travel 
• Business travel 
• Cruises
• Golf trips
• Honeymoons
• Eco-tourism
• Luxury travel
• Family travel
• Spa getaways
• Special lifestyles
• Winery tours
• Or many other types of travel experiences 

If you would like to learn about the hottest travel destinations, get people excited about their travel plans, and be a part of a lucrative and growing industry, the FabJob Guide to Become a Travel Consultant is for you! 

Author Julie Botteri is a self-trained travel consultant and travel industry veteran who shares her advice and knowledge with you. An experienced traveler and former diving instructor in the Caribbean, Julie has written feature travel articles for magazines, guidebooks, travel websites, and a twice-monthly travel column.

The guide covers topics of vital importance to anyone who wants to become a travel consultant in the United States or Canada, including:

What You Need to Know About the Travel Industry

• How travel products are sold
• How (and how much) travel consultants get paid
• Who licenses and regulates travel sales
• The best ways to acquire key skills for selling travel including how to learn job skills informally, at your own pace
• How to look for and compare training programs:
• Travel schools
• Specialty and certificate training
• Industry associations
• How to research travel products and advise your clients about:
• Airport security
• Local cultures
• Currency exchange
• Visas and travel documents
• Health and safety
• Language and dialects
• Local climate conditions
• The steps to making a booking for your client
• Tips on working with each of these key travel suppliers:
• Airlines and air consolidators
• Hotels/accommodations
• Rental car agencies
• Tour companies
• Rail (train) travel
• Cruise lines

• Where to find travel consultant job openings
• Tracking down unadvertised positions
• Developing job-hunting materials for the travel industry
• Two sample resumes and a sample cover letter
• Interview tips and sample questions to expect
• Negotiating the best pay option for you
• Salary only
• Commission only
• A salary/commission combination
• Insider tips to maximize your earnings

• Choosing a business name
• Which states and provinces require a travel seller's license
• Drafting a business plan for your travel agency, including excerpts of a sample plan
• Choosing a host agency to partner with
• What they offer
• Negotiating a contract
• Why you will need business insurance
• The equipment and supplies you'll require (and what you don't need)
• Working from home versus a remote office
• Setting up relationships with preferred suppliers who give you a better commission
• Getting paid
• Commission from suppliers
• Service fees from clients
• Methods of payment (and which are best)

• Choosing and targeting your ideal client
• The scoop on the latest trends in specialized travel services, including:
• Eco-tourism
• Luxury travel
• Adventure travel

• The most effective marketing strategies, including some low-cost options
• How to sell to the high-volume business travel market
• Targeting special-interest (affinity) groups to maximize your income
• Examples of tried-and-true selling techniques to close sales
• Strategies to help you retain clients and sell to them again and again
• Evaluating your success (and tweaking when necessary)

The practical tools you need to work as a travel agent or start your own travel agency, including: 

• Sample questions to qualify clients' travel plans
• Sample week-long travel itinerary
• Sample booking confirmation sheet
• Sample wording for credit card consent form
• Sample client feedback form
• And more!

You can have all this and more for an incredible price. It can cost hundreds of dollars to take courses on starting a business, and chances are they will not include specific information about starting a travel agency or travel consulting business. The FabJob Guide to Become a Travel Consultant contains some of the best business advice you could get from other sources, plus much more. 

This guide has been selling for up to $39.95 U.S. SPECIAL OFFER: If you buy the guide today, Monday, January 05, 2009 you can have this valuable insider information for the incredible price of only $29.97. You can earn back the price of the guide your very first day in the travel business. Plus this guide can help you become a travel agent and start a travel consulting business much more quickly and profitably.

If you believe you deserve to have the career of your dreams, this guide is for you. It gives you what you need to know to become a travel consultant or start your own travel agency business.

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"If you are thinking about a career as a travel agent but have been "road-blocked" by questions about licenses, working with a host agency, or even the reservation process in general, pick up this e-book today. It will guide you step-by-step from right now to your first commission check."
 - Jennifer James, Editor

"Being a travel consultant is the next best thing to traveling yourself. In one day you can plan an itinerary for a Tahiti cruise, plot a trek through Kuala Lumpur, price an independent train trip through Italy, and then arrange to fly a client last-minute to surprise his fiancée in Cleveland."
- Julie Botteri, Travel Consultant and Author
 

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