How to Open and Run a Money-Making Travel Agency

How to Open and Run A Money-Making Travel Agency Pamela Fremont Travel and tourism, the country's second largest retail industry and one of the fastest growing career fields, can offer you lucrative, money-making opportunities. And it has great fringe benefits, including the chance to see the world, stay at the finest hotels, and wine and dine in the best restaurants. But are the rewards of going into this business for yourself really greater than the risks involved? And if they are, how do you begin setting up your own agency? How to Open and Run a Money-Making Travel Agency answers these questions and more, by providing you with practical, step-by-step guidance on establishing and running an agency for maximum profit. In this easy-to-understand handbook, Pamela Fremont shares her more than seventeen years of experience in the travel field, revealing the hard-nose, day-to-day details as well as the glamour and excitement. From advice on how to get started--whether to go it alone or with a partner--to tips on how to get accredited and how to choose a staff, she shows you the proven steps to becoming a qualified travel agent. And she gives you valuable inside information on why specializing in one of five new travel areas--inbound travel, in-plant agencies, incentive travel, business groups, or vacation travel--could be your ticket to unlimited business success.