Welcome to Friday 15! Today Maureen is going to take a look at the best host agencies, selling river cruises, and river cruises as a niche.

Here's a list of helpful resources for today’s episode:

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/tips-on-how-to-find-the-best-travel-host-agency
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-preferred-supplier
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/find-a-travel-niche
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-certification
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/what-is-a-clia-number
• https://cruising.org/en/
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/how-travel-agents-can-make-the-most-of-a-cruise-ship-inspection
• https://cruise360.org/
• https://www.cruiseworldshow.com/

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This week on Friday 15, Maureen chats about whether you should be hosted or not, if hosts provide leads, and travel school.

Here's a list of helpful resources for today’s episode:

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/travelagentchatter/travel-agent-chatter-vol-5-karen-hurlbut-hurlbut-travel
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/travelagentchatter/lary-neron-airfare-consultant
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/what-is-gds
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/tqn-q4-2020
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/top-10-benefits-of-using-a-host-agency
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/find-a-travel-niche
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-preferred-supplier
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agency-accreditation
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-certification

We do this every week! If you have travel industry questions, HAR likely has an answer :) Submit your burning question here Har.News/Friday15 and join us this Friday (and every Friday!) at 12CT for travel agent tips!

This week on Friday 15, Maureen chats about whether you should be hosted or not, if hosts provide leads, and travel school.

Here's a list of helpful resources for today’s episode:

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/tagged/choose-a-host
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/top-10-benefits-of-using-a-host-agency
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-preferred-supplier
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/starting-a-travel-agency-from-home
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/setting-up-travel-agencys-financials
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-license
• https://forms.freshfromflorida.com/10200.pdf

Sellers of Travel / Business Services / Home - Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (fdacs.gov)

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/starting-a-travel-agency-from-home
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/7-day-set-up
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/7daysetup/
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/tagged/choose-a-host
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/tips-on-how-to-find-the-best-travel-host-agency
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/find-a-travel-niche
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-license
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-certification
• https https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-school
• https://www.asta.org/

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This week on Friday 15 Maureen chats about switching host agencies, finding a host agency, and which host offer adventure travel!

Here's a list of helpful resources for today’s episode:

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/5-best-business-credit-cards-for-travel-agency-rewards

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/best-credit-card-rewards-travel-agency

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/top-travel-brand-credit-cards-travel-agents

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/starting-a-travel-agency-from-home

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/7-day-set-up

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/7daysetup/

• https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/how-to-apply-for-an-ein

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agency-business-structures

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-license

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-certification

• https://asta.digitalchalk.com/learn/RoadmapToBecomingATravelAdvisor

• https://www.thetravelinstitute.com/

We do this every week! If you have travel industry questions, HAR likely has an answer :) Submit your burning question here Har.News/Friday15 and join us this Friday (and every Friday!) at 12CT for travel agent tips! If you found the video helpful, we'd love it if you could give it a like, drop us a comment!

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This week on Friday 15 Maureen chats about switching host agencies, finding a host agency, and which host offer adventure travel!

Here's a list of helpful resources for today’s episode:

• Independent Travel Agent Contracts
• How to Choose a Host
• How to Find the Best Host Agency
• Host Agency Map
• How to Find a Travel Niche
• Travel Preferred Supplier
• A Travel Agent Guide to Researching & Qualifying Suppliers
• Adventure Travel Trade Association
• Make your Travel Conference Count

We do this every week! If you have travel industry questions, HAR likely has an answer :) Submit your burning question here Har.News/Friday15 and join us this Friday (and every Friday!) at 12CT for travel agent tips! If you found the video helpful, we'd love it if you could give it a like, drop us a comment!

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This week on Friday 15, Steph and Maureen chat about going solo and working with suppliers!

Here's a list of helpful resources for today’s episode:

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/what-is-travel-consortia-travel-coops
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-advisor-guide-researching-qualifying-suppliers
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agents-need-eo-insurance
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/the-100-travel-agency-marketing-plan
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-social-media
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/TravelAgentThinkTank/

We do this every week! If you have travel industry questions, Steph likely has an answer :) Submit your burning question here Har.News/Friday15 and join us this Friday (and every Friday!) at 12CT for travel agent tips! If you found the video helpful, we'd love it if you could give it a like, drop us a comment!

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This week on Friday 15, Steph and Maureen chat about what conferences to attend, type of travel industry jobs, and how to prepare for the return to travel!

Here's a list of helpful resources for today’s episode:

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/host-agency-consortia-education

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/make-your-travel-conference-count

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/events/category/kind_conference

• https://www.travelagentforum.com/

• https://www.asta.org

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/new-hosted-travel-agent-report-2020

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-employee-income-2020

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/independent-travel-agent-income-report-2020

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/7-day-set-up

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/7daysetup/

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agents-guide-building-work-community

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-preferred-supplier

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/find-a-travel-niche

• https://www.travelweekly.com

• https://www.travelmarketreport.com

• https://www.travelpulse.com

We do this every week! If you have travel industry questions, Steph likely has an answer :) Submit your burning question here Har.News/Friday15 and join us this Friday (and every Friday!) at 12CT for travel agent tips! If you found the video helpful, we'd love it if you could give it a like, drop us a comment!

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This week on Friday 15, Maureen goes solo and chats about Host Preferred Suppliers, Returning to the Industry, and Host Suppliers Sales Team.

Here's a list of helpful resources for today’s episode:

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/what-is-travel-consortia-travel-coops
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/tagged/choose-a-host
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-preferred-supplier
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/7-day-set-up/
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/7daysetup
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/tips-on-how-to-find-the-best-travel-host-agency
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/find-a-travel-niche
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-advisor-guide-researching-qualifying-suppliers

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Hear from a 26-year travel industry veteran and host of the radio show Traveling Culturati, about how she’s successfully tackled her agency’s multiple brands, created a successful frequent traveler program, and blended her passions together to form a unique niche.

We promise you’ll leave with multiple creative ways to grow your agency! Whether through ideas on how to grow your agency through radio/podcast, creating your own frequent traveler program for clients, or planting a seed on how you can marry your passions to create your dream niche, we'll have something for everyone in this episode.

What’s Ja'Vonne's niche? This $2M agency has found major success in putting together come-along trips for radio stations, special interest groups that allow her to travel around the world and follow her curiosity and passions, as well as group trips for African American travelers.

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This week on Friday 15, Steph and Maureen chat about commission overrides, company logos, and budget host agencies.

Here's a list of helpful resources for today’s episode:

• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/host-agency-commission-plan-comparison-calculator
• https://www.canva.com/
• https://99designs.com/
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/why-your-travel-agency-needs-a-style-guide
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/7-day-set-up
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/7daysetup
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/tips-on-how-to-find-the-best-travel-host-agency
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/tips-on-how-to-find-the-best-travel-host-agency
• https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-commissions
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM2hnPZeCLU

We do this every week! If you have travel industry questions, Steph likely has an answer :) Submit your burning question here Har.News/Friday15 and join us this Friday (and every Friday!) at 12CT for travel agent tips! If you found the video helpful, we'd love it if you could give it a like, drop us a comment!

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