This Travel Business Owner Podcast podcast is brought to you by Travel Beyond the Obvious, where we train and certify travel planners who want to turn their local knowledge into money. If you’re just starting out with a travel planning business you can watch 3-minute samples from any of our courses for free on our site. If you’re an established travel planner we'd love to tell you more about our Gold Certification and the Travel Expert Network.

In this episode Madeline interviews Certified Travel Expert Cassie Tetro about how she started her successful travel planning business Montage Travel, how she built up her expertise, how she gets clients, and how she plans her trips.

 Cassie Tetro is travel advisor and self-confessed travel addict in a long-term love affair with Europe. She is based in Atlanta, was born in New York, and holds dual American and Italian citizenship (thanks to her great grandfather who was born in Italy!). As a travel consultant, it’s her job (and passion!) to build personalized itineraries for anyone looking to make the most out of their European vacations, based on their own interests, needs, and travel style.

#montagetravel #rometravel #londonrtravel #paristravel #travelbto #travelexpertnetwork

Listen as she shares her journey and find out how what inspired her to create her successful travel planning business - maybe she'll inspire you to start your own business too! 

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Montage Travel

To contact Cassie about planning your bucket list European trip, go to https://www.montagetravel.com/.

Travel Beyond the Obvious
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Leading travel planning training and certification company.

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https://www.thetravelexpertnetwork.com/
Directory of Certified Travel Experts where travelers find the perfect travel expert for their next trip!

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This podcast is brought to you by Travel Beyond the Obvious, where we train and certify travel planners who want to turn their local knowledge into money. If you’re just starting out with a travel planning business you can watch 3-minute samples from any of our courses for free on our site.
travelbeyondtheobvious.com/our-courses/. If you’re an established travel planner you can find out about our Gold Certification and the Travel Expert Network at https://www.travelbeyondtheobvious.com/travel-expert-certification-program/.

In this episode Madeline interviews Certified Travel Expert Carol Papaletsos about how she started her successful travel planning business Ambrosia Travel, how she built up her expertise, how she gets clients, and how she plans her trips.

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Ambrosia Travel
To contact Carol about planning your bucket list European trip, go to https://www.ambrosiasc.com/.

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Travel Beyond the Obvious
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Directory of Certified Travel Experts where travelers find the perfect travel expert for their next trip!

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Madeline Jhawar and Devin McKinney discuss TBO's Builder Essentials Bundle, a set of services and certification that are designed to help established travel planners stand out in a crowd and grow their business.

Find out more and set up a free consultation with Madeline at https://www.travelbeyondtheobvious.com/

Madeline Jhawar and Devin McKinney discuss TBO's Builder Essentials Bundle, a set of services and certification that are designed to help new travel planners set up and launch their online travel planning business.

Find out more and set up a free consultation with Madeline at https://www.travelbeyondtheobvious.com/

Devin McKinney and Madeline Jhawar talk about the eighth and final step in the Travel Expert Training Program, give an overview, and highlight how it fits in to Madeline's proven successful 8-step process for building and launching your own travel planning company. After 11 years running “Italy Beyond the Obvious” Madeline shares the bumps and scrapes so you can avoid them. Also, what and how you should be measuring to ensure efficiency and constantly improve.

When you purchase the Step 8 lesson you get the following materials:

Complete Process Overview - Video 17:40
Lessons Learned - Video 21:04
What to Measure - Video 22:52
Sample Work Days - Video 8:05
Complete Process Overview - PDF
Lessons Learned - PDF
What to Measure - PDF

If you're thinking of starting your own travel planning business consider purchasing this lesson or get a discount when you buy the entire 8-step series as part of the Founder Essentials Bundle. Find out more and set up a free consultation with Madeline at https://www.travelbeyondtheobvious.com/

Devin McKinney and Madeline Jhawar talk about the seventh step in the Travel Expert Training Program, give an overview, and highlight how it fits in to Madeline's proven successful 8-step process for building and launching your own travel planning company. Tools for Success – How to run your business efficiently so no detail falls through the cracks (hey you know you love the details!)

When you purchase the Step 7 lesson you get the following materials:

Tools - Video 45:25
Tools - PDF
Itinerary Template - Powerpoint

If you're thinking of starting your own travel planning business consider purchasing this lesson or get a discount when you buy the entire 8-step series as part of the Founder Essentials Bundle. Find out more and set up a free consultation with Madeline at https://www.travelbeyondtheobvious.com/

Devin McKinney and Madeline Jhawar talk about the sixth step in the Travel Expert Training Program, give an overview, and highlight how it fits in to Madeline's proven successful 8-step process for building and launching your own travel planning company. Your Little Black Book – You’ve cultivated personal relationships with locals who trust you. This is gold. How can you leverage these connections to create unforgettable trips that are customized for each traveler? We’ll tell you.

When you purchase the Step 6 lesson you get the following materials:

Part 1: Your Little Black Book - Video 24:56
Part 2: Your Little Black Book - Video 47:50
Your Little Black Book - PDF 

If you're thinking of starting your own travel planning business consider purchasing this lesson or get a discount when you buy the entire 8-step series as part of the Founder Essentials Bundle. Find out more and set up a free consultation with Madeline at https://www.travelbeyondtheobvious.com/

Devin McKinney and Madeline Jhawar talk about the fifth step in the Travel Expert Training Program, give an overview, and highlight how it fits in to Madeline's proven successful 8-step process for building and launching your own travel planning company.  How to Earn Money – Turning the passion into a paycheck – the different ways you can increase your cash flow – from fees to commissions to affiliate income. One of the most important ways to maximize your earnings is to work efficiently. We show you how.

When you purchase the Step 5 lesson you get the following materials:

How to Earn Money - Video 55:55
How to Earn Money - PDF

If you're thinking of starting your own travel planning business consider purchasing this lesson or get a discount when you buy the entire 8-step series as part of the Founder Essentials Bundle. Find out more and set up a free consultation with Madeline at https://www.travelbeyondtheobvious.com/

Devin McKinney and Madeline Jhawar talk about the fourth step in the Travel Expert Training Program, give an overview, and highlight how it fits in to Madeline's proven successful 8-step process for building and launching your own travel planning company. This is all about Madeline’s proven 5-Step Travel Planning Process - the logistical "Secret Sauce" for trip planning!

When you purchase the Step 4 lesson you get the following materials:

Part 1: The 5-Step Travel Planning Process Intro - Video 37:52
Part 2: The 5-Step Travel Planning Process - Video 1:12:51
Part 3: The 5-Step Travel Planning Process Tips - Video 21:31
The 5-Step Travel Planning Process - PDF 

If you're thinking of starting your own travel planning business consider purchasing this lesson or get a discount when you buy the entire 8-step series as part of the Founder Essentials Bundle. Find out more and set up a free consultation with Madeline at https://www.travelbeyondtheobvious.com/

It’s not always smooth sailing closing deals.  Devin McKinney and Madeline Jhawar talk about the third step in the Travel Expert Training Program, give an overview, and highlight how it fits in to Madeline's proven successful 8-step process for building and launching your own travel planning company. This lesson show you how to get past the objections and get a signed contract. As a travel expert, you need a lot of requests and you need to close customers fast. 

When you purchase the Step 3 lesson you get the following materials:

• How to Close a Customer (Video 51:49) 
• Customer Objections (Video 26:00) 
• How to Close a Customer (PDF) 
• Customer Objections (PDF)
• Customer Proposal Template (Word) 
• Invoice Template (Word)

If you're thinking of starting your own travel planning business consider purchasing this lesson or get a discount when you buy the entire 8-step series as part of the Founder Essentials Bundle. Find out more and set up a free consultation with Madeline at https://www.travelbeyondtheobvious.com/.