State of the Travel Industry As 2008 Draws To A Close – Opinion

My opinion on the state of the travel industry with relation to business format: retail (Brick and Mortar), home-based agents, MLM or multi-level marketing, travel clubs and other card mills.

Dept. of Homeland Security, Customs & Border Patrol, & Your Electronics

To keep from losing confidential personal information when traveling, think about what you carry on your electronic devices and how secure that information is -or is not.

The Travel Business: MLM Host Agencies

A couple of years ago, some “host” agencies decided to try the multi-level marketing approach.  The down side to this was their marketing ploys.  They suggested that if you sign up as an agent with them you would get cheap or free travel as long as you paid them a sign up fee, a monthly fee [...]

The Travel Business: Hosted Travel Agents

There is also the “Hosted” agent.  A host agency is one that sets up all the “booking” numbers, has a business telephone number, has the “seller of travel” license number and a negotiated commission rate with the suppliers of travel that is based on the volume they say they are or will do over the [...]

The Travel Business: Independent Travel Agents

Continuing on the theme of different types of Travel Agency Businesses:  There is the “Independent Agency”.  Kind of like a “Brick and Mortar” independent agency, they have the “booking” numbers that identify them to the government and the supplier of travel that they are legitimate sellers of travel.  They usually would not have a storefront.  They [...]

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