Archive for January, 2011
Work From Home in the Home Based Travel Business
There are essentially 3 types of travel home based business opportunities.
1. Becoming a licensed travel agent.
2. Marketing and reselling promotional vacation certificates.
3. Marketing travel membership clubs.
1. Becoming a travel agent requires licensing. You can book travel under the umbrella of a registered travel business using their travel agency IATAN number. After a certain amount of sales and commissions earned you can apply for your own IATA number. As a travel agent you can book your clients’ travel using travel consolidators and marking up the price to earn a commission. Travel agents are required to be licensed and bonded. Some hotel chains require the travel agent to complete their own travel agents exam online in order to claim travel agent benefits. Becoming a home based travel agent has become a sought after home based business within the travel arena. Not all work at home travel agent businesses are created equal. Some members are unable to utilize travel consolidators and can only use their own replicated travel portal websites to book travel. The commissions here are very low and the main income comes from recruiting other members. Other travel agencies train the members to become fully fledged travel agents, where potentially the commissions on bookings can be much higher.
2. Marketing promotional travel certificates has become a popular business. The certificates can be resold to businesses or companies but generally can not be sold to the end user. Promotional items have become part of the marketing arena and create customer loyalty. If the promoter sells the certificate to the end user a license is required in most states and provinces in Canada. Everyone loves a good deal but many certificates have black out dates and require the spouse or partner to travel with the person registering the certificate. Some certificates require a timeshare presentation. As a work from home business, the promotional certificates generally generate smaller commissions.
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Why Not Get Started in a Home Based Business?
With Rising Gas Prices – With the ever rising gas prices many individuals are getting started in home based business to avoid the pain of forking out fifty to a hundred bucks every week on gas just to be able to get to their job.
Because of the advantages of the internet and network marketing, it has made it possible for ANYONE with motivation and a desire to succeed, to have their own home based business, marketing anything from jewelry, skin care, health and wellness products to travel, health insurance, and personal development products.
Their has been a huge increase in travel related network marketing programs as travel is the number one industry in the world today. With the baby boomers retiring, one every eight seconds, and with over fifty percent planning to travel – the cruise lines and resorts are gearing up in the next several years to accommodate them. According to a recent study Carnival cruise lines has more flagships scheduled to be built in the next two years than were built the previous ten.
Some of the advantages of getting started in a home based business, but not limited to, are the following
# No commute, and with the rising gas prices this means less dollars going into your gas tank
# Home business deductions – tax write offs for running a business from your home will save you an additional $2000 – $7000 in taxes
# No more childcare, if you have kids – you save anywhere from $50+ a week
# No more fast food and lunch expenses – just eat whatever you fix for everyone else or raid the fridge
# Set your own hours
# No more fear of corporate downsizing or outsourcing
# No more disappointments with so-called salary increases
# More family time – time to travel – the list goes on and on…