There are very important reasons why the travel industry looks for reliable travel coordinators. One of the main reasons is that “international travel security” has become a major concern.
The travel industry has long provided a way to help Americans travel more safely. Again, this is an ancient method of travel. Even wagon trains traveling west were not exempt from this method.
Group tours
Agencies are looking for travel junkies; I mean Coordinators all the time. I guess you are wondering why a travel agency would be looking for travel coordinators. Most people would say that this would be the job of a travel agent. Incorrect! Most travel agencies don’t travel as often. They are busy booking trips for their clients. They lose money every time they leave their office or computer. It is the travel coordinators who travel often.
Travel addicts are the people who organize their lives to accommodate last minute trips. Travel addicts generally pay the rent or the mortgage, however the 401K or any savings or investment of any kind is subject to the financing of the trip at any time.
A Group Travel Coordinator would have the following attributes: commitment, loves to travel, likes people, has confidence in promoting himself and his travel destination, can pay attention to detail, loves to coordinate, and can use common sense , then you qualify to travel for FREE.
This opportunity works best when you start as a hobby and turn it into a part-time job and then a full-time business. No need to reinvent the wheel – do what others have done before you. I know a retired man who started out selling an exotic travel party in the Caribbean every year. Word of mouth took over, because people really had fun, and now he doesn’t have to work 9 to 5. The commission of booking 300 to 500 people a year at a 5-star resort on the islands every year, worth BIG.
I suppose you are wondering how a just starting Trip Coordinator travels for FREE. Easy, when you book 6 people or 15 people or whatever, the seller’s full travel packages; one person goes FREE.
Example: Let’s say you have 9 people who want to go to China. You have a 15% markup on the wholesale price, plus you get a free hotel and flight if 6 people sign up. Your mother and father, your sister and your cousin, your girlfriend and her husband want to go and the lady from the church wants to go. And when another lady in the church found out from the pastor that Mrs. J was leaving, so she decided to go. (Your husband said if he wants to see China he will go to Chinatown!) So now you have 8 people, 9 counting yourself. You get a free travel pass and you can decide to reduce the price of your package at the last minute because you did not need the additional margin of 15%, or you can keep it for any emergency during the trip or you can use it to market your next trip. It’s up to you!
Trivia Travel Coordinator. If you can already see a problem with the previous travel group, then you really understand group travel. Think about how you would handle the above situation BEFORE a problem occurs.