What New Travel Advisors Should Do in Their First 90 Days With a Host Agency Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – HomeBasedTravelAgent.com Congratulations. You’ve survived the gauntlet: the business plan drafts, the late-night research rabbit holes, and the very important question of whether to use “travel advisor” or “travel agent” in your email … Continue reading “So You Signed With a Host Agency – Now What? A 2026 Guide for the Modern Travel Advisor in an AI-Driven World”
A Practical Guide to Travel Advisor Service Fees — What to Charge and How to Say It With Confidence Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – FindaHostTravelAgency.com Let’s talk about the elephant in the room, or more accurately, the robot behind the chatbot. Service fees have been a hot-button issue in the travel industry … Continue reading “Travel Advisor Service Fees in the Age of AI – Why You’re Worth Every Penny (and Then Some)”
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We Were Skeptical Too. Then the Itinerary Came Back and We Stopped Exchanging That Look. Written By: Joanie Ogg, CTC, MCC – Travel Professional NEWS How travel agents can harness artificial intelligence to build stunning itineraries, impress clients, and maybe, just maybe, reclaim their weekends. Let me confess something. When a publicist first pitched us … Continue reading “Your New Best Employee Never Takes a Lunch Break (or a Vacation) – Part 1”
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How to Build a Unique Value Proposition That Stands Out in an AI-Saturated Travel Market Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – HomeBasedTravelAgent.com Let’s address the robot in the room. Since the explosion of AI travel tools beginning in earnest around 2023, every armchair traveler now has a pocket-sized digital concierge that can compare … Continue reading “Crafting Your UVP (Unique Value Proposition) in 2026”
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The Real Advantages of Running a Home-Based Travel Agency in Today’s AI-Driven Landscape Written By: Joanie Ogg, CTC, MCC – Travel Professional NEWS Let’s be honest, the COVID pandemic was terrible. Truly, spectacularly, historically terrible. But if there’s one silver lining buried somewhere in that storm cloud, it’s that millions of people discovered that they … Continue reading “7 Surprisingly Awesome Benefits of Being a Home Based Travel Agent in 2026”
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Before You Fall in Love With a Name, Read This Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – HomeBasedTravelAgent.com And Why Everything You Knew About This in 2019 Is Now Obsolete. Let’s be honest: choosing a travel agency name used to be so simple it was almost boring. You picked something with the word “World” … Continue reading “How to Choose Your Travel Agency Business Name in 2026”
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Why Solo Cruisers Are the Most Loyal Clients You’re Not Selling To Yet Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – Travel Professional NEWS The solo cruise market is booming, underserved, and full of clients with no one to argue with about the itinerary. Here’s why you should be selling to them. Let me be upfront: … Continue reading “Party of One — And Perfectly Fine With It”
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Does It Still Make Sense For a New Travel Agent to Work With a Host Agency in 2026? Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – Travel Professional NEWS Let’s be honest. When the topic of host travel agencies comes up at industry cocktail parties — and yes, those still happen, though we now argue … Continue reading “Does It Still Make Sense For a New Travel Agent to Work With a Host Agency in 2026?”
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What the Big Players Don’t Want You to Know About Home-Based Agents Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – Travel Professional NEWS In today’s highly competitive travel industry, customer service has become the key differentiator for businesses of all sizes. For home-based travel agencies, offering excellent customer service is not just a luxury — … Continue reading “The Art of Service: How Home Based Travel Agencies Outshine the Competition”
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Niche-Specific Prompt Templates to Elevate Your Hawaii Itineraries from Generic to Unforgettable Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – HomeBasedTravelAgent.com As we discovered in the last article on prompting, prompts are what will ultimately set travel professionals apart from consumers when it comes to generating detailed, personalized AI results. In other words, the … Continue reading “Sun, Surf, Sand, and Smarter Prompts: Eight Hawaii Niches That Need Their Own AI Strategy Tomorrow”
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