May 2018 Issue – Travel Professional NEWS

Click Here to View the May 2018 Issue   In this Issue:  Travel Planners International – 6 Ideas for the Smarter Business Owner ShoreTrips – The Worlds Best Written By: Nellie Vance, Marketing Coordinator – ShoreTrips All Aboard for CruiseWorld Ship Inspections Written By: Theresa Bednarczyk, Event Manager – CruiseWorld Taking Flight: How Airline Consolidators […]

Your Travel Agency Business Plan

By: Tom Ogg Many travel agents cringe when confronted with the idea of creating a business plan. In fact, if you Google “Business Plan Software” you can easily see why. Most business plan tools are focused on developing thorough and complex business plans for the purpose of obtaining investment or funding. Unless your idea is […]

Happy Customers Equal Great Referrals

By: Joanie Ogg, CTC, MCC We just spent some time at our place in Punta Mita and spruced up our two rental units. We have been renting a couple of our places there for the last 10 years and so much of our business is repeat guests, I decided to find out why our places? […]

eNewsletters – Powerful Media

By: Joanie Ogg, CTC, MCC While the buzz in the online world is that social media and blogging are “The Things To Do”, eNewsletters can still be very powerful and persuasive media and gain you the trust and loyalty of your client base. Since you have already gained their permission to email to you (or […]

Are You In The Zone?

By: Joanie Ogg CTC MCC Some home based businesses fail to give attention to getting permits and licenses for their business. It is one of those things that we think will never be a necessity and likely never a bump in the road for our home-based travel businesses. How likely will it be that a […]

Travel Professionals – You Know Who You Are!

By: Tom Ogg Travel Professionals, you know who you are! Be sure to sing your praises. I received a threatening email from an anonymous person accusing me of supporting a known card mill recently. He or she was downright rude and his or her tone was one of allegation and finger pointing. I was blown […]

The Power of Pinterest

By Andy Ogg Here is how I discovered the power of Pinterest. About a year ago, I took some time and educated myself on Pinterest. Being most definitely “out of the loop” on some of these new social outlets, my fiancé had been using and enjoying Pinterest for years, I had to learn why and […]