Your QR Code Still Works. Until the Subscription Lapses and 500 Brochures Go Dead Overnight. Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – HomeBasedTravelAgent.com The pandemic turned the little black square into everyday infrastructure. Since then, scammers, subscription traps and artificial intelligence have rewritten the rules. Here is how travel advisors should be using QR … Continue reading “Nobody Scans a Billboard at 70 Miles Per Hour: QR Code Lessons for Travel Advisors”
The Agents Who Are Thriving All Did the Same Thing. They Stopped Being Generalists. Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – HomeBasedTravelAgent.com Ask any veteran travel advisor what separates the agents who are thriving from the ones who are grinding, and you’ll hear some version of the same answer: the thriving ones stopped … Continue reading “How to Find (and Actually Profit From) Your Travel Agency Niche”
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After Watching More Travel Agent YouTube Than Any Reasonable Person Should, Here’s What Needs to Stop Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner, Travel Professional NEWS I have spent an embarrassing amount of time lately deep-diving into AI tools, content trends, and the ever-shifting landscape of online video. And after consuming more travel agent YouTube … Continue reading “How to Make Your YouTube Video Magnificently Unwatchable – Duplicate – [#29001]”
Written by Tom Ogg
One Connected Platform, No Extra Cost. How OutsideAgents Is Raising the Bar on Host Agency Technology. Written By: OutsideAgents The way travelers plan and book has changed, and so has what it takes to be a successful travel advisor. Today’s clients expect quick answers, polished proposals, and a smooth experience from the first message to … Continue reading “Outside Agents: Why We’re Putting an All-in-One Tech Platform in Every One of Our Advisors’ Hands”
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After Watching More Travel Agent YouTube Than Any Reasonable Person Should, Here’s What Needs to Stop Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner, Travel Professional NEWS I have spent an embarrassing amount of time lately deep-diving into AI tools, content trends, and the ever-shifting landscape of online video. And after consuming more travel agent YouTube … Continue reading “How to Make Your YouTube Video Magnificently Unwatchable”
Written by Tom Ogg
Teppanyaki Two Nights in a Row, Shrinking Shrimp, and the App That Left a Blind Man Standing in Line Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – HomeBasedTravelAgent.com Part 3 of 3 We covered a brief ship overview and the various ports on this cruise. In this part of the review, we’ll take a look … Continue reading “Alaska Aboard the Norwegian Joy A Review in Three Parts (Part 3)”
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A Practical Guide to the Ten AI Tools Every Travel Advisor Should Be Using in 2026 Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – HomeBasedTravelAgent.com Yes, the robots are here. No, they’re not stealing your job. But they will absolutely steal your excuse for not answering emails faster. Let me be honest with you and … Continue reading “10 AI Tools Every Travel Agent Should Be Using Right Now”
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Most Alaska Cruise Reviews Read Like Brochures. This One Doesn’t. Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – Travel Professional NEWS Part 2 of 3 In Part One of this review, we took a look at the Norwegian Joy and its first port of call, Ward Cove. In Part Two, we’ll cover the rest of … Continue reading “Alaska Aboard the Norwegian Joy A Review in Three Parts – Part 2 of 3”
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You Can Handle the Supplier Hold Queue. It’s the Tuesday Afternoon With No One to Call That Breaks People. Written By: WorldVia Travel Network Nobody put it in the job description. But if you’ve been a travel advisor for more than a year, especially as an independent, you know the feeling. It’s a Tuesday … Continue reading “The Loneliness Problem in Travel: Why Community Is the Benefit Nobody’s Talking About”
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The Commission Percentage Is the Headline. Everything Else Is What Actually Runs Your Business. Presented by: Cruise Planners Choosing how to start a travel business can look surprisingly simple when opportunities are presented as percentages: 70/30, 80/20, 90/10, 100% commission with monthly fees or a royalty-based model. But those numbers do … Continue reading “Beyond Commission Splits: What New Travel Advisors Should Compare”
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