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]”
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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”
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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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“Dear Valued Customer” Is Not a Strategy — Here’s What Actually Gets Travel Emails Opened Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – HomeBasedTravelAgent.com Part One Let’s be brutally honest with each other for a moment. If your current email marketing strategy consists of blasting “Check Out These AMAZING Cruise Deals!!!” to your entire contact … Continue reading “Creating an Email Campaign Strategy That Doesn’t Put Your Clients to Sleep”
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A Practical Guide to the Best Dedicated AI Travel Planning Apps for Home-Based Advisors Written By: Joanie Ogg, CTC, MCC – HomeBasedTravelAgent.com The Purpose-Built App All-Stars Beyond the general-purpose LLMs that we discussed in the last article, there is a wave of dedicated AI travel planning apps that have emerged, each with a specialty. Consider … Continue reading “Your New Best Employee Never Takes a Lunch Break (Or a Vacation) – Part 2”
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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”
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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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