Start your own travel business and more : cruises, adventure travel tours, senior travel / Entrepreneur Press and Rich Mintzer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mintzer, Richard.

Entrepreneur Press.

Series:

Entrepreneur magazine's start up.

Entrepreneur's startup series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New business enterprises--Management.

New business enterprises.

Travel agents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

[Irvine?] : Entrepreneur Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pack Your Bags?Full of Profits!At over a billion dollars, the travel industry is evolving, creating new trends and new opportunities for eager entrepreneurs like you. Our experts take you step-by-step as you embark on your most exciting adventure?starting a business. Discover success as an independent travel or specialty tour professional offering unique opportunities?in both geography and market niche?that even online discount travel sites can't compete with.From exotic getaways to adrenaline-pumping extreme tours and time-saving technology to important regulations, learn

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1; Pack Your Bags; Travel Today: Industry Stats Galore!; Winds of Change: A Bit of Travel History; If It's Tuesday; The Travel Agent vs. the Internet Travel Websites; On the Job; The Travel Agent's World; Dark-Age Ticketing; As the World Turns; Another Development; Your Host; You Can Also (Eventually) Do It Yourself; Chapter 2; Do You Have the Right Stuff?; Counting Your Coconuts; Crank-Up Costs; Are You the Travel Professional Type?; The Emergence of a Travel Agent; Cruising for Fun; What You Need to Know; Making People Smile

From Navy Ships to Cruise ShipsHooked On Travel; The Other Side of the Coin; A Dream Come True; Concorde Dreams; Future Forecast; Risk Factors; Financial Risk; Time Risk; Knowledge Risk; Economic Risk; Natural Risks; Technology Risks; Chapter 3; Meet the Homebased Travel Agent; License or Not?; Home, But Not Alone; Taking on Ticketing; The Global Distribution System; Host Agencies Revisited; How to Choose a Host Agency; Agencies to Avoid; Playing the Field; Your Home Base... Your Office; Organized and Efficient; Defining Your Space; A Space that Facilitates Clear Thinking

Communications and ConnectivityTemperature; Office Furniture; The Homebased Lifestyle; The Mobile Travel Agent; Chapter 4; Finding Your Travelers: Market Research; Defining Your Market; Choosing Your Clients; The Business Traveler; The Leisure Traveler; The Adventure Traveler; The Honeymooners; The High Roller; The Budget Traveler; Family Ties; The Student Prince; Golden Girls and Guys; The Physically Challenged Traveler; Carving Your Own Niche; Researching Your Market; Up Close and Personal; Just the Facts, Ma'am!; The Travel Agent's Competition; The Tour Operator's Competition

The Road Less TraveledSomething Completely Different; Shopping the Competition; Chapter 5; Your Traveler's Trunk: Business Names,Structures, and More; Name That Business; Eminent Domain; Laying Your Foundation; Wilderness Pursuit Permits; Private Land; Attorneys and Plumbers; Oops Insurance; Staying Healthy; Contract Smarts; Feeling Secure; Choosing a Location; The Commercial Office; Tour Operator's Base; Outfitting Commercial Space; Chapter 6; Figuring Your Finances and Your Equipment Needs; Startup Costs; Get Certifiable; Host Agency or Consortium Fees?; Get Professional

Research and Reference MaterialsComputer Needs; Computer Peripherals; The Software Skinny; General Software; Travel-Specific Software; The Internet; Electronic Money; Phone Fun; Cell Phones and Smartphones; Smart Shopping for Smartphones; Your Calling Card; All That Jazz; Operating Expenses; Paying the Piper; Putting It Together; Let's Go Shopping; Office Equipment; Funding Your Business; Chapter 7; Daily Operations; The Travel Agent: A Day in the Life; The Wish List; Give the People What They Want; Price Your Time and Package; Know All the Other Details; Talk to Your Clients; Book the Trip

Payment (or Settlement)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781613081693

1613081693

OCLC:

792687713