All of these are signs that you are a great fit to become an independent travel agent, and turn your love of travel from passion into profit!
Are you passionate about travel and looking for a rewarding career? Learning how to become a travel agent might be the perfect path for you. In today's world, travel agents are more important than ever, offering invaluable expertise and personalized service to clients. Whether it's finding the best vacation deals or crafting tailor-made travel experiences, a career as a travel agent can be both exciting and fulfilling.
If you're considering travel agent jobs, it's important to understand the industry landscape. With the rise of remote work, many travel agent remote positions are available, allowing you the flexibility to work from anywhere. This has opened the door for many to pursue a career as a travel agent from home, offering services online and building a client base without the constraints of a traditional office setting.
Discover how to become a travel agent, explore travel agent jobs including remote positions, and learn about certifications and salaries in the exciting world of travel.
The travel industry is making a comeback we have not seen in 2 decades. People are valuing travel agents more than ever and people are spending more than ever before! Bucket list travel, luxury travel, and group travel are on the rise. The last few years have been extremely difficult, but the travel industry is now thriving and doing better than ever! 2024 is going to be a record breaking year for travel.
Join a supportive community of more than 250 travel agents who build each other up, and who have created lifelong friendships. Your fellow VV agents are an amazing group that act as a support system and can help wherever you are in your business. We have regular in-person and virtual events to help encourage building together. Our community focuses on peer-to-peer coaching so you are learning from fellow agents who know what it's like to be in your shoes.
Apply Now!You won't be doing this alone. The agency works as 1 brand which has created community over competition. We travel together and attend trainings together. We feel like this is where we stand out in the terms of travel agencies. We train everyone on social media, on how to build your travel business with very little overhead. The office produces marketing to simplify so you can spend your time planning the vacations for your clients.
Working for Vincent Vacations has been a dream fulfilled. After having a terrible experience with another travel agency who didn't provide any training and didn't pay in a timely manner, I can honestly say that Lia and Chris Vincent are some of the best in the industry. There's a reason why they are where they are. Our travel advisors are not only trained well...
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I've been with Vincent Vacations since July 2020. Starting out being a travel adviser during a pandemic has had its challenges but hey if I can be successful with all the travel challenges, the constant changing new restrictions, different guidelines for each individual state or country, then watch out when we move on from this trying time. I've learned so much and the team of agents have been helpful...
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Started working for Vincent Vacations 4 years ago when Lia was starting to build up her independent agents. I was looking for a side job that would get my mind off my 9-5 job and would be a good way to earn some money. Lia had been my travel agent for several years and found out she was hiring independent agents, so I decided to take a leap and nose dive into learn the travel industry. I have traveled and lived out of the country but yet I have learned I knew nothing...
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I have been an independent travel agent, from home, with Vincent Vacations for two years. When I began in October of 2019, the impending pandemic was far from any of our minds. While the travel industry has obviously been affected by the global pandemic, the tools and support of Lia and the Vincent team have never wavered. Though there have been many unforeseen changes, cancellations and uncertainty, the travel industry and my personal business is still active and quite profitable.
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No other travel agency has more fun, or offers more agent events than we do.
We offer a team environment, top commissions, exclusive FAM trips, agent parties & more. Our agency works exclusively on planning vacations. We pride ourselves in having a knowledgeable team that is very respected in the industry. We offer a 'New to the Industry' sign-on training, and continual training opportunities both in person and via ZOOM. Agents are always invited to job shadow in-office agents for additional hands-on training, as well as goal planning sessions with our owner, Lia Vincent.
Where do we rank in the world of travel suppliers? We are an EarMarked agency with Disney, Platinum agency with Apple Leisure Group, Diamond Elite with Delta Vacations, a Preferred Sandals Agency and in the top 5 of agencies across the country with American Airlines Vacations, just to name a few.
We are 100% vacation focused with our top 5 destinations being Mexico, Hawaii, Caribbean, Disney and Europe.
Our Director of Digital Media Marketing & Travel Influencer, Shannon Kittner, is here to help you market your new travel business by leveraging the best social media techniques.
Shannon shares her secrets to social media and online success for TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, blogging and so much more. Shannon shares the latest proven techniques through webinars, online training, videos, courses, our agent Facebook groups, documents and more!
Interested in learning more? Have a question not answered below? Feel free to reach out to us.
We have new agent training and on-going training on how to be a successful travel agent in today's market.
With Vincent Vacations, we always start our prospective agents with group training. In our training, we dive into who are the best clients, how to quote and put together proposals, as well as hearing from some of our top suppliers. First hand information from them is so valuable. Our training does just scratch the surface of need-to-know information, and all our agents continue their training with our weekly meetings, webinars, we offer on a regular basis, and in person training opportunities.
We have been in business since 2013, so we know travel! You will apply to become an independent travel agent using our online registration form, found below. We will reach out to you about your application! If you are accepted into our program, you will need to take the necessary training for your destinations / areas of interest. It can help to develop a niche. We like to focus on luxury travel! Read more from our owner, about How to Become a Travel Agent.
The most successful independent agents are self starters with an appetite to always learn something new. The world is a huge, ever changing place, and we are always excited to learn about something new. Previous sales experience is of course helpful, but not a requirement.
Are you a self-starter, self-motivated, organized, already have a network through a social group? Do you have a passport and have traveled internationally? Do you have time to spend building a new business? You would make a great fit!
There are so many perks and benefits to being a travel agent. Here are 15 exciting reasons to become a travel agent!
Our initial training is 3 days with some at home work to finish at your own pace. This takes most new to industry agents about 2 weeks to complete. Commissions are paid after your clients travel. There are exceptions to this, but most receive their first check 3-6 months after training.
Also, we assist you in spending some time building your online presence, so you are generating new leads. We have sales and marketing training, as well as product training, to help get you on your feet! It can take a few weeks to complete your marketing plan, so please be patient!
Independent agents have the ultimate flexibility. They work from where they are - in destination, at home, or from a local coffee shop. They do what works best for them. From initial travel consultations, creating vacation proposals, or assisting with during travel needs, our agents have the flexibility to work from anywhere.
Also, you will be selling travel! Based on your niche / interest, this could be selling family package trips to all-inclusive resorts in Mexico, to honeymoons in Tahiti! Through marketing yourself online, and through other channels, you will set yourself up to receive travel leads, and close some sales! Our biggest sellers are Mexico, the Caribbean, Hawaii, Disney and Europe. From time-to-time, we may send you leads from our office.
We have found agents are the most successful with marketing via social media. We will go over dos and don'ts to be successful with this. We also provide content to keep your social media fresh without it creating too much work for the agent. We want Vincent Vacations agents to focus on selling.
Another successful way is with our SEO package that comes with being a Vincent Vacations agent. Agents create their own website, which is also marketed online for Google and other search engine keywords. Agents have found partnering with Vincent Vacations and following our marketing methods is a game changer in building a client base.
Also, we do have marketing training and marketing guides. We have knowledge and support for social networks, SEO, SEM, you will have an agent profile on our web site, and other marketing channels to help assist!
Yes! There are quite a few perks that come with being a travel agent! We go over this during training. We have a variety of ways to earn free and discounted travel. Most perks are based on what you sell.
Also, a lot depends on what you're selling and what suppliers you use. Basically, the more you sell, the more travel perks you can expect to receive! For agents, we typically have discounts on FAMs (travel agent familiarization trips - usually to international resort locations), company retreats and events.
YES! We encourage niches. We have a team of agents that specialize in selling Disney destinations and Universal Studios vacations. We also have agents who focus on tropical beach vacations, destination weddings, and more specialties. A niche can really set you apart as a specialized travel agent. It is also the best option for those who wish to do this part time.
We have agents that specialize in group travel, Disney, destination weddings, Europe, all inclusive resorts, cruises, and other specialties!
With Vincent Vacations, we have a training sign up fee of $500. This covers the initial training and your account creation and set up in our systems. After training, we have a $25 monthly fee that we set up on autodraft / subscription via Paypal. This covers a CRM system to keep you organized and a hosted email.
Our training for new agents is 3 days - from 9am to 1pm. You are meeting with different vendors and suppliers in our industry.
We mean it when we say this, the sky is the limit! We have agents that do this part time earning around $10,000 per year, and full time agents making 6-figures. An independent travel agent earns money by receiving commissions on travel sold. This includes commission from booking flights, accommodations, tours, car rentals, entertainment, insurance, and so much more! We have agents who sell over $1 million / year in travel!
For new to the industry agents, we charge a $500 training fee. This covers the 3 days of training necessary, and your account setup. This includes your email address, web site, client management system, training setup, and more!
We are not tax professionals, always discuss tax and business considerations with your CPA. They will help you maximize your tax benefits, and offer the best advice.
When working as an independent travel agent under a travel agency, like Vincent Vacations, you have so many options on how you structure your business. Some agents register an LLC or sole-proprietorship for their travel business.
If you have a good CPA / a tax accountant, they would tell you to start a side hustle, start a business!
Then you will be able to write off taxes. You will be legally qualified for so many tax benefits by owning your own business.
You have startup costs, so you will be able to write off a 100% of your startup cost, and any cost of your membership(s).
The cost of starting a travel agency business, anything that is operational costs of owning the business and running it day-to-day, you get to write this off fully.
Next, you can write off taxes based on your transportation, your lodging, car rental, the cost of visiting attractions, because you are a travel agent and this is your job! This is your life and this is your business, even when you are doing personal travel a portion of that time. During that personal travel, if you are conducting any type of business experience during that time, you are actually able to legally write off some expenses incurred in that travel, like how you arrived there.
Where are you staying, whether it's a
hotel, resort, your vacation rental,
if you use a car rental you'll be able
to write that off, and of course as a
travel agent, the costs to use tour companies, vendors, suppliers, for example the cruise
lines, anytime when there's a tourist attraction, tours that you visit or go
to and these different countries, FAM trips, you have to
experience it from the inside from a
client's perspective. So because you are
a travel advisor and a travel expert, a travel professional, this is your job you get to write this off.
We are not tax professionals, always discuss tax and business considerations with your CPA. They will help you maximize your tax benefits, and offer the best advice.
Please contact us to learn more, there are so many benefits to being an independent travel agent with Vincent Vacations.
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