One of the advantages of being a travel agent is the accrued free nights you earn. These points (that equate to free nights) are accrued based on your sales performance. The more room nights you book, the more points you are rewarded with. Only select hotels and resorts offer free nights as a reward. Other hotels
101 Series: Aruba Certified Expert
One Happy Island Although I’ve been booking clients to Aruba for years, I recently completed my training to become an Aruba Certified Expert. For prospective travel agents looking to learn as much as they can, I highly recommend enrolling in Travel Agent Academy. The training modules are free and you can learn so much about
101 Series: How to Become a Hawaii Destination Specialist
How to Become a Hawaii Destination Specialist It’s been awhile since my last 101 series post on How to Become a Travel Agent. So I thought I would create a more recent post based on becoming a Hawaii Destination Specialist. My 101 series is designed to help prospective agents grow their business and increase their
101 Series: Travel Agent Reward Programs
As promised, I wanted to do a DEEP dive into the travel agent reward programs available. Many agents may not know about them. I should preface this by saying that the rewards are NOT good enough to be the only reason for being a travel agent. I look at it as simply an extra perk
101 Series: Certified Sandals Specialist: What To Know
It’s been awhile since I’ve last written about being a Certified Sandals Specialist. My last blog post on this topic was from 2016 and think I used my camera phone photos to upload. So now 2 years later, let me do a deeper dive into what it means to be a Certified Sandals Specialist. There are
101 Series: Planning a Destination Wedding
I’m so excited! My first destination wedding client returned from Punta Cana last week. It was a small, intimate wedding with about 20 people. Now that they’ve returned from a successful wedding, it got me thinking that I should create a blog post for anyone needing help planning a destination wedding. At the end of
101 Series: How to Become a Travel Agent
How to Become a Travel Agent Happy Friday the 13th! Or should I say FRIYAY because it’s now the weekend? Well, truth be told, when you love what you do for a living, you don’t really care if it’s the weekend. If you’re a travel agent, you likely will be checking emails from your clients