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If you have ever considered becoming a Travel Agent, what is stopping you? My only regret is not doing this 15 years ago! As a Travel Agent, you get access to amazing discounts, perks and commissions.
Becoming a Travel Agent is my passion, where I help people get started in this
amazing career that has afforded us the ability to truly be able to vacation without the financial worry while having 5 children!
If you want to attend one of the live zooms, you can register at the link above.
I love explaining how to become a Travel Agent!! This is very long and extremely informative because I believe in being thorough. We offer a live Zoom call with us to answer all the questions you have, just an informal Q&A session.
A little about me...
I am a busy mom of 5 kids and I have always wanted to show them so many amazing places that are out there. As a child, I was never able to travel. I had only went to Florida once and Kentucky. I want my children to see the beautiful places that I was never able to experience. This is what helped push me to the travel industry.
A little about the company.
The company I work under is Archer Travel Service. They have been in business over 70 years and maintain an A+ rating with the BBB.
I chose Archer Travel Service specifically over all of the other agencies out there.
Here are 21 of my reasons why:
1. NO large start up fee!
2. They allow us to have CLIA access as early as day 1.
3. Our agents get a $50 discount on the CLIA membership, making it $79! The regular cost is $129!
4. We are not required or asked to recruit other agents. EVER.
5. They have a convention every year
6. They have in office corporate support and several corporate FB groups if we need help or have questions!
7. They do not require an extensive travel history.
8. They have trainings almost every single day. We will train you how to do this!
9. They pay us 80% commission from our first day. That is the highest commission split I could find!
10. There are NO sales quotas. NONE. No quotas of any kind.
11. They have a 10 day money back guarantee. That is plenty of time to join and get some training under your belt and make sure the company is a great fit for you!
12. They are in the top tier of sales volume at most vendors.
13. We have access to the Marriott Famtastic rate. This is an amazing discount that some companies have lost access to.
14. Archer Travel Service has been in business over 70 years!
15. They maintain an A+ rating with the BBB! (See the link above.)
16. They do not require a contract.
17. They do not require a non compete clause.
18. Incredible benefits are available to you as a small business. (Please consult your accountant.)
19. You can earn free cruises by completing training for certain vendors!
20. The commissions and Travel Agent perks & benefits are absolutely amazing.
21. We have Evo+! This is a proprietary booking system just for our agents where we can secure amazing discounts that we can pass on to clients, friends & family.
Here are a FEW of the companies we can qualify for those things at. There are so many more than this though! Disney, Universal Studios, SeaWorld, Marriott, Wyndham, Hilton, Holiday Inn, IHG, Margaritaville, Hyatt, RIU, Iberostar, Sandals/Beaches, Atlantis, Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Princess, Cunard, Celebrity, MSC, Margaritaville at Sea, Enterprise, Avis, Thrifty, Hertz, and so many more!
We offer unlimited training and support. We make sure that you have access to all of the vendors you want to book with or travel with. You can join whenever you are ready, there is never any pressure! I absolutely love what I do, and I’m an open book. I will answer as many questions as you can think of at anytime.
You can sign up for CLIA as soon as you want! CLIA is short for Cruise Line International Association. They are an organization just for official Travel Agents!
When you join, they send you a digital membership card as soon as you are approved. They will also send you a physical membership card in the mail several weeks later. You will need to provide proof of the digital or physical card to most vendors when you utilize a discounted Travel Agent rate. CLIA memberships are usually $129 per year, however we get a $50 discount bringing our price down to $79 for each year. You will need a CLIA card to utilize most of your Travel Agent discounts. It is also needed to properly register for and to complete the Marriott training program.
Here are a couple of commission and Travel Agent discount examples. (Please keep in mind that there may be portions of trips and cruises that are considered non-commissionable, but these examples are pretty standard using 10% & 16% rates.)
If you book a $10k vacation, most vendors will pay 10% of that trip as a commission, which is $1k. You get 80% of that payout which is $800.
If you book a $10k cruise, most vendors will pay 16% of that trip as a commission, which is $1600. You get 80% of that payout which is $1280.
The best part is, we have a 10 day money back guarantee, so there is no risk. You can join and make sure you love everything we offer within 10 days!
I’m here to help every single step of the way! We have a private FB group and group chat, as well as several corporate FB groups. We have an entire corporate support staff as well.
If you are interested, here is the sign up process in a nutshell:
As soon as you are ready we will send you a sign up link. Once you sign up, we will send you our next steps! You will be directed to complete your initial training modules in the back office of our website. The training modules usually take less than one hour to complete. Once that’s done, you will receive your certification! We will then get started on your training.
We do everything in steps so it’s not overwhelming to you. You will get access to our proprietary website with our amazing training program, access to our private agent only FB group, access to our private agent only FB group chat, access to our Discord chat server, access to additional agent only FB groups, and more! Also, we provide as much help as you possibly need.
Benefits of being a Travel Agent:
As a Travel Agent, you can earn full commission on any of your vacations, rental cars, cruises, etc that you have not taken a Travel Agent Rate on.
You can earn a FREE* cruise with Princess Cruise Line, MSC & Cunard and many others when you complete their TA training program! *We do pay port fees and taxes, but the cruise fare itself is free for the agent and a +1!
Marriott has 2 special rates just for Travel Agents who complete their TA training program, including their “Famtastic” rate!
You can earn full commission or get AMAZING discounts at Disney, Universal, SeaWorld, Marriott, Wyndham, Hilton, Holiday Inn, IHG, Margaritaville, Hyatt, RIU, Iberostar, Sandals/Beaches, Atlantis, Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Princess, Cunard, Celebrity, MSC, Margaritaville at Sea, Enterprise, Avis, Thrifty, Hertz, and soooo many more. There are so many places, the possibilities are endless.
Disney Benefits:
A deeply discounted stay (of up to 7 nights) once per calendar year ( 2024, 2025, etc) at Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort, AND Aulani. You can stay once a year at all 3 locations!! Disney does not specify a specific percentage off, but in my scenarios that I’ve priced out personally, the discount has been right around 50 percent off at Walt Disney World and 25-50 percent off for Aulani and Disneyland. You also have access to book Vero Beach or Hilton Head once per year in the place of your Walt Disney World discounted trip.
Walt Disney World: 50% off of (1) 2-10 day single park or Park Hopper ticket or 1 complimentary 1 day Park Hopper ticket
Disneyland: Complimentary 1 day Park Hopper ticket
Disney Cruise Line: Disney offers 2 different deeply discounted cruise rates!
Universal Studios Benefits:
Up to 45% off of your room stays.
50% off of (4) additional 3 park, park-to park tickets
Here are the costs associated with being a Travel Agent with us. It’s $89.99 a month for Archer Travel Service to maintain having you under their umbrella. That monthly fee covers all of the training, website, corporate support, payroll processing, usage of their Sellers of Travel licenses, access to their E&O policy, etc. Once a year you can choose to pay $79 for your CLIA membership. While CLIA is completely optional, you do need CLIA to be able to utilize your Travel
Agent discounts. Other than that, there aren’t any additional fees that are required at all! We have all of the start-up fees waived right now. Potential additional costs would be if you want business cards, merch, or specific things for your business. For example, I had t-shirts made that say “Ask Me How I Got Here” for us to wear on our vacations and cruises.
Please let me know if you have any questions! I’m available anytime!
You can also text me anytime at (443) 267-4370.
Remember we have a 10 day money back guarantee!
Can't Wait To Meet You!
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