How to Become a Travel Advisor: Turn Your Passion for Travel Into a Business

Billions of dollars are spent on travel every year. Why not become part of the industry?

Every day, people spend money on hotels, cruises, resorts, group trips, honeymoons, family vacations, business travel, and once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Behind many of those trips is a professional travel advisor helping travelers plan, book, and enjoy their journey.

In How to Become a Travel Advisor, you'll be introduced to the business of selling travel and learn how you can turn your interest in travel into a potential income-producing business.

This introductory class will explore:

What a Travel Advisor Does
Understand the role of today's professional travel advisor and the value advisors provide to clients.

How Travel Advisors Make Money
Learn how commissions work and how hotels, cruise lines, resorts, tour operators, and other travel suppliers compensate travel advisors for eligible bookings.

Finding Your Travel Niche
Explore opportunities such as cruises, luxury travel, group travel, destination celebrations, family vacations, corporate travel, and special-interest trips.

Working With Travel Suppliers
Learn about building relationships with hotels, cruise lines, resorts, and other travel partners.

Finding and Serving Clients
Discover ways to build your network, market your services, develop repeat business, and turn satisfied travelers into referrals.

Using Technology and AI
Explore how today's tools can help travel advisors research destinations, create itineraries, communicate with clients, develop marketing content, and operate more efficiently.

You Don't Have to Travel the World to Start Selling the World

Whether you're looking for a new career direction, a side business, or simply want to understand how the travel industry works, this class will introduce you to the opportunities available as a professional travel advisor.

People are already traveling. Hotels are already being booked. Cruises are already sailing. Vacations are already being planned.

The question is:

Will you simply spend money on travel—or will you become part of the industry?

Learn. Travel. Earn. Build Your Business.