Home-Based Travel Home-Based Travel AgencyAgency

How You Can Get StartedHow You Can Get Started

How to Start & Succeed asHow to Start & Succeed as

A Home-Based Travel AgencyA Home-Based Travel Agency Decide what kind of travel agency you wish to

promote Prepare a Short Business Plan Telling What You’ll do Select Ways to Publicize & Advertise Your Business Raise Money to Start Your Business Start Your Business by Taking the First Step Test Various Marketing Methods for Best Results Introduce New Products whenever You Can Expand Your Business to the Income Level You Seek

•List the places where you have traveled before.

•List activities you like to do • (ski, scuba, tennis, golf etc)

•Examine your lists and decide on a couple of them •to promote.

Decide what kind of Decide what kind of travel you want to travel you want to

promote:promote:

• Making money is a joy when you have fun at what you're doing in your business.

• You do a better job when you enjoy your work;

Your customers sense your enjoyment and become more loyal to you -that is, they spend more money.

• Your business prospers while you have fun.• Making money can become boring if you don't enjoy what

you're doing.• Bored business owners transmit negative messages to their

customers, leading to declining sales.• Your whole life takes on a depressing tone when you don't

enjoy what you're doing for a living.

The person who enjoys what they are doing, you'll find:

Prepare a Short Business Prepare a Short Business Plan Telling what you'll doPlan Telling what you'll do

Make 2 two-page business plan, can tell you more about yourself and your future than you might ever think. And writing such a plan can be fun because it will show you what you'll be doing for the next few years

---and how much money you'll be earning.

Select ways to publicize and Select ways to publicize and advertise your businessadvertise your business

Make a list of everyone you know, Christmas list, people you already do business with etc.

Get business cards made up, pass them out to everyone. Tell everyone you come in contact with that you are a travel agent. Find specials in your field of travel to promote. Write press releases announcing the opening of a new business Start with classified ads, they cost the least and the response to them

is often greater per dollar spent than display ads. Run as many as you can afford. Experiment with 1 inch display ads and expand into larger ads if you

have had good response.

Raise money for your monthly Raise money for your monthly bills.bills.

You need money to start any business--even your own home business.

You can get by on very little cash. You can get by with little more than a computer and a

telephone line. Credit card lines of credit Relatives and friends Bank loans, SBA etc.

Start your business by Start your business by taking taking

the first step. the first step. Register your business

– City Business License– DBA

Find a place to do business at homeContact money sources for the funds you

needMake the first sales contact---Sell your product to your first client.

•Test Various Marketing Test Various Marketing Methods Methods

for Best Resultsfor Best Results •Introduce New Products or Introduce New Products or Services Services

Whenever You CanWhenever You Can

•Expand Your Business to the Expand Your Business to the Income Level You SeekIncome Level You Seek

When you expand your business When you expand your business to bring in more income, to bring in more income, follow these simple rules:follow these simple rules:

Stay in the business you know.

Use temporary help when possible.

Give good customer service. At all times.

There are 3 main advantages of a home-There are 3 main advantages of a home-based business:based business:

 A.     You can take it with you.

B.     It will provide a steady income for you and your family.

C.     You'll have time freedom to do what you want to do while the money keeps rolling in--day after day!!

 

Eleven Sure Steps to Eleven Sure Steps to Home-Based Wealth Home-Based Wealth

1.      Set income goals for your business2.      Watch every penny of spending3.      Keep a daily, weekly, or monthly

income record4.      Get good accounting advice from a

CPA5.      Have a competent attorney available for

advice.6.      Make each day as productive as

possible

Eleven Sure Steps to Eleven Sure Steps to Home-Based Wealth Home-Based Wealth

7.      Work the needed hours

8.      Add new products on a planned basis.

9.      Keep improving your relations with your customers.

10.  Keep up-to-date with the latest developments in marketing your area

of travel

11.  Market to your strengths.

You can succeed in your own You can succeed in your own home business!!! home business!!!

I see people do it every day!!I see people do it every day!!