Start Your Own Travel Business: Cruises, Adventure Travel, Tours, Senior Travel

by The Staff of Entrepreneur Media, Rich Mintzer

Overview

Pack Your Bags…Full of Profits!

At over a billion dollars, the travel industry is evolving, creating new trends and new opportunities for eager entrepreneurs like you. Our experts take you step-by-step as you embark on your most exciting adventure—starting a business. Discover success as an independent travel or specialty tour professional offering unique opportunities—in both geography and market niche—that even online discount travel sites can’t compete with.

From exotic getaways to adrenaline-pumping extreme tours and time-saving technology to important regulations, learn how to conduct business by land, air, or sea. Plus, access an abundance of resources including important associations, travel-specific software, mailing lists, and in-the-trenches tips from successful travel specialists and tour operators.

Covers:

• Hot travel markets including: business, leisure, adventure, honeymoons, family, men only, women only, seniors, and more
• Designing and pricing your services and packages
• Managing your finances
• Using efficient software systems and mobile technology for daily operations
• Complying with security regulations for domestic and foreign travel
• Advertising and promoting online and in print
• Growing your business

From finding your clients to delivering a trip of a lifetime and everything in between, learn what you need to know to become a high-flying success!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781599184333
Publisher:	Entrepreneur Press
Publication date:	01/10/2012
Series:	StartUp Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	7.08(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.58(d)

About the Author

Entrepreneur Media is the premier content provider for and about entrepreneurs. For more than 30 years, Entrepreneur Media has been setting the course for small business success. From startup to retirement, millions of entrepreneurs and small business owners trust the Entrepreneur Media family — Entrepreneur magazine, Entrepreneur.com, Entrepreneur Press, and our industry partners — to point them in the right direction.