Travel agents get amazing deals and huge discounts on travel, often saving up to 75% off on airfare and vacations. A travel agent can sometimes have their entire travel trip or vacation paid for (or close to it) because it's what the industry calls a "familiarization trip" or FAM trip.
The purpose of a FAM trip is so that the travel agent can familiarize him/herself with the travel destination and experience the vacation firsthand in order to be better at selling the experience to potential customers.
Wouldn't you like to get those same perks and the benefit of saving large sums of money on your vacations? You can, all you need is a travel agent ID card.
A person with a travel agent ID card gets deep discounts on almost anything travel-related. At the time of booking, a travel agent ID card can get you
5-80% off retail on: airfare, hotels, car rentals, concert tickets, etc. Plus, sometimes freebies are thrown in such as free hotel room upgrades and a free airfare upgrades to first class.
However, the downside (unlike a year ago) is that you have to at least work part-time as a travel agent to be eligible for the ID card and be able to prove that you work part-time.
There are 3 types of travel agents, a travel agent, a home based travel agent, and a home based referral travel agent. The easiest and quickest way to get a travel agent ID card is to become a home based referral travel agent.
A home based referral travel agent works from home but does not complete the booking of travel themselves, they refer the client to the host agency where they complete the booking. The referral agent receives a commission for the referral.
Although becoming a home based referral travel agent is quick and easy, because of stricter guidelines, they don't get nearly as great travel discounts as they used to and when they do, they have to jump through a bunch of hoops to get the discounts---keep that in mind.
On the other hand, travel agents and home based travel agents, because they actually work full-time or at least part-time booking travel still get some incredible deals on travel. But in order for you to get those incredible deals on travel you have to work at least part-time as an agent but that could be as simple as booking travel for friends in family.
Moreover, there are 2 kinds of travel agent ID cards you can get---an IATA card or an IATAN card.
An IATA card is recognized worldwide and can get you some type of discount on anything travel-related. To get one you need to prove you are a travel agent with a letter of employment and you need to pay a small fee.
An IATAN card is only recognized in the U.S. but it is recognized by a small number of airlines and travel entities outside the U.S. However, the IATAN card is very desirable because it carries more weight in the U.S. and as a result bigger travel discounts.
But to be eligible to get this card you must have proof of employment with a travel agency and be able to prove that you earned more than $5,000 in commissions in the past year. For more information on IATA/IATAN cards go to iata.org.
The purpose of a FAM trip is so that the travel agent can familiarize him/herself with the travel destination and experience the vacation firsthand in order to be better at selling the experience to potential customers.
Wouldn't you like to get those same perks and the benefit of saving large sums of money on your vacations? You can, all you need is a travel agent ID card.
A person with a travel agent ID card gets deep discounts on almost anything travel-related. At the time of booking, a travel agent ID card can get you
5-80% off retail on: airfare, hotels, car rentals, concert tickets, etc. Plus, sometimes freebies are thrown in such as free hotel room upgrades and a free airfare upgrades to first class.
However, the downside (unlike a year ago) is that you have to at least work part-time as a travel agent to be eligible for the ID card and be able to prove that you work part-time.
There are 3 types of travel agents, a travel agent, a home based travel agent, and a home based referral travel agent. The easiest and quickest way to get a travel agent ID card is to become a home based referral travel agent.
A home based referral travel agent works from home but does not complete the booking of travel themselves, they refer the client to the host agency where they complete the booking. The referral agent receives a commission for the referral.
Although becoming a home based referral travel agent is quick and easy, because of stricter guidelines, they don't get nearly as great travel discounts as they used to and when they do, they have to jump through a bunch of hoops to get the discounts---keep that in mind.
On the other hand, travel agents and home based travel agents, because they actually work full-time or at least part-time booking travel still get some incredible deals on travel. But in order for you to get those incredible deals on travel you have to work at least part-time as an agent but that could be as simple as booking travel for friends in family.
Moreover, there are 2 kinds of travel agent ID cards you can get---an IATA card or an IATAN card.
An IATA card is recognized worldwide and can get you some type of discount on anything travel-related. To get one you need to prove you are a travel agent with a letter of employment and you need to pay a small fee.
An IATAN card is only recognized in the U.S. but it is recognized by a small number of airlines and travel entities outside the U.S. However, the IATAN card is very desirable because it carries more weight in the U.S. and as a result bigger travel discounts.
But to be eligible to get this card you must have proof of employment with a travel agency and be able to prove that you earned more than $5,000 in commissions in the past year. For more information on IATA/IATAN cards go to iata.org.
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