I love traveling! Seriously, its fun for me. On this post i want share with you about how to become travel agent. Today, i'am an domestic travel agent in Blitar, East Java Indonesia. Before i decided to choose being domestic travel agency, i do a lot things. I need to prepare everythings before people come to me.
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Looking for Local Destination
If you want to be travel agent, you need to know about local destination, such as place to visit, culinary and the other. Its important! With knowing destination you can explain to your guest about the destination. Here the list that you must know about local destination
- How to go there
- How long to go there from your base
- How much that you need to go there
- Where best culinary arround this place
- What you will do there and what the facility
Its a must! Seriously! Because without knowing that, you can being domestic travel agent.
Knowing People Arround Your Place
You need to know people arround place that you will offer to guest. With knowing that you can get many benefit, such as cheaper food, friendly people and another help. Because they know you and you know them so well. It will be mutualism symbiotic.
Arrange Itenary and Cost
Being travel agent, you need to arrange itenary and cost that people must pay to do this trip. You can survey with come to the place and calculate cost such as rent car, fuel, ticket, park, and another cost. Dont forget to add your fee to the cost. And divide to how many people that will go with your trip.
Open Private Local Trip!
After yout got it, you need to open private local trip. Its just for opening. You need to know what people want if go to your place. With private trip you can learn a lot about tourist on your location. So you can learn many things before being great local agent.
If you want to come Blitar, you can contact me! Now, i just accept private trip with 1 - 5 people on the trip. More that that, i need help from another friend. Because i just started being local agent!
I hope my article about how to become travel agent will help you start your travel business. Good luck and dont forget to tell me how your travel grow. I've leave last job on animation and going to traveling arround Indonesia before the world :D.
Image by : Michael Coghlan https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/8413161935
Image by : Michael Coghlan https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/8413161935
