5 Ways Travel Consultants Can Prepare for The Upcoming Travel Surge

After more than a year of canceled travel plans and restrictions put in place requiring everyone to stay at home, travelers around the world are so very ready to begin traveling again!

With plenty of free time on their hands due to the pandemic, your clients have undoubtedly added many new destinations and dream trips onto their ever-growing bucket list. And when the time is right, they will come to you, their trusted travel advisor, to make those travel dreams come true.

The surge in travel demand is well on its way, but when the floodgates open, will you be prepared?

TierOne Travel truly cares about travel consultants. We have put together this handy list of tips so that when your travel business is greeted with the travel demand, you'll feel equipped and ready - instead of overwhelmed.

Whichever GDS you use, it might be a good idea to log on and review some of the basic tasks that you might have simply forgotten how to do. This can happen to even the most experienced consultants, especially if you haven't been using a GDS regularly over the last year and a half!

At TierOne, we offer our consultants dedicated global distribution system (GDS) support. Our knowledgeable support staff are available to provide assistance and guidance when it comes to either Sabre or Travelport technology and processes. Learn more about what we offer here.

Try logging onto some of your favorite suppliers' websites, your GDS, and other travel tools and websites you use to make sure you update any passwords that might have expired. That way, when clients approach you with questions, you won't have to stop your research to deal with login and password issues. You'll be ready to give them your full attention.

Also, if any of your most-used suppliers or travel companies have come out with new features in the past year and a half, become familiar with these before you're faced with the travel surge, so you can respond to your clients confidently and efficiently.

Why spend your time booking something you have no interest in, or that you don't profit from? Decide to begin focusing on pushing out information and deals on the types of travel you want to be selling to new and existing clients.

From Instagram and Facebook to LinkedIn, and your email lists, there are so many different places to communicate and share promotions with your clients.

TierOne Travel engages a dedicated Marketing Department to guide you through the maze of marketing options, with amazing marketing support and tools to help you attract more leads and delight your current clients.

From delivering interesting and current social media content to providing you with a personalized consultant website, and offering one-on-one training to better your social media skills, we provide it all, and more.

If you're interested in ramping up your marketing efforts and are interested in working with a host agency that can provide you with the support you need to be more successful than ever before, we're a perfect fit for you! Learn more here.

Many companies are encouraging customers to think about booking early using their future travel credits. Now is a fantastic time to begin contacting your clients who have received travel credits because of canceled trips in the past, and encourage them to book that next trip.

It might be a good idea to begin focusing on booking 2022 and 2023 trips for your clients. With the demand for travel surging, there are less airplane seats, less hotel rooms, and less cruise rooms available than ever before.

Encourage your clients to think about the trips they hope to take over the next couple of years. Let them know that they need to be booking early, as the way we do travel has now changed. Demand will be high, and inventory might run out quickly, and you don't want them to be disappointed if they wait too long.

Now is also a great time to be proactive and reach out to clients just to let them know you are still in business and are ready to book when they are!

By joining our TierOne Travel team, you will instantly benefit from more than 25 years of travel business experience, quality supplier relationships, top-tier commission, and everything else you need to quickly boost your bottom line.

You will become part of the TierOne family, which is made up of highly professional, talented, enthusiastic, compassionate people who love to travel and love to help others experience the joy of travel for themselves.

If you are an experienced travel specialist seeking new opportunities, you've come to the right place. Joining TierOne Travel will move you to another tier of freedom and fun, receiving all the support you need with the care and attention you deserve.

We understand changing host agencies or becoming an independent travel consultant can be a scary proposition. Rest assured we are here to help every step of the way. So when the time is here and you begin to see a surge in demand from your clients, you'll be perfectly set up and ready to book, with a host agency that cares waiting to help you be more successful than ever!