After almost two years of canceled travel plans, travelers can't wait to begin traveling again! When the time is right, we know that they will come to you, their trusted travel consultant, to help make all their travel dreams come true!
However, we're only at our best professionally when we are also at our best personally. It is more important now than ever before to make sure you're following YOUR dreams when it comes to your entrepreneurship goals and the future of your business. And it's ever so important to make sure that you're working with a host agency that cares about your personal growth, fulfillment, and well-being, and prioritizes those things above anything else.
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 already endless bucket lists. The surge in travel demand is on its way, and when the floodgates open, will you be prepared? A great host agency will make sure their travel professionals are more than ready for whatever comes their way!
TierOne Travel genuinely cares about travel consultants. They've put together this handy list of tips and tricks for travel consultants so that when your travel business is greeted with the travel demand, you'll feel equipped and ready to take on the world!
Start Marketing the Types of Trips that YOU Want to Sell
Do you love safari travel? Romantic destination weddings and honeymoons? Exciting adventure travel?
Selling the destinations and types of travel styles that you are truly passionate about will make you the happiest, so why not focus on what resonates with you most? Whatever you love, it's time to start directing your marketing efforts there!
Decide to focus on sharing information and promotions surrounding the types of travel you want to be selling to new and existing clients. Social media is a great way to grow your business! From Instagram and Facebook to LinkedIn, plus your email lists, there are many ways to communicate and share promotions and inspirational content with your clients. You can even get creative and share information and photos of your favorite destinations to give your current and future clients inspiration of where they might want to go next!
It's incredibly important to make sure that you are with a host agency that puts your happiness first. Because once you start focusing on your own happiness in your career, your success is sure to follow!
TierOne Travel has a dedicated Marketing Department that will guide you through the plethora of marketing options, with amazing marketing support and tools to help you attract more leads and delight your current clients.
They also make marketing incredibly easy for you, by curating weekly interesting and current social media content that you can share with your clients at the click of a button. They also can create a personalized travel consultant website for you and offer one-on-one marketing training so that you can feel confident in your social media skills.
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, TierOne Travel might be a perfect Host Agency fit for you! Learn more here.
After almost two years of canceled travel plans, travelers can't wait to begin traveling again! (Motortion / iStock / Getty Images Plus)Encourage Your Clients to Book Early
It's a great idea to begin focusing on booking late 2022 and 2023 trips for your clients. With the demand for travel surging, there are fewer airplane seats, fewer hotel rooms, and fewer cruise staterooms 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 excited to book their dream trip for them when they are ready!
Remember to Reach Out to Your Clients who have Future Travel Credits
Many companies are encouraging customers to think about booking early using their future travel credits. Now is the perfect time to begin contacting your clients who received travel credits because of canceled trips in the past and encourage them to book that next trip! You can even share with them a few ideas of the types of trips you think they might like to take this year to get the travel juices flowing!
Make Sure Your Important Passwords Haven't Expired
Be sure to log onto 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 over a period of inactivity. That way, when clients approach you with questions, your research and conversations won't be interrupted to deal with pesky login and password issues. You'll be ready to give them your full attention!
Also, if any of your favorite suppliers or travel companies have come out with new features recently, make sure to become familiar with these before you're faced with the surge in travel, so you can confidently and efficiently respond to your clients.
Brush Up on Your Knowledge of Booking Platforms
Whichever GDS you use, it's a good idea to log on and review the basic tasks that you might have easily forgotten how to do, especially over a period of unexpected inactivity due to COVID-19. This can happen to even the most experienced consultants, especially if you haven't been using a GDS regularly over the last couple of years.
TierOne Travel offers their travel consultants dedicated global distribution system (GDS) support. Their knowledgeable support staff are available to provide assistance and guidance when it comes to either Sabre or Travelport technology and processes, ensuring you never feel left in the dark with your GDS platform. Learn more about what they offer here.
Join an Amazing Host Agency that Cares About You
TierOne Travel would love to have you on their 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.
Become part of the TierOne family, where you will get to work with highly professional, talented, enthusiastic, and genuinely compassionate people who love to travel (just as much as you do) 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.
TierOne understands that changing host agencies or becoming an independent travel consultant can be a scary proposition. Rest assured, the TierOne Travel family is here to help you every step of the way. When you begin to see an increase in demand from your clients, you'll feel adequately prepared, confident in your skills, and ready to book, knowing you have the support of a host agency that wants to help you be more successful than ever!
