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Posted By: Vickie W. In Response To: Re: Travel Agency MLM? Anybody heard of? (Jimbo)
Tuesday, 31 May 2005, at 6:20 p.m.
> The names change, but the "ops" stay the same. If you check out
> the "travel" site, you'll discover that in order to look like a
> "travel agency", they give you a site that's basically linked to
> Expedia and the other online travel providers. So you can book your travel
> by going to someone's website, wandering through their pages, and going to
> Expedia from them (possibly with a commission, though I doubt it) -- OR
> you can just go to Expedia/Yahoo Travel/the airlines directly.
> Basically, what the "setup" involves is "setting you up as
> your own travel agent." You don't actually make money from the travel
> tickets (because you're not a licensed agent.) You make money from selling
> the opportunity to others. Typically these things will make you give your
> first 2 sales (usually made to friends or family) to the
> "trainer" (upline) with a promise that you get everything else.
> I travel quite a bit, too. I use a local travel agent where you just call
> up and say "I need to go to Houston for 3 days" and give them
> the date and they set you up with everything for a fee of $10-$20. These
> "online agencies" only exist to sell the opportunity; you have
> to search and book for yourself.
> No time saved; no money saved.
I have a Cyberwize travel site and I earn commissions on each booking. Of course money is made when you sell the travel package to someone, but having the travel package is really a good deal. Also, as a rep, you ARE a licensed travel agent. I have the card to prove it and regularly use the card to get discounted rates at hotels and on rental cars, etc. and have access to specially priced packages for travel agents. If you travel a lot, you can make your money back almost immediately in money saved on things like that. Also, if you do not want to book something yourself online, you can call or fax in the booking request to the main brick and mortar office (Gulliver's Travels in Sarasota,Florida). You do NOT have to search and book for yourself. And you still get a commission.
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