How to become a travel agent?

I want to become a travel agent to work in Florida. How does one become
certified? Is there a license required as well? Any help as where to start
would be greatly appreciated.

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Hal
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On 1/5/2007 8:37 AM Hal Cohen wrote:
I want to become a travel agent to work in Florida. How does one become
certified? Is there a license required as well? Any help as where to start
would be greatly appreciated.


Your best information will come from travel agents working in agencies
large and small mom & pop. Call some local agencies. Be up front about
what information you'd like. Some may be too busy, but if you are
persistent you'll get some really useful information. If you really
want to make a living at this, consider living someplace that people
want to get away from rather then a vacation spot like Florida where
people want to go to. Minneapolis St. Paul, MN and Fargo, ND are two
locations that come to mind where you can sell a lot of cruises and
travel packages to "someplace warm".

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Brian K wrote:
On 1/5/2007 8:37 AM Hal Cohen wrote:
I want to become a travel agent to work in Florida. How does one become
certified? Is there a license required as well? Any help as where to start
would be greatly appreciated.


Your best information will come from travel agents working in agencies
large and small mom & pop. Call some local agencies. Be up front about
what information you'd like. Some may be too busy, but if you are
persistent you'll get some really useful information. If you really
want to make a living at this, consider living someplace that people
want to get away from rather then a vacation spot like Florida where
people want to go to. Minneapolis St. Paul, MN and Fargo, ND are two
locations that come to mind where you can sell a lot of cruises and
travel packages to "someplace warm".

On the other hand, agents in Hawaii do bang up business booking tours
to Las Vegas.


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Brian M. Kochera
"Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!"
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View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951

Brian K wrote:
On 1/5/2007 8:37 AM Hal Cohen wrote:
I want to become a travel agent to work in Florida. How does one become
certified? Is there a license required as well? Any help as where to start
would be greatly appreciated.


Your best information will come from travel agents working in agencies
large and small mom & pop. Call some local agencies. Be up front about
what information you'd like. Some may be too busy, but if you are
persistent you'll get some really useful information. If you really
want to make a living at this, consider living someplace that people
want to get away from rather then a vacation spot like Florida where
people want to go to. Minneapolis St. Paul, MN and Fargo, ND are two
locations that come to mind where you can sell a lot of cruises and
travel packages to "someplace warm".

All sound advice. I would add that such a thing is for a certain
kind of TA. Some TA's I know moved into a more "wholesale"
area of creating and selling packages in areas where they had
some expertice (and access to be able to negotiate prices). If
you do live in an area that attracts tourists, you could establish
yourself as a seller of tour packages in your area. Strictly speaking
one doesn't have to be a TA to do such a thing, but it would make
life easier in some ways.

Why not call up Flight Center. They will train you


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Brian K wrote:
On 1/5/2007 8:37 AM Hal Cohen wrote:
I want to become a travel agent to work in Florida. How does one become
certified? Is there a license required as well? Any help as where to
start
would be greatly appreciated.


Your best information will come from travel agents working in agencies
large and small mom & pop. Call some local agencies. Be up front about
what information you'd like. Some may be too busy, but if you are
persistent you'll get some really useful information. If you really
want to make a living at this, consider living someplace that people
want to get away from rather then a vacation spot like Florida where
people want to go to. Minneapolis St. Paul, MN and Fargo, ND are two
locations that come to mind where you can sell a lot of cruises and
travel packages to "someplace warm".

All sound advice. I would add that such a thing is for a certain
kind of TA. Some TA's I know moved into a more "wholesale"
area of creating and selling packages in areas where they had
some expertice (and access to be able to negotiate prices). If
you do live in an area that attracts tourists, you could establish
yourself as a seller of tour packages in your area. Strictly speaking
one doesn't have to be a TA to do such a thing, but it would make
life easier in some ways.