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Our Home-Based Independent Travel Agent Program Includes:
- START-UP MANUAL. A comprehensive online manual on our Agent Only portal containing what you should know about getting your home-based business off the ground, sales, marketing and websites, making reservations, training and resource tools, commonly used travel agent forms and much more. It also contains a complete section dedicated to GROUP TRAVEL, CRUISE and HOTEL TRAINING. The online manual also includes your personal registrations with nearly 100 suppliers and booking engines.
- Access to our professional affiliations with IATAN, CLIA, ASTA, NACTA, TPOC, STARS, PATH, The NEST and The TRAVEL INSTITUTE.
- Our Consortium, THE NEST gives access to marketing programs exclusively for your clients.
- On-line booking engines that are Agent friendly including VAX, Amadeus Cruise, FareBuzz, Consolidator Shopper, and many others. No need to pay for and learn about cumbersome GDS systems.
- Local office support - our only business is supporting you. We have a huge selection of agent friendly booking engines and portals offering the highest commissions. Also includes continuous e-mail forwarding support of educational and industry information material.
- Seamless technology from maintaining your client data base, to research and booking, invoicing, commission tracking and marketing to your data base, all working together.
- Your own business with flexible hours. Your client data base always belongs to you.
- Access to seminars and trade shows including seminars at sea.
- Acceptance of major credit cards thru our Host Agency program.
- Commissions are paid by check on the 15th and 31st of each month. You can also track your commissions via our exclusive "MY BOOKINGS' section in the Agent Only portal. We have also established an escrow account where we deposit 80% of the commissions we receive from our suppliers. We then transfer sufficient balances to our operating account and pay out these commissions to our affiliates. This further insures that our affiliates commissions will be paid in a timely manner. We have never missed a payment in the six years as a Host Agency.
- IATAN and CLIA photo ID cards, when qualified.
- Fam trip and seminar at sea opportunities.
- Your own branded professional website with booking engines for $100 per year with updated supplier content provided by OnLine Agency. (Waived when you earn $5000 in commissions each year)
- E&O insurance is available for $125 per year (Waived when you earn $5000 in commissions each year)
- We use the most current technology from maintaining your client database intergrating with supplier booking engine and marketing to your clients, seamlessly
- Coral Sands Travel is a support only Host Agency as it has no inside sales people for you to compete with.
- Access to our optional Travel Training Courses. Click on TRAVEL TRAINING LINKS on our home page.
- Access to resource books, training and destination videos.
- Coral Sand Travel's exclusive travel agent site l contains everything you need to operate your travel business in one location from booking engines, training, operating manuals, forms, important travel links and lots more..
- Optional: A full featured client database system with e-marketing capabilities is available at a reduced monthly rate
WE HAVE 2 PROGRAMS FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE
- OUR STANDARD PROGRAM (80/20 commission split)
This program would be appropriate for the new or inexperienced agent with a limited client base and low sales volumn.
One-time sign up, includes your spouse and or partner ..........................................$295.00
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Annual renewal membership participation fee due on each anniversary.............$150.00 (Waived when you earn $5000 in commissions each year.)
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No Monthly Fees
No Productivity Requirements
No Hidden Fees or Gimmicks
No GDS Required
100% Support
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OUR PREMIUM PROGRAM (90/10 commission split)
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This program would be suitable for the experienced travel agent already producing a minimum of $500,000 in commissionable sales.
One -time sign up fee.........................Zero
Annual Renewal fee ...........................Zero
No Monthly or Hidden Fees
No GDS Required
100% Support
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