What's on the Shelf of Travel Products? Learn About a Wide Range of Travel Products

Podcast Number Forty-seven

Scott Ahlsmith makes an appearance on the Homebased Based Travel Agent podcast with a training segment about selling cruises. Scott summarizes Joanie Ogg's article on how to sell cruises.

Lorene and I discuss a whole list of travel products that you might want to sell or make a specialty. The list is:

Cruises
*Specialty Cruises e.g., Discoverweal
*Around the World Cruises
*Panama Canal Cruises
*Alaska Cruises
*Mediteranean Cruises
*Baltic Sea Cruises
*Antarctic Cruises
Golf Vacations
Ski Vacations
Religious Pilgrimages and Tours
Adventure Vacations
Houseboat Vacations
Lifestyle Travel
*Gay and Lesbian
Disney
*Disney Wold
*Disney Land
*Disney Resorts
*Disney Cruises
Nascar Vacations
Super Bowl and/or College Bowl Games
New York Vacations
Las Vegas
Medical Tourism
Educational Vacations
History
*Archelogical Digs
*Lighthouse Keepers
Group Travel
*Cruises
*Girlfriend Travel
*Guy Travel
Family Reunions
Wine Country Tours
*California
*Michigan
*New York
European Specialties
Asian Specialties
Australian Specialties
South Pacific Islands

Thank you for listening to the Home Based Travel Agent Podcast. You can email me at barry@hometravelagent.net or email Lorene at sharptongued@mac.com.

Travel Agent Discounts for a Disney Vacation

Podcast Number Forty-six

Lorene is at the Mac World Conference and she joins the podcast for a short sound seeing tour from the streets of San Francisco. Lorene talks about what a great place San Francisco is for the traveler. Lorene also met up with Chris Christensen who does the Amateur Traveler Podcast. Loreen also recommends the San Francisco Convention and Visitor's Center to obtain information for your clients.

I discuss my experience with the Disney Travel Agent website and my attempts to book a Disney Vacation for myself and receive the Disney Travel Agent Discount. By the way, the Disney Travel Agent website does not work in Firefox. You must use Internet Explorer to access this site.

I reveal some of the content in the Disney College of Knowledge workbook. You will have a sneak peek at the content if you are thinking about taking the course.

Thank you for listening to the Home Based Travel Agent Podcast. You can email me at barry@hometravelagent.net or email Lorene at sharptongued@mac.com.

Marketing Ideas, Strategies and Discussion for a New Year

Podcast Number Forty-five

Lorene Romero and I discuss marketing strategies and ideas for the new year. We talk about looking at market segments, brochures, business cards and educating yourself to develop specialties. Below are some of the links we talked about.

Hertz Exactly Rewards Program
Norwegian Cruise Lines Travel Agent Marketing Tools
Mailpound
Cruise Agent Magazine
Agent at Home Magazine



Thank you for listening to the Home Based Travel Agent Podcast. You can email me at barry@hometravelagent.net or email Lorene at sharptongued@mac.com.