Intimate Cruising - Is This a Specialty for You

Podcast Number Fifty-four

Warren Sukernek from Cruise West joins the show to talk about the intimate nature of their small ship cruises. Warren discusses the excellent training opportunities that Cruise West offers to travel agents. Cruise West is blogging and sharing the experiences of the naturalists that accompany their cruises. Check out these blogs for some great reading about the experiences you may have aboard a Cruise West cruise. A Cruise West podcast is planned for the future. You can also reach Cruise West by phone at 206-441-8687.

Repositioning cruises are a great bargain and a nice way to take a quiet cruise. Repositioning cruises and their value are discussed on the podcast.


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Disney Vacation Club, Lorene's Trip Report from Puerto Vallarta

Podcast Number Fifty-three

Co-host, Lorene Romero shares her Puerto Vallarta vacation experience with the listeners. She also talks about GoGo Vacations upcoming Hawaii training that takes you to Hawaii for a fantastic price and when you are done you will be a Hawaiian Travel Specialist. Check out GoGo Vacation's great training offer by clicking on this training announcement.

Mike Hamilton joins the show to talk about the Disney Vacation Club. Mike explains how the Disney Value Points work and how you can use them for the best value. Mike suggests that you check out Disboards.com if you are interested in renting Disney Value Points. Another web site that Mike says you should check out if you're interested in Disndy Value Points is Mousetalk.net. If you want to see a cool map of Disney World then check out Mike's web site at WDWMaps.net.


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A Hot Disney Product That May Not Be On Your Radar Screen

Podcast Number Fifty-two

Cruise lines turning away from new ships to focus on improving the cruising experience for their customers.

Scholar Ship and Royal Carribean Cruise Lines are teaming up to offer college at sea. The offer is a full 16 week semester at sea with on ship and shore classes for the student. Travel agents can earn a referrel bonus for each student that they refer and sign up.

Booking space travel may be in your future - and not too distant future at that. The Secretary of Transportation says that they may issue permits for space travel as early as 2008.

Listen to the podcast and find out about a Disney product that may be off your radar screen and could be a very lucrative product for your bottom line!

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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

Disney Mystery Revealed

Podcast Number Fifty-one

Scott Ahlsmith wrote an article on viral marketing for the Home Based Trade website. Scott mentions the Home Based Travel Agent podcast as an example of viral marketing. You can get to the article by clicking >>here<<.

Lorene is in Puerta Vallarta this week but we do have a co-hosted segment that we recorded before she left. Lorene mentions a great relaxing resort that she will be chilling at. The resort is CASA DEL SOL.

The Disney biometric mystery revealed in an article in Mickey News!

Disney to take visitors on a ride into the Himalayas where they will come face to face with a yeti. Disney hopes that their new Everest ride will boost business at Animal Kingdom. See the full article at the Austin American Statesman.

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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