Sunday, May 14, 2006

Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) Classes, ID Cards & Part 4 of Starting Your Home Travel Business

Podcast Number Sixty-one

In listener email I answer questions about getting organized and talk about a great book called "Getting Things Done" by David Allen. David has a website at http://www.davidco.com. I would highly recommend David's book. In answering the listener's question, I describe a great tickler file system that you can use to keep track of all of your quotes, follow-ups, information about upcoming expo's or courses and just about anything else that is associated with a calendar.

This podcast has Part 4 in the series about how to start your home based travel business. I discuss some of the preparations that you need to make before you find a host agency. Developing a business plan and deciding on what area of the travel business you would like to specialize in will aid you in choosing a host agency. A great resource to utilize as you start your home based travel business is the U.S. Governments, Small Business Administration (SBA).

In the co-hosted segment, Lorene discusses a recent Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) class that she attended. Learn more about CLIA and the CLIA identification card in this segment of the podcast. Barry also mentions a website where you can find out about meetings and events that are happening in your area. The website is MeetUp.

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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

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