Live From Cabo San Lucas - Well, Almost Live

Podcast Number One-hundred-three

Lorene Romero and Paco Ojeda join the podcast from Cabo San Lucas. Paco is the producer of the podcast about Puerto Vallarta called the VallartaVU podcast. You can find the VallartaVU podcast at http://www.vallartaundiscovered.com/.

Lorene and Paco talk about how to discover local culture when you travel. This is something you should explore with your clients. Do your clients want to stretch themselves and experience local culture? Or, are they content with staying in their comfort zones?

Barry does a segment on travel news and talks about online travel journals available at TravelFish. Also, the advantages of becoming an NCL Cruise Specialist and a tour called, "Around the World in 60 pubs." Plus China and Iran are in a race to provide the first women only travel destinations.


Amie Street music features great independent artists. The music on this podcasts was from Amie Street by the group Zenith Patrol. You can purchase music on Amie Street for as little as $.16 per song and you can freely copy the music to all of your media devices.

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Check out Lorene's travel website at http://www.sharptonguedconsulting.com.

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Stop by my travel business site Special Destinations where you can just browse or create your own account and blog. Would you like to get more information about the travel business, about life and about business in general? Check out my personal blog at http://www.hometravelagent.net/WordPress/ 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

Learn About Lifestyle Specialty Travel for Lesbian Clients

Podcast Number One-hundred-three

Lorene and I talk with the founder of Olivia Travel. Olivia Travel offers exclusive cruises, resort vacations and tours for the lesbian client. Olivia loves working with travel agents. They will supply you with some great marketing material for you clients or potential clients plus a generous commission.

In the travel news Barry talks about an underwater restaurant in the Maldives and about the first ticket sold by a travel agent to travel into space.

Amie Street music features great independent artists. The music on this podcasts was from Amie Street by the artisit Don Cardon. You can purchase music on Amie Street for as little as $.16 per song and you can freely copy the music to all of your media devices.

This podcast is sponsored by GoToMeeting. Online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting. Try it for free for 45 days. Use Promo Code Podcast.

Cystic Fibrosis is a horrible disease that robs the future from its victims. Do your part to help fight this disease by joining podcasters from all over the world in their effort to raise money. Please visit BlubrryJam.com and add your name to the list of those that are giving their support!

Check out Lorene's travel website at http://www.sharptonguedconsulting.com.

Check out Blubrry. It's a great place to be a listener. You can comment on podcasts you listen to and you can sign up to be friends with the podcasters on the Blubrry Network. Go over to Blubrry, sign up and become my friend. I would like to get to know all of you!

Stop by my travel business site Special Destinations where you can just browse or create your own account and blog. Would you like to get more information about the travel business, about life and about business in general? Check out my personal blog at http://www.hometravelagent.net/WordPress/ 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

Sleep With The Fish at This Underwater Luxury Hotel Plus a Great Techy Tool for Your Business

Podcast Number One-hundred-two

A new luxury hotel is scheduled to open later this year. The hotel complex is currently under construction and is billed as the world's largest construction project currently undertaken. The hotel is the Crescent Hydropolis. The catch is that this luxury hotel is underwater! Listen to the show and learn more.

Are you afraid of heights. This new tourist attraction puts you on a glass floor so you can look down 4,000 feet to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. The attraction is the Grand Canyon Skywalk.

Would you like to buy the items that you find in your hotel room. Perhaps you really loved that shampoo or the hair dryer. Maybe it was the bed that caught your fancy. You can order these items from the Raddisson Hotels' online Boutique.

Snag-It is a great tool that captures what is on your computer screen. You can import the image directly into your email, word processing or PowerPoint programs. Listen to Barry's review and how he uses it in the travel business.

Lorene talks about some great travel agent education opportunities available through the Cruise and Travel Agents Only website. Nancy from Massachusetts emails Lorene with a website that will tell you all about wireless Internet connections at airports. Thank you Nancy! The website is www.travelpost.com.

This podcast is sponsored by GoToMeeting. Online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting. Try it for free for 45 days. Use Promo Code Podcast.

Cystic Fibrosis is a horrible disease that robs the future from its victims. Do your part to help fight this disease by joining podcasters from all over the world in their effort to raise money. Please visit BlubrryJam.com and add your name to the list of those that are giving their support!

Check out Lorene's travel website at http://www.sharptonguedconsulting.com.

Check out Blubrry. It's a great place to be a listener. You can comment on podcasts you listen to and you can sign up to be friends with the podcasters on the Blubrry Network. Go over to Blubrry, sign up and become my friend. I would like to get to know all of you!

Stop by my travel business site Special Destinations where you can just browse or create your own account and blog. Would you like to get more information about the travel business, about life and about business in general? Check out my personal blog at http://www.hometravelagent.net/WordPress/ 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

The Secret Thoughts of Hotel Workers plus Two Big Challenges for Travel Agents

Podcast Number One-hundred-one

Barry talks about a blog where hotel workers reveal their thoughts about their jobs and about their guests. You can voyeur in on these thoughts at http://community.livejournal.com/hotel_workers/

Lorene recently returned from a cruise. Here why she says that you should take your laptop on a cruise. This is good information that you will want to pass on to your clients.

You won't want to miss a great article in Travel Trade magazine. The article talks about the two biggest challenges facing travel agents today. Barry talks about the article and shares some of his personal experience as it relates to one of the challenges.

This podcast is sponsored by GoToMeeting. Online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting. Try it for free for 45 days. Use Promo Code Podcast.



Cystic Fibrosis is a horrible disease that robs the future from its victims. Do your part to help fight this disease by joining podcasters from all over the world in their effort to raise money. Please visit BlubrryJam.com and add your name to the list of those that are giving their support!



Check out Lorene's travel website at http://www.sharptonguedconsulting.com.



Check out Blubrry. It's a great place to be a listener. You can comment on podcasts you listen to and you can sign up to be friends with the podcasters on the Blubrry Network. Go over to Blubrry, sign up and become my friend. I would like to get to know all of you!



Stop by my travel business site Special Destinations where you can just browse or create your own account and blog. Would you like to get more information about the travel business, about life and about business in general? Check out my personal blog at http://www.hometravelagent.net/WordPress/ 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