Sunday, June 29, 2008

162 - The Experience You Gain in a Fam Trip Will Boost Your Sales

Podcast Number One-hundred-sixty-two

Familiarization (Fam) trips are a great way to learn about your travel product. You gain direct experience on a Fam trip which helps you represent your product with enthusiasm and knowledge to your client. Lorene talks about her Fam trip with Holland America Line conducted at port in San Diego. Lorene shares her experience and offers some tips on how to bring more home from your next Fam trip.

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On Silver WingsUS Air Force Band of Liberty
"On Silver Wings" (mp3)
from "On Silver Wings"
(Altissimo!)

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Sunday, June 22, 2008

161 - Destination Seattle, TSA Blogging and American Airlines Has You Bagged

Podcast Number One-hundred-sixty-one

Lorene and Barry, in the co-hosted segment of the show, focus on Seattle as a destination for clients. One of the great tour possibilities is a tour of choclolate factories. There are many tour opportunities and companies you can use to arrange great tours for your clients. Barry rants about the $15.00 fee American Airlines is charging for checked luggage. Barry also talks about the Transportation and Security Administration blog where you can find a lot of useful information to help your clients navigate airports.

Links to websites discussed on the show:

Pasta Freska on Westlake

Taste Pike Place Market

Simply Seattle Chocolate Box

Savor Seattle Tour

Seattle South Side Visitor Services

Culinary Travels

Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau:

The Transportation Security Agency Blog

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This podcast is sponsored by GoToMeeting

Check out Lorenes travel agent website at 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



One Dance AloneWayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet
"A Walk in the Rain" (mp3)
from "One Dance Alone"
(Songlines Recordings)

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

160 - How to Manage User Names and Passwords for All Travel Supplier Web Sites

Podcast Number One-hundred-sixty

Home based travel agents can become overwhelmed with user names and passwords to log into all of the travel supplier websites. Barry and Lorene offer solutions to help you organize and instanty find the user name and password at the time you need it. Also, learn about another great travel podcast and a website that will remind your clients to pack their toothbrush.

Links:

Roboform

Data Guardian

One Password

The Travel Minute with Peter Greenberg


Don't Forget Your Toothbrush



Check out the new AGENT2AGENT forum at http://agent2agent.lefora.com/forum/



This podcast is sponsored by GoToMeeting

Check out Lorenes travel agent website at 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



Forget NotThe Stephen Anderson Trio
"Moments of the Sublime" (mp3)
from "Forget Not"
(Summit Records)

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Sunday, June 08, 2008

159 - Twitter, A Way To Stay In Touch With Clients, Family & Friends

Podcast Number One-hundred-fifty-nine

In the co-hosted segment Lorene and Barry talk about a new way to communicate with clients, family and friends. Your first look at a tool called Twitter may give you pause to wonder why anyone would be interested in such a thing. However, if you sign up you will soon discover a great way to stay in touch with people.

We also discuss the Virtual Expo you can attend on line. The Virtual Expo was developed by Performance Media, the same folks who produce the Agent@Home Magazine. You can now attend an expo and never leave your office.

Barry talks about an article in Forbes Magazine which rates 100 airports for delays. The article is, "America's Most Time-Draining Airports." Check out the chart included in this article for your favorite airport. In addition, use this chart to get your client's connections at the best airports and avoid connections at the worst airports.

Other links:

Twhirl, a great Twitter client that will help you Twitter!

Lorene's Twitter page - http://www.twitter.com/lorener

Barry's Twitter page - http://www.twitter.com/kantzb

Check out the new AGENT2AGENT forum at http://agent2agent.lefora.com/forum/



This podcast is sponsored by GoToMeeting

Check out Lorenes travel agent website at www.sharptonguedconsulting.com.

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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



Music from the Film "New York in the Fifties"Steve Allee
"Art's Groove" (mp3)
from "Music from the Film "New York in the Fifties""
(Owl Studios)

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