Sunday, July 25, 2010

259 - A Great Hotel for Your Clients Cruising out of South Florida



Podcast Number 259

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Olvin Sanchez joins Lorene and Barry to talk about the amenities of the Hilton Garden Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Hilton Garden is conveniently close to the Fort Lauderdale International Airport and to the Port Everglades Cruise Port. This is the perfect place to send your clients for their stay before or after their cruise. Olvin will work with you to design a package that fits your clients' needs.



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Visit us on Facebook – Barry at http://www.facebook.com/barry.kantz, Lorene at http://www.facebook.com/lorenerand Gary at http://www.facebook.com/gary.ebels. Join the Home Based Travel Agent Show Facebook Group.

Keep up with us on Twitter.com Lorene’s Twitter name is lorener, Barry’s Twitter name is kantzb and Gary is gary222 on Twitter.

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

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 and Gary at wdwgary@gmail.com.



Mo Hippa LiveJon Cleary, The Absolute Monster Gentlemen
"Mo Hippa" (mp3)
from "Mo Hippa Live"
(FHQ Records)

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Sunday, July 18, 2010

258 - Travel Agent Training for the Beginner to the Professional


Training is important in any profession but perhaps essential in the travel industry. Lorene Romero, Gary Ebels and Barry Kantz discuss training opportunities ranging from the beginning travel agent to the seasoned professional. Gary's specialty is Disney therefore Gary goes in depth about Disneys training programs for travel agents. Lorene discusses training available for Anchorage, Alaska and for the Fairmont Hotels. Barry talks about Kelly Monaghan's home study course for the beginning travel agent. Hit the play button, welcome aboard and learn and enjoy.

Barry mentions a resource for travel agents to locate jobs in the travel industry. The site is Get Travel Agent Jobs.

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Keep up with us on Twitter.com Lorene’s Twitter name is lorener, Barry’s Twitter name is kantzb and Gary is gary222 on Twitter.

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

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 and Gary at wdwgary@gmail.com.

Keep On Dancin': A Tribute to the Godfather of Disco Mel Cheren (Part 1)Sounds of Inner City
"Mary Hartman, Marty Hartman" (mp3)
from "Keep On Dancin': A Tribute to the Godfather of Disco Mel Cheren (Part 1)"
(West End Records)

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Sunday, July 11, 2010

257 - Travel Agent Social Media Resources


Join the fun with Lorene Romero, Gary Ebels and Barry Kantz as they discuss social media resources for the travel agent. Barry describes Over The Top TV and how that is a resource for travel agents. Gary gives us a peek at Twitter and software such as Tweet Deck to search and organize your Twitter Account. Lorene talks about Facebook and her plans for business page.

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Keep up with us on Twitter.com Lorene’s Twitter name is lorener, Barry’s Twitter name is kantzb and Gary is gary222 on Twitter.

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

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 and Gary at wdwgary@gmail.com.

"7 Ways" (mp3)
from "Red Light Rabbit"

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Sunday, July 04, 2010

256 - Travel Technology Round Table With Gary Ebels, Lorene and Barry

Podcast Number 256



Happy Birthday United States

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Gary Ebels joins Lorene and Barry for a round table discussion about using technology in the travel business. We talk about how to share information with your clients using Evernote. We also discuss Frommer's travel tools, ITA Software's QPX search engine, PogoPlug, GoToMeeting, Yelp and more. Listen in and learn how we use this technology in the travel business.

A listener, Craig L. weighs in via email about how he uses technology in his travel business. A listener, Craig L. weighs in via email about how he uses technology in his travel business. Check out his website where he uses some of the examples he talks about in his email - http://www.travimp.com/readywhenyouare

Gary throws down a challenge to Dugan's agents and is offering up two $25 Disney Gift Certificates. If you are a Dugan's agent and sign up for the Home Based Travel Agent show notes via email, and send Barry an email that you have signed up, your name will be entered into a drawing for a $25 Disney Gift Certificate.


TRAVEL NEWS

Google buys ITA Software!

UPS offers the luggage box

Americans are in need of a vacation


Visit us on Facebook – Barry at http://www.facebook.com/barry.kantz, and Lorene at http://www.facebook.com/lorener. Join the Home Based Travel Agent Show Facebook Group.

Keep up with us on Twitter.com Lorene’s Twitter name is lorener, Barry’s Twitter name is kantzb

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

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.


Three Day PassGalaxy - US Air Force Band of the Golden West
"America the Beautiful" (mp3)
from "Three Day Pass"
(Altissimo!)

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