Specialize Your Travel Agency by Helping Families With Autism to Travel

Podcast Number 413

SHOW NOTES

April is Autism Awareness Month and in this show, Nicole Thibault is going to talk about how this relates to travel and to travel professionals. Most families with autistic children believe that it is not possible to take a vacation because of the challenges inherent in traveling with their autistic children. A well-informed travel professional, a travel professional who becomes a certified autism travel professional, can change the world for these families. Nicole talks about some of the challenges and the resources available to overcome these travel challenges for families with autistic children. Now is a great time to take the certification course and become a certified autism travel professional.

LINKS TO ITEMS WE TALKED ABOUT

International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES) - This is where you can become a certified autism travel professional.

Spectrum Travel Social Stories Videos - Familiarize your autistic travelers with these videos before they book or leave.

Autism Travel - Explore destinations and resources for travel agents specializing in autism travel. Also, find travel agents certified in autism travel.

Magical Story Book Travels - Nicole Thibault's Travel Agency and you can contact her at nicole@magicalstorybooktravels.com and find her on Instagram at familytravelmaven.

Villa Key - Villa Key is a vacation rental company that specializes in renting to families with autism.

The Travel Institute - Your resource for travel agent certification including webinars by Nicole Thibault about traveling with autistic children.

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Email Lorene at sharptongued@mac.com

Music Credits: The song, "Zazzie" is by Kevin McLoed and Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The song, "Mining by Moonlight" is by Kevin McLoed and Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The Home Based Travel Agent Show is available on your television through Roku in the Blubrry Channel. You can also find us on Blubrry at Blubrry.com.The Home Based Travel Agent Show is a proud affiliate of the ASTA Small Business Network - Formerly NACTA. Thank you for listening to the Home Based Travel Agent Podcast.

The Home Based Travel Agent Show, Lorene, or Barry, receive no compensation from the guests on our show, or from the companies they represent unless we state otherwise during the show. We invite guests to our show because they offer something of value to the travel trade community. The Home Based Travel Agent Show is funded from the resources of Barry Kantz and Lorene Romero.

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Improve Yourself and Your Business During the Virus Shutdown

Podcast Number 412

SHOW NOTES

The future is bright for the travel industry even though it doesn't seem that way right now. The Coronavirus has us all staying in place but that doesn't mean that your business or personal development has to stay in place. It is time to "sharpen the saw," as Stephen Covey says in his book, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People." Now is the perfect time for learning skills that improve your business such as Facebook marketing, destination learning, picking up skills on how to better operate your business, and so much more. In addition, this is a great time to work on those important designations such as Certified Travel Associate (CTA), Certified Travel Counselor (CTC), or the Certified Travel Industry Executive (CTIE). Guida Botelho, CTIE, from The Travel Institute, joins us for our show this month to talk about many things that you can do "sharpen the saw" while we are in this forced period of downtime. Guida and The Travel Institute are here to help us get through this time by offering several free courses that will get you off to a good start on improving your business. The offer of free courses is available until April 15, 2020, so you will want to take advantage of this offer quickly. Join us by listening to the show and let the sharpening begin.

LINKS TO ITEMS WE TALKED ABOUT

Check out The Travel Institute‘s home page to learn more about educational opportunities.

CONNECT WITH US

The Home Based Travel Agent Show Facebook Page

Sharp Tongued Consulting Facebook Page

Sharped Tongued Consulting - Lorene's Travel Agent Website

Barry's Facebook Page

Lorene's Facebook Page

Email Barry at barry@hometravelagent.net

Email Lorene at sharptongued@mac.com

Music Credits: The song, "Zazzie" is by Kevin McLoed and Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The song, "Mining by Moonlight" is by Kevin McLoed and Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The Home Based Travel Agent Show is available on your television through Roku in the Blubrry Channel. You can also find us on Blubrry at Blubrry.com.The Home Based Travel Agent Show is a proud affiliate of the ASTA Small Business Network - Formerly NACTA. Thank you for listening to the Home Based Travel Agent Podcast.

The Home Based Travel Agent Show, Lorene, or Barry, receive no compensation from the guests on our show, or from the companies they represent unless we state otherwise during the show. We invite guests to our show because they offer something of value to the travel trade community. The Home Based Travel Agent Show is funded from the resources of Barry Kantz and Lorene Romero.

© 2020 All Rights Reserved