Home Based Travel Agent Podcast

Sunday, April 19, 2020

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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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/

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Labels: Accessibility, Accommodations, Certification, disabilities, The Travel Institute, Travel Agent Training

Sunday, May 25, 2008

157 - Become Recognized as a True Travel Professional!

Podcast Number One-hundred-fifty-seven

Is credibility, competence, education and experience important to you. You can bet those qualities are important to the clients and suppliers you serve. The problem is telling the world you possess these essential qualities. The Travel Professionals Network is developing designations you earn by demonstrating such qualities. The Travel Professional Network designations will help you tell the world you are a professional travel agent. Listen to the show and learn more about the Travel Professionals Network and the process to earn these important credentials.

Other links we discussed in the show:

The Amateur Traveler Podcast

The Aetna Insurance Company - for individual health insurance

The American Community Insurance Company - for individual health insurance

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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