Design and Launch an Online Travel Business in a Week (Entrepreneur Magazine's Click Starts) [Paperback]

Charlene Davis (Author)

Book Description

Series: Entrepreneur Magazine's Click Starts | Publication Date: June 2, 2009

WWW.(Your Online Travel Business).COM
Love travel? Do you enjoy discovering new adventures, finding the best deals, and making plans? Would you like to work with people around the world from the comfort of home?

In the trillion-dollar, worldwide travel and tourism industry, it's easier than ever to tap into your enthusiasm for travel and turn it into your next paycheck. In just one week, discover how to establish your business, create an attractive and functional website, master online marketing tools, partner with qualified providers, and more!

• Design an attractive, multi-functional website using inexpensive, turnkey solutions that require no programming knowledge
• Tap into the newest travel trends, and choose your specialty and services
• Set policies and procedures that satisfy your and your clients' needs
• Use easy, automated solutions that work 24/7 to handle requests and payments
• Drive traffic using search engine optimization, social marketing, and other online marketing techniques
• Boost profits by expanding your offerings

Say Aloha, Bonjour, Hola…to your new business!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Charlene Davis is an accomplished writer specializing in business, retail, e-commerce, and food. In addition to numerous articles and ghostwritten publications, she is the author of Start Your Own Photography Business, Start Your Own Clothing Store, and How to Sell Clothing, Shoes, & Accessories on eBay, as well as two additional books co-authored with Jacquelyn Lynn, Make BIG Profits on eBay and Start Your Own Senior Services Business.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Entrepreneur Press; 1 edition (June 2, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159918267X
• ISBN-13: 978-1599182674
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #381,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Charlene Davis is an internationally published writer specializing in business, e-commerce, spirituality, parenting, and food. Publications include:

- Start Your Own Clothing Store (3rd Edition/2010; 2nd Edition/2007)
- Start Your Own Senior Services Business (2nd Edition, 2010)
- Design and Launch an Online Travel Business in One Week (2009)
- Start Your Own Photography Business (2007)
- How to Sell Clothing, Shoes, & Accessories on eBay (2006)
- Make BIG Profits on eBay (co-authored with Jacquelyn Lynn, 2005)
- Start Your Own Senior Services Business (1st Edition 2005, co-authored with Jacquelyn Lynn);
(Note: all published by Entrepreneur Press)

In addition, she has written numerous articles, columns, newsletters, and web content on a variety of topics such as green living, marketing strategies, artisans, travel, career development, and online auctions. Some of these feature articles have been published in Entrepreneur, Gift Shop, and Her Magazine, and at Entrepreneur.com, WashingtonPost.com, MSNBC.com, and ArtisanBusinesses.org. Please visit her website (www.thewriteessentials.com) for more information and to see her portfolio.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Almost nothing about Travel..., January 5, 2011

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This review is from: Design and Launch an Online Travel Business in a Week (Entrepreneur Magazine's Click Starts) (Paperback)

I purchased this book hoping that it could provide some insight into the laws surrounding a travel-based business or provide some really helpful insights into building the business, but really this book is less about the travel aspect, and more about the nuts and bolts of building any business and really has little focus on the travel industry in particular.

Even as a setting up your business book, it provides brief overview of what you need to do, but doesn't really dive deep into any particular topic. One topic that I found especially bizarre within the book was about creating your travel website as an e-commerce website and how you could start that business via E-bay -- there's a good part of a chapter dedicated to that, but when I look at the variety of travel websites out there and talk to people in the industry, very few associate travel with an e-commerce website.

Furthermore, the choice of highlighted providers are odd and I've barely heard of some of them and surprised that some of the big players are not even mentioned.

I wouldn't waste your money on this one...