How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency [Paperback]

Tom Ogg (Author), Joanie Ogg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 25, 1997

How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency has just been entirely updated. The effects of September 11th, 2001 and the resulting aftermath has had a dramatic effect on the travel industry and further enabled home-based travel entrepreneurs. The January 1st, 2003 printing of How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency is the most up-to-date information available about operating a travel business in this exciting industry. Issues such as the elimination of airline commissions, the implementation of service fees, the fabulous growth of the cruise industry and all of the changes that have evolved are discussed and analyzed. This edition of How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency is a must have if you are considering entering the travel industry or are an agent going home-based from a storefront.

Product Details

• Paperback: 318 pages
• Publisher: Tom Ogg & Associates; 2 edition (January 25, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888290005
• ISBN-13: 978-1888290004
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but..., July 31, 2004

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This review is from: How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency (Paperback)

The book is really good, but it's a little outdated. I thought I was getting the most recent edition (the one issued in 1997) as this was shown as the most recent version by amazon, but there was one issued in 2003, so be sure to get that one, as without that you don't get access to the authors web site.

52 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK, USE AS A REFERNCE GUIDE, August 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency (Paperback)

TAKES YOU STEP BY STEP, HOW TO BEGIN, HOW TO SET UP FILES, WRITE A BUSINESS PLAN, MARKETING PLANS ETC. HELPS YOU TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT AND SOLIDIFY HOW YOU PLAN TO ACHIEVE IT. GIVES SOURCES TO FIND MORE INFO.

28 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency, March 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency (Paperback)

Feels like the sun comes up behind the dark mountains. All questions in my mind was cleared after reading the book and I am now ready to become an independent travel agent.