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Start Your Own Specialty Travel & Tour Business (Start Your Own Specialty Travel & Tour Business)

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Not a bad book, but covers this glamorous and supposedly fun business in a boring tone. I recommend this book for some overall guidance, but highly recommend a companion book to fill in the gaps.

Not for the entrepreneur or small business owner. What this book tries to do is make it seem possible to start up a tour business without much capital. It glosses over crucial parts in starting a business, especially financing. Misleading and not up to par with what you would expect from a Small Business magazine.

This book is a very good place to begin researching this field. The author(s)don't cover it "all", however, its an excellent overview of the independent travel agent option as well as the independent tour operator choice. Once you've completed this informative book you should know if you are suited for these types of travel career, which route is the better personal fit and would meet your work needs, and what aspects of travel agent/tour operator you want to research in greater detail. Unlike the comments of at least one previous reviewer, I can assure you that it doesn't take "millions" to start either type of business. Start-up costs can be quite modest for someone who is willing to start small and grow. I know of a couple in my state who started a small adventure tour company marketed to families and after only 3 years are able to support their own family on the income. I was pleased with what I learned from this book and confident in my recommendation.

Once I received my copy of Start Your Own Specialty Travel and Tour Business, I immediately began reading it. I only put the book down to do my chores and sleep. I read the book from cover to cover. I was able to open my tour business just from the guidance I received from what I had read. I feel confident my business will be a success.

I think this is a helpful book for someone who already has some experience in the field of travel. I wouldn't recommend it to someone who thinks they want to go into travel because it's a glamourous and exciting career - travel is a business like any other. But, this book is good as a general outline of what needs to be done.