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So, you want to start your own business and not leave your home? Read this article and you will learn how to open a travel agency and work from home on a flexible schedule, and not for your uncle, but for yourself!

Steps

1. 1 Check the legal requirements for opening a travel agency at home. Depending on where you live, you may need to go through a circle or two of bureaucratic hell.
2. 2 Write a business plan. This is a serious step, based on the business plan you will be able to attract investments that will undoubtedly be useful to you.
3. 3 Open two bank accounts. One - for business, this will be an account of an independent travel agent. Clients' money will go there, and from there they will go. The second invoice is for customers to book their trips.
4. 4 Select the type of travel agency you would like to open. Maybe you want to work for large companies on a referral system? Or will you work for yourself, selling and booking everything yourself?
5. 5 Contact various travel companies to discuss cooperation issues. Referral deductions, commissions - these words warm the soul, don't they? If you work with more than one company, then you will have more clients and, as a result, income!
6. 6 Join the organizations and societies of travel agencies. These organizations will make your firm more visible to clients. Each country has its own organizations of this kind, so join the three largest, you won't be mistaken.
7. 7 Contact a travel agency that can act as an intermediary between you and the carriers. These are all additional contacts and connections, and this is never superfluous.

Tips

• As an independent tour operator, you can choose what you do. Maybe you will be exclusively engaged in cruises? Or VIP-class travel? Or regular travel with hotel and ticket reservations?
• It will not be superfluous to take courses in doing business, so it will be easier for you to understand where to start and how to work. You can find these courses anywhere! By the way, clarify - it is possible that you can get a tax deduction for paid courses!
• You don't need work experience to open a travel agency. Licenses and certificates are also not required.