Start Your Own Travel Business: Cruises, Adventure Travel, Tours, Senior Travel - Paperback

by The Staff of Entrepreneur Media (Author), Rich Mintzer (Author)

Pack Your Bags...Full of Profits!

At over a billion dollars, the travel industry is evolving, creating new trends and new opportunities for eager entrepreneurs like you. Our experts take you step-by-step as you embark on your most exciting adventure-starting a business. Discover success as an independent travel or specialty tour professional offering unique opportunities--in both geography and market niche--that even online discount travel sites can't compete with.

From exotic getaways to adrenaline-pumping extreme tours and time-saving technology to important regulations, learn how to conduct business by land, air, or sea. Plus, access an abundance of resources including important associations, travel-specific software, mailing lists, and in-the-trenches tips from successful travel specialists and tour operators.

Covers:

• Hot travel markets including: business, leisure, adventure, honeymoons, family, men only, women only, seniors, and more
• Designing and pricing your services and packages
• Managing your finances
• Using efficient software systems and mobile technology for daily operations
• Complying with security regulations for domestic and foreign travel
• Advertising and promoting online and in print
• Growing your business

From finding your clients to delivering a trip of a lifetime and everything in between, learn what you need to know to become a high-flying success!

Author Biography

For more than four decades, Entrepreneur Media, Inc. has set the course for success for millions of entrepreneurs and small business owners. We'll teach you the secrets of the winners and give you exactly what you need to lay the groundwork for success.

Rich Mintzer is a journalist and author of more than 80 nonfiction books, including several on starting a business and a dozen for Entrepreneur Press. He hails from Westchester, New York, where he lives with his family.