Good evening everyone! Hope all of you are doing well! This blog post stemmed from a comment I saw on Facebook. I was tagged, with several other tagged people, and someone mentioned about not wasting time with using a travel agent because you can book it yourself for a fraction of the price a travel agent could charge.

This could be true, depending on the vacation….but travel agents do more than book travel for you and your family. We are here to support in any way we can. Yes, there are some agents that could charge an arm and a leg…..but there are people out there that do not do a astronomical fee, but they may charge due to the amount of research and time that goes into the trip planning. But if you do not give the travel agents a chance, you may miss out on a promotion that he or she is running.

For those of you that do not know what travel agents do, here is just some of the tid bits:

1. Trained to work with multiple vendors. When we build relationships with the vendors, it helps us help our clients better. Knowing the different vendors we work with, we can effectively and efficiently pick the best vendor for the client and their trip needs. Another reason we train with different vendors is because we could help get some extra perks to make your trip more memorable.
2. Problem Solvers: One thing that differentiates a travel agent versus someone booking their own is that when something goes wrong, the agent will take that stress and do what they can in order to rectify a situation. But know that not all situations can be rectified and the agent will give you all of that information (if there is a fee, if it is past the cancellation time frame, etc) and the client can take that information and make a decision. If a client decided to not go with a travel agent, the client will have to deal with all of that stress.
3. Be on the look out. Travel Agents will always be looking for different deals in different states, or even around the world. You never know where you will want to travel if your agent is not in the know.
4. Information givers: When a client comes to an agent looking to book a trip, the agent will take into consideration all of the trip information and put the price together, when payment is due, and let the client choose what they want.

I know for my clients, I try my best to go above and beyond just planning the trip. It may be something small, but it is a token of my appreciation.

There is so much more that travel agents do, but I do not want to have too long of blogs, as well as get you, the readers of the blog, engaged.

If you wish to book travel, please go fill out a Vacation Request form on evotravelagent.com/goldenopportunities and I will get an email.

If you wish to become an agent, please email goldenopportunities@yahoo.com

Until next time…

Good evening everyone! So much has happened lately that I had to take a step back! But I am back with more passion to help people with their travel needs.

When people enter business for themselves, they normally have a “why” to the reason to make their business work. Some reasons are money, time with family, more time to do what they want to do it, when, and how they want to do it.

My “why” for this business is simple. I love to travel. I love to make the plans. When my wife and I go on vacation, she will tell me what ideas she has, as well as what the travel plans have to include and then she let’s me go to work. Another “why” for me becoming a travel agent is to break the cycle of living paycheck to paycheck. When we live this way, it is hard to save money, which in turn, makes it difficult to make memories with your family and loved ones.

Yes, I have a 9-5 job and I love everyone I work with, but what I love is to make other people see that they can have a great time on vacation, being able to unwind and not think about the day-to-day. When you do what you love, you don’t mind the work. When you are pursuing your passion, everything changes. My passion for travel is limitless.

I started traveling at 2 weeks old, flying from California to Louisiana to meet my mom’s family for the first time. I have traveled and lived in 2 different countries in my life. At 5 years old, I lived in Japan. From ages 8-10, I lived in Iceland, all thanks to my dad’s military career. I have also had a chance to go on a Missions Trip while attending Bible College in 2006 to Poland.

As I have been in this industry for a full year (between both agencies I have had the privilege to be a part of, it has been almost 2 years), I have decided that not only will I book travel for not only myself and others, I am embarking on a new journey in the travel industry…..building a team. Yes, we are all Independent Contractors, but I know I can lead my team to victories.

Is this industry hard? What industry isn’t hard? It is a lot of work building your own business from the ground up, as I am still trying to do…but as it is always said in the 2 agencies I have been a part of….”You may be in business FOR yourself, but you are most definitely NOT doing this business BY yourself!!”

Thank you for reading this longer than most post, but sometimes, I have to remember the reasons why I am doing this business.

Who will join me, whether it be by letting me book your next vacation, or becoming your own agent and taking the enormous amount of benefits and running with it?

Until next time…