Become a Home Based Travel Agent

Becoming a travel agent has never been easier

Since 1974, International Travel Insitute ( ITI ) has provided travel industry training for individuals just like you, who are seeking to become a travel agent, or interested in opening your own travel agency from home or retail location. ITI provides interested individuals with all of the training and tools necessary to succeed as a travel agent.

One of the most important ingredients to success as a home based travel agent, is having a dependable host agency, who is willing to take the time to help you succeed. Below is a brief overview of how your Host Agency - Independent Contractor relationship works.

Your Host Agency - Independent Contractor Relationship is Vital to Your Success

The concept of the Host Travel Agency — Independent Contractor (IC) working relationship is very similar to the business model of a real estate agent working with a real estate broker. The real estate broker, as well as the travel host, is looking to their agent to sell a product or service and share in the sales commission earned.

You will be selling to your clients under your own d/b/a - travel business trade name. You own your own business!

In this travel business relationship, the host agency provides you with an easier entry into the travel business by sharing the benefits of the host’s travel industry conference appointments, which require bonding, years of industry work experience, testing and continuing education.

The host agency provides initial travel business training and access to continuing training programs, office & technical support, backup, industry travel vendor contacts etc., to enable you to spend more productive time in developing sales and earning the majority of commission (70%) for your efforts. The host agency also provides the invoicing, ticketing, booking knowledge, support and earns the minority (30%) of the commission derived from your sales efforts.

International Tours of Houston ( ITH ) Specializes in working with New Travel Agents

When conducting your research into starting a travel business from home or office, please consider the advantages of working with a HOST agency that specializes in working with new entrepreneurs. As you can easily surmise, new travel entrepreneurs ask a lot of questions requiring a considerable amount of the host agency’s time to explain in detail the travel planning and reservation process.

Many host agencies are NOT interested in working with new entrepreneurs and only want to sign-up those experienced agents with an established clientele.

However, our experienced and trained staff will provide you with the understanding and patience that you deserve, helping you to take things one step at a time toward your business success.

International Travel Institute (ITI) (the training division of IT Travel Group) began operations in 1974 offering travel training including job placement to our graduates. In June of 1989, personal computer and software technology became both affordable and available to enable ITI to begin it’s Home Based Travel Program for the graduates who wanted to open their own agency under the umbrella of International Tours of Houston (ITH).

Nineteen years later, The Home Based Travel Program has continued to grow while adjusting to the technological changes of the industry. Become a part of the IT Travel Group family today.

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Ron Sanders CTC CTIE
President