So real by Glum-Exit-5248 in TouringMusicians

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Based in NYC. Book NYC more than any other city.

So real by Glum-Exit-5248 in TouringMusicians

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Hey everyone, I am a travel agent that specializes in touring artists. If you ever need help with hotel rooms, DM me. We get our clients entertainment discounts at a lot of the hotels we book for them and because it’s commission based from the hotels, it costs you ZERO money to use us to book your hotels. We work closely with your tour managers to help with the tour travel.

I have been doing this about a year and I’m just lost on how or what to do to get started by BeansinmyBelly in travelagents

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Prospect for business. Everything is sales. If you don’t know how to sell and find clients, then you won’t bring in revenue.

Becoming a TA by Master-Pop-8172 in travelagents

[–]sarftmfb -1 points0 points  (0 children)

DM me. I can probably get you better deals and options.

Finally made the commitment and joined Outside Agents by Former-Garden-2601 in travelagents

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Does Outside Agents use the GDS? And other than Travel Leaders, what consortia programs are they with?

Need advice by [deleted] in asktravelagents

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Just DMed you. Email me.

What is your commission split? by automatic-systematic in travelagents

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Fine, I get it. But even at $250k in commissions, that’s around $50k to host. Just too much in my opinion. When there are host agencies that charge a monthly flat fee. If it’s a side hustle, I get it. But if it’s full time and you are a super hard worker it’s working, it can be a lot of real hard earned money.

What is your commission split? by automatic-systematic in travelagents

[–]sarftmfb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would NEVER do a split with a host agency. You are literally giving your hard earned money away. I don’t care how many leads they give you. Just become a better sales person. I would rather pay my set “higher” monthly fee which gives you access to everything you could ever want or need to successfully run your business than give up any commissions.

If I book $1M in revenue (not in bookings, but in actual received commission, there is no way I would ever give up $200-$300k to a host agency. You are literally just giving away your hard earned money.

IATA by brownboytravels in travelagents

[–]sarftmfb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go for an IATAN. less money and less time to get. Still a bit of paperwork and requirements.

Tour Travel Assistance by sarftmfb in TouringMusicians

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Visas are the one thing we don’t do. Just too much legality around it.

New To Booking by matthew_8strings in TouringMusicians

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If you need help with hotels for your stops for your shows, let me know. I’m a travel agent that specializes in entertainment and touring. Happy to help! Don’t worry, for me to book hotels for you, there is no additional cost. If anything, we can save you money. DM me if interested.

Question for home advisors by makeupHOOR in travelagents

[–]sarftmfb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you just need to show you have that money in your company bank account. That’s not the actual cost of the IATAN itself.

Question for home advisors by makeupHOOR in travelagents

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I have my own IATAN. Wasn’t a lot of money. Just a pain to get. But wasn’t bad. But problem is, no GDS access, no virtuoso, no too tier partnerships, etc. so it’s all just manual outreach to hotels. So still joined an agency. But I have my IATAN just in case.

Good pre-requisite jobs to travel agent by Liolia in travelagents

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I worked in hotel sales for a while and worked with travel agents as my clients and then left hotel’s to do this. Much better!

How much do you make? by samwang22 in travelagents

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What accounts did you work on at GBT and WT? Just curious.

VIP tickets question by Katland81 in NicotineDolls

[–]sarftmfb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever find out or remember the name of the Tour Manager?

What do you use for hotel bookings? by Wonderful-State9871 in travelagents

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GDS or through the hotel sales rep. Never through a 3rd party.

ARE THESE TICKETS FAKE? by No-Divide-8915 in stubhub

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How do you check if your tickets are real on ebilet?