The Travel Agent Next Door

About The Travel Agent Next Door

The Travel Agent Next Door was created to fully support the retail travel industry, specializing in the home based travel agent, supporting medium to small size agencies, and agencies that would like to start their own home based business. Its program offers member agents and agencies benefits and opportunities that are unmatched by any other group in Canada. The latest program offered is the New Agent Program which offers comprehensive training for people wanting to start a career as a travel agent.
Through an affiliation with TRAVELSAVERS and the Affluent Traveler Collection, The Travel Agent Next Door has access to a broad range of programs, in addition to its own unique features. The company has a head office in downtown Toronto and a branch office in Vancouver, with BCCP, ACTA, TICO, CLIA and IATA designations.

Benefits

The Travel Agent Next Door has many unique benefits you won’t find anywhere else. Starting with — you will get paid twice a month, just like a regular job! Yes that’s right! You will never feel like you are on your own, you are part of a community of travel agents who you can reach out to at any time. Meet other agents on social platforms. Access our help desk about absolutely any question you may have. You will enjoy regular marketing tools sent to your customers on your behalf. Being top of mind with your customers is important in travel.

You will learn the business from professionals who have been in the industry a long time, using professional textbooks and training materials that you can refer to over and over again. You will have access to the training program of the Global Institute for Travel Entrepreneurs (GIFTE) where you will learn such skills as how to make money selling travel.

Worried about customers? The Travel Agent Next Door guarantees the number of sales leads you will receive based on the learning program you sign up for. You will have your very own, customized website with six booking engines branded with your name. And, our agents have access to health benefits, and the benefit of a focused supplier strategy. Best of all? We offer the ability to retain a far greater share of commissions – up to 100%. That is more than any other host agencies offer.

Please find some of the key points to consider as you make this very important decision:
Lead Generation:
We guarantee the number of leads you will get. And we have a great referral program that compensates your friends or contacts that refer new customers to you.

Marketing:
All our marketing is included in your fees. And we do the marketing for you so that you can concentrate on selling travel. Our marketing uses multiple channels such as direct mail, e-marketing, e-newsletters and social media platforms. We know how important it is for you to keep in regular contact with your customers.

Health Benefits:
We offer you the ability to have health and dental coverage for you and your family.

Your own Personal Website:
We create your very own, bookable website and this is included in your fees! We have six booking engines that include Hotel, Car, Cruise, Packages, Insurance and Excursions. And we keep your site content updated for you!

Training:
Our training is delivered live via webinar as well as in a classroom setting. We supply you with textbooks and workbooks from an accredited training institute. We have elected not to use GDS systems such as Sabre or Apollo as these are complex to learn and would take up most of your training time. You won’t need them to do your job and we don’t want to slow you down.

Our Contract:
Our contract is renewable annually and we will always notify you in plenty of time before your renewal is coming up. And we don’t put any restrictions on you if you choose to leave our network.We don’t charge you extra fees for marketing, for your website, or for your telephone system.
Our ongoing support
We have a support team dedicated exclusively to supporting our new agents.