Build Your Own Travel Business At Home

Do you like to travel? Would you like to travel more?Â-Many travel industry businesses offer
Would you travel more if you could find some realfamiliarization trips, FAM trips for short, to professional
bargains, say 50% or more off the regular retail price,travel agents and agencies so that they can then "sell"
not just the 10% AARP or 10% business discountthese services to their clients. These FAM trips may
often available at motels?offer huge discounts or free accommodations and
If you do like to travel, I'm sure you have gone thetrips when the agent books 8-10 clients for the same
route of search-engine searches for discount travel,accommodation or trip.
only to find the major Internet booking engines withÂ-Travel agents can build their own FAM trips
their flashy "lowest prices guaranteed" all offer exactlycalling the travel vendor directly, offering some form of
the same prices.advertisement back home, and requesting travel
The truth be known, some bargains do raise theirprofessional discounts.
heads above all the "cheapest prices guaranteed" butThis month my wife and I are taking a quick summer
good luck finding them. You must tenaciously searchvacation to Canon City, Colorado, for a ½ day
every day, and even then some of those specials arewhite-water rafting adventure in Bighorn Sheep
alive for only a few hours. Is there an easier way? ICanyon and a 2-hour train ride in a vista-dome through
think there is, and you can turn travel into business.the Royal Gorge. We have acquired two nights'
Yes, those bargains are there, reserved for the travellodging because we want to further explore the
professional in the form of travel perks, business taxbusiness opportunities in the area. We contacted the
deductions and sales commissions. Consider thesevendors as travel professional with an offer to do a
points:write-up on their company and publish it on the Internet.
Â-Own your own booking engine and earnIn return we received ½ off the raft trip and the
commissions on all travel booked through your site --lodging and complimentary tickets for two for the train
your own travel and the travel of anyone andride. After applying business tax deductions, we
everyone that you can drive to your booking engine.estimate that we will realize close to a 70% savings or
Â-Operate a legitimate travel business and you$300 on this one very short trip. Not too shabby!
can apply business tax deductions to your own travelYou can indeed travel for less and travel more. In fact,
as long as you include that travel in your business plan,your travel can become your job. What a great life!
and you keep accurate records.