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Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« on: January 08, 2017, 11:30:28 PM »
what does it take to become a travel agent? preliminary online searches brings up what seems to be a whole bunch of bogus courses. what does it really take? no need to fret about competition, just wondering.
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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2017, 02:02:14 PM »
Best bet, learn the ropes working for one

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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2017, 04:10:11 PM »
Best bet, learn the ropes working for one
are you one or are you working for one?
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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2017, 04:10:53 PM »
are you one or are you working for one?

I am one, but I no have any openings....

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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2017, 04:12:08 PM »
I am one, but I no have any openings....
not looking for any! could you share your schooling?
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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2017, 04:22:30 PM »
not looking for any! could you share your schooling?
Worked for another...

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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2017, 06:22:20 AM »
Best bet, learn the ropes working for one
+1 doing that for a half year now and there is no substitute for getting experience in a office

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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2017, 05:16:58 PM »
what does it take to become a travel agent? preliminary online searches brings up what seems to be a whole bunch of bogus courses. what does it really take? no need to fret about competition, just wondering.

Wondering the same thing plus is it even worth it to get into field with everything online and being automated nowadays?

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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2018, 11:48:09 AM »
Travel Agents: How do you collect credit card info from your customers to pay for their tickets?

Assuming that you want their tickets to be charged to their own CC, you don't want to charge their CCs through your payment processor and have the money sent to your bank account; you want the money to go straight to the airline.

Are there payment processors that can handle that? Or do you just take the info over the phone and put it into the GDS manually?

(I'm not a travel agent so please excuse my ignorance; someone asked me to find this out for them)

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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2018, 11:55:00 AM »
Travel Agents: How do you collect credit card info from your customers to pay for their tickets?

Assuming that you want their tickets to be charged to their own CC, you don't want to charge their CCs through your payment processor and have the money sent to your bank account; you want the money to go straight to the airline.

Are there payment processors that can handle that? Or do you just take the info over the phone and put it into the GDS manually?

(I'm not a travel agent so please excuse my ignorance; someone asked me to find this out for them)

TIA

take the info over the phone and put it into the GDS manually - only number and exp - no cvv, name, address etc

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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2018, 12:06:00 PM »
take the info over the phone and put it into the GDS manually - only number and exp - no cvv, name, address etc
Thanks for the response! Wondering if anyone has a more high tech solution...
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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2018, 12:10:16 PM »
Thanks for the response! Wondering if anyone has a more high tech solution...
My guess that the airlines and OTAs do it differently, their system takes an appoval code and adds the CC with the approval code to the PNR and then issues the ticket

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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2018, 10:10:21 AM »
Is there such a thing as Travel Agent Insurance, like if  a Travel Agent messes up on a booking like the wrong name or forgets to ticket, is an insurance company that will cover the costs for them?

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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2018, 10:20:08 AM »
Is there such a thing as Travel Agent Insurance, like if  a Travel Agent messes up on a booking like the wrong name or forgets to ticket, is an insurance company that will cover the costs for them?
Yes, and I believe if you want to get certified by IATA you actually need to have an E&O insurance

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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2018, 10:55:20 AM »
Thanks, any suggestions from whom to purchase from?

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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #15 on: October 30, 2018, 11:02:27 AM »
is it even worth it to get into field with everything online and being automated nowadays?
theres so many people that will only book through a TA

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Re: Any Travel Agents Here Of Whom I May Ask A Question?
« Reply #16 on: October 30, 2018, 11:13:36 AM »
Thanks, any suggestions from whom to purchase from?
Any insurance broker I guess