What does it take to send a person on vacation to a place he has long dreamed of visiting? Business relations with trusted tour operators, a well-established system of communication with the outside world and, finally, that this person himself knows about your desire to make his dream come true. Collect all these ingredients in one bottle and you have a successful travel agency.
It is necessary
- 1. Business plan of a travel agency
- 2. Experience in the tourism business or hired top manager
- 3. One or two sales managers
- 4. Advertising media
- 5. Office space
- 6. Mini-PBX and dedicated Internet line
- 7. Contracts with several tour operators
- 8. Certificate of registration of an individual entrepreneur or formation of an LLC
Instructions
Step 1
Draw up a business plan for your future "tourist" enterprise, calculate all the one-time and fixed costs for its organization and maintenance. The market for services in the field of tourism today is very, very saturated, so it is risky to rely on another company working in this area. There is no guarantee that you will achieve success, and therefore it is not worth, for example, buying out an office space, it is better for now to conclude a short-term lease agreement and rent an area suitable for your purposes.
Step 2
Think about how the work will be organized in your travel company. If you have never worked in this business before, then it is advisable to hire an experienced director for a new travel agency who knows the specifics of this type of activity. He can also be entrusted with the selection of managers selling tours: the success of the travel agency will largely depend on their professional qualities.
Step 3
Develop a strategy to promote your travel agency. It will be almost impossible to do without advertising support in a market with so many players. You should be recognized and remembered by your company as a unique service provider, and not as one of hundreds of travel agencies like it. It will be good to create your own website, place memorable outdoor advertisements and distribute flyers.
Step 4
Move into the rented space and get to work. In the office, from the very beginning, you need to have a multi-channel telephone connection and the ability to connect to a dedicated Internet line. To get started, a travel company will only need a few contracts concluded with tour operators.
