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Build Your Travel Biz With Grand Opening Travel Parties

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Home Travel Parties #$@?*!!

 

I know what you're thinking... Holy Tupperware Party, Batman! But every successful Director converted to this method of exposing the business early on because it works. One of the best things about our business is that you don't have to personally sign up lots of people to be successful. Many RTAs make a nice income simply by pointing friends and family to their booking engines. Who would your friends and family rather work with? An online site with a huge advertising budget, or someone they trust... you!

Have a Grand Opening! 

If you just paid thousands of dollars to buy a brick-and-mortar travel agency, how big would your grand opening be? What we have is just as powerful... in fact we offer much more than those other online sites. Don't keep it a secret. Expose your friends to the fact that you have a travel agency, and show them how to save money on their travel.

Tips for a Successful Travel Party 

  • Schedule your Power Team Leader to help...
    even if they have to be on the phone
  • Invite twice as many people as you expect to attend
  • Have island music playing when guests arrive
  • Provide inexpensive Hawaiian leis for guests to wear
  • Keep it fun and lively with light refreshments
  • Scatter vacation pictures around to spark conversation
  • Show the DVD presentation
  • Have your Power Team Leader answer prospects' questions

Colorful Party Leis 

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DVD Presentations 

Nervous? Don't worry. Let the proven presentation systems do the work for you. Make sure you have a television and DVD player that can be seen and heard by everyone. There are several great presentations to choose from, including the newly released Circle of Champions, a glimpse into the lives of 12 succesful YTB leaders.

Get in a Party Mood With a Hawaiian Shirt 

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FAM Trip Validation Book 

Every RTA should compile a FAM Trip Book to share with friends, family and prospects. You'll want to have it handy for your house party too, so guests can see what it means to travel as an insider. Pass it around the room after you have shown the DVD presentation. One of the reasons people resist signing up for their own travel business is that the program seems too good to be true. The FAM Trip Book validates our awesome program with facts and figures.

Making Your Own FAM Trip Validation Book 

You'll need a 3-ring binder and several 8.5" x 11" clear sheet protectors
  • Login to your Travel Portal
  • Click on the "FAM Trips" link, then click on "Mailpound Family" or "FAM Rates"
  • Find and print out a FAM trip for each of the following: Hotel, Beach, Cruise, Europe
  • Highlight discounts with a yellow marker
  • Look up regular consumer pricing for these trips and print them out
  • Insert the FAM Trip and comparison printouts in clear sheets and add to binder
  • Put colorful printouts in the front, B & W printouts in the back
  • Add your own FAM trip pictures, receipts, and trip reports for even more powerful validation!

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The YTB companies offer two unique and powerful business opportunities, that of referring travel agent or RTA and that of independent marketing representative or Rep. The travel agent opportunity has an initial fee under $500 and a monthly license fee of $49.95. There is no fee or travel agency purchase required to be a Rep. You may choose to participate in one or both opportunities.

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