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Getting Started as a YTB Referring Travel Agent (RTA)

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You're a Referring Travel Agent... Now What?

 

Millions of consumers have embraced the various online travel search engines. As a Referring Travel Agent with YTB, that same technology is now available to you. If your friends and family are already booking travel online, who would they rather work with? A faceless Fortune 500 company with a huge advertising budget, or someone they know and trust... you! That's why YTB stands for Your Travel Biz. It makes online travel booking personal. In addition, YTB offers all the same perks as the other popular travel sites. Your booking engine is powered and supported by Travelocity, and backed by 2,500 customer service representatives around the clock. In addition to your travel booking website you also receive your own golf website, floral and gift website, and passport/visa website. Although your sites offer millions of dollars of inventory, you don't have to shell out millions of dollars, nor do you have to pay exhorbitant monthly fees for support and web hosting. It's easy to be overwhelmed in the beginning, but remember to keep things simple. Just point people to your websites and let them do the work for you. YTB also provides outstanding training and support, marketing materials, your own referral program marketing website, and an opportunity to make serious income. So let's get started!

A Peek at the YTB Booking Engine

Set Up Your YTB Travel Website 

www.ytbtravel.com/UserID

When you sign up as or upgrade to a Referring Travel Agent, YTB will send a welcome email with important information about your account. Save the email for future reference, as it will include both your YTB ID# and UserID. Your travel booking engine url will look something like this: http://www.ytbtravel.com/UserID. Share your site with friends, family, and clients. You will receive commissions on all business transacted through your site, 24 hours a day. All you do is point people to it! Once your site is up and running, be sure to contact me so I can add it to the list below.

Team Member Travel Websites 

Not yet a member? Book travel from any of our team member sites.

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Earn Commissions

As you refer others who book travel through your booking site, you will earn 60% of the total commission paid to YTB on all their travel arrangements.

Become a Certified Referring Travel Agent 

Qualify for Additional Income Opportunities

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A Peek at the YTB Travel Back Office

Get to Know Your YTB Travel Back Office 

www.ytbtravel.com/UserID

Your YTB travel back office puts key travel business tools and reports right at your fingertips. Learn about commissions on your pending and recent bookings, and get answers to frequently asked questions. You can also order company-approved business cards to promote your site. In addition, you'll find agent booking resources, agent tools, travel training, and publications that you can print out right from your site. The home page features a YTB event calendar with training events available throughout the country. Your back office is an entire travel agent university!

Also Included...

In addition to your travel booking website you also receive your own golf website, floral and gift website, passport/visa website, and referral program marketing website.

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Marketing Your Travel Biz 

This lens has information about our exclusive team training. You'll also want to log in to your marketing site back office to name your travel agency and update your website settings.
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Exclusive Team Training

Travel Pro Trainer is the official training and information site for our team. It supports the organizations of YTB Directors Gary & Diane Adams and Kevin & Amy Adams.

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Sign Up For Deals & Steals 

YTB's Weekly Newsletter for Travel Clients

Ideally, you should sign up for Deals & Steals from your own YTB websites.
If you're not yet a member of YTB, you can sign up here:

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Your Travel Biz

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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