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  • How does one become an independent travel agent?

    July 28, 2010 by MrAuthor  
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    How does a person become an independent travel agent?

    I am looking for the following information:

    General cost of courses
    Length of courses
    The amount of money (generally) a travel agent makes yearly
    Is there a high and low season for travel agents?
    When you are independent, do you work through an established agency for a fee?

    Last but not least, if you have any websites that go into good detail, that would be helpful. My husband brought it up and I’m checking it out. Thanks.


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    One Response to “How does one become an independent travel agent?”

    1. 7Proud Muslimah8Beautiful Islam6 on July 28th, 2010 12:19 pm

      All you have to do is go to your college. You can get either a diploma or a degree, but a degree will better help you to achieve this. I am a travel agent and I graduated in December with my degree. It takes about 2 years, depending on how much time you put into it and how many classes you take. If you want to, you can try to do it between 6 months and a year if you can, but it will be very hard. It will cost you about $10,000 for everything, tuition, books, classes everything. Apply for scholarships, especially if you had great grades in high school. I kept a 4.0 GPA throughout my academic history, and scholarships and grants got me through college and whatever was left over was like a gift, to do as you wish with. I must have gotten refunds of up to $3000 in that first year. It’s easy, just apply for Financial Aid. Good luck and I wish you well. You can do it. If I was able to, you most certainly can.

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