Free alternatives to some overpriced software products for Travel Agents

November 22, 2009

Software prices are out of control in a time where people are just trying to get by.  Software from the big companies like Microsoft
is often updated every year or so. Each new release gets more costly and requires more computer resources to operate.
If you’re tired of the costly price tags, consider these very good  alternatives:
Internet [...]

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Pulaski Travel Agents visit the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

November 9, 2009

Every Pulaski Travel Agent should visit the the Official site for Las Vegas Meeting and Travel Professionals Website.  Become Vegas Certified and earn commissions on things you cannot even purchase in other towns.
You will be amazed at the amount of information on the site.  Want to book more Vegas, become “Vegas Certified”.
“Vegas Certified” travel professionals [...]

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Shipboard dining 2009 and beyond for Pulaski Travel Agents

November 7, 2009

In 2000, Norwegian Cruise lines introduced “Freestyle Cruising” and for the last 10 years, the other cruise lines have tried to catch up in providing passengers more flexibility in how, when, and where they dine.
Let’s look at the shipboard dining scene of 2010 and beyond.
In the “traditional” dining of the past, passengers are informed of [...]

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Hyatt’s Agent portal is a great resource for Pulaski Travel Agents

November 7, 2009

Hyatt hotels provides a travel agent portal that every Pulaski Travel agent should utilize.  You must register at Hyatt’s site using your CLIA number.
You can also register to become a Hyatt Travel Specialist and sign up for the monthly Travel Agent Newsletter.
By establishing your Hyatt profile you will be able to book a discounted room [...]

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Destinations2Discover: A free tool for Pulaski travel agents

November 7, 2009

Destinations2Discover is a free tool that can Pulaski travel agents instantly find information about worldwide destinations, attractions, and activities.Everything is indexed; everything is searchable;  and its free.
It does not only have destination information, but travel trends, an extensive list of industry resources, trip and meeting planners.
How Can Travel Agents Benefit from Destinations2Discover?

Grow your business through [...]

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CCRAtravel offers 15% Commissions for Travel Agents

November 5, 2009

Great news for Pulaski Travel Agents:  CCRA Announced that they will soon be paying 15% commissions for hotels booked on CCRAtravel.com.  Not only are you going to recieve more commissions, but you will now receive them sooner. They will now pay commissions weekly.  The new program is called Commission/Express and you can learn more by [...]

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Why Pulaski Travel Agents should be using Jaxfax.

November 3, 2009

Jaxfax Travel Marketing Magazine provides listings of Consolidators and pricing for destinations worldwide.  For Pulaski travel agents it is an invaluable resource.
You should go to the site and download the 2009 Consolidator guide.  It explains Consolidators, which ones to use and why. There is a quote that which I could not find again that said [...]

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Hotelsta.com is a travel agent tool everyone at Pulaski Travel should be familiar with.

November 3, 2009

Every agent at Pulaski Travel should be utilizing hotelsta.com as a travel agent tool.  I am surprised by how often I hear travel agents that have been in the industry for a long time tell people just to go on the internet to get the best deal.  I can bring up hotelsta.com and ccratravel.com and [...]

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New Travel Agent Newsletter tool by Travelpulse

September 28, 2009

Pulaski Agents should take a look at The Free Newsletter creator at Travelpulse.
You can create your own newsletter from a template or you can use a ready to go version from a variety of suppliers.
It takes three easy steps:
Select a newsletter template.
Select vacation packages and offers to include.
Send to your Customers
There is also lots of [...]

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Roboform to remember and protect your travel agent usernames and passwords

September 26, 2009

One of the questions that I get most often from new Pulaski Travel agents is “How do I remember the the user names and passwords for all of these websites?”
My answer to tracking and protecting all of my passwords is RoboForm.   RoboForm is a free download that you can get here.  It does so much [...]

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