Travel Quest, a Minneapolis-primarily based host agency with just more than 500 independent contractors and in between $ 55 million and $ 60 million in annual sales, opened its annual meeting to nonmembers as a indicates of introducing itself to interested agents or newcomers to the industry.
The Travel Quest National Meeting, a instruction and networking occasion that involves a trade show of 50 vendors, is scheduled for Sept. 24 and 25 at the Minneapolis Convention Center, the day ahead of the opening of MLT University, a large sector gathering hosted by MLT Vacations.
It’s the second year that Travel Quest, a Travel Leaders franchise agency, has held its annual meeting in conjunction with MLT University, said Bonnie Lee, its CEO.
"We’ve got excellent relations with MLT and having our meeting ahead of their conference just works very properly for us," she said. Lee expects a handful of potential newcomers to attend.
"People who are interested in becoming a travel agent can come and see what it is like to be in our sector. People know a bit what it’s like to be a medical professional or a lawyer since we see them on Tv or have met them, but not every person can see what our lives are like as travel agents."
Potential members who attend the meeting will be charged a $ 99 entrance charge. They will have the $ 199 system sign-up charge waived if they sign up with Travel Quest by Oct. 31.
Lee stated Travel Quest is increasing each and every year by 20 to 30 independent agents, about a 50/50 split of men and women new to the business and veterans.
Agents select from four membership levels: a 70/30 commission split with no monthly charge an 80/20 commission split with a $ 19.99 monthly fee a 90/10 commission split with a $ 39.99 month-to-month fee and a $ 199 per month program in which agents maintain one hundred% of their commissions. All of the levels incorporate the very same training, assistance and services from the host.
Lee, who began the Travel Quest agency in 1994 and the host agency division in 1998, mentioned that one particular of the draws for new agents is Travel Quest’s affiliation with Travel Leaders and its vendor relationships, instruction and sources.
A concentrate of the annual meeting will be to encourage a lot more Travel Quest agents to participate in Travel Leaders’ Agent Profiler on the internet lead-generation system that connects consumers to agents primarily based on their specialties.
About 90 Travel Quest agents now participate, and other individuals have expressed interest in Agent Profiler but have been daunted by writing a catchy biography that best captures their skills and specialties, Lee stated. Travel Quest is supplying solutions of a public relations expert to aid agents in receiving a profile written and up on the method, Lee mentioned.
Travel Quest agents who participate in Agent Profiler "love it," mentioned Lee. "We have a forum where men and women share the leads that they’ve gotten and it is been wonderful. 1 of our agents recently got a $ 15,000 booking from it."
To find out more, go to www.tqnationalmeeting.com.
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