Can you be a Travel Agent Without a Host Agency?

While the vast majority of new travel agents will opt to work with a host agency, there are circumstances where an agent might elect to go completely independent of a host agency and start their own travel business. This would be as viable option if your business plan is to specialize in a very specific market with just a limited number of suppliers or, if you are going to market recurring itineraries on a repetitive basis. Examples of these ideas would be if you are going to sell surf trips to Namibia, Africa focused on Desert Point or, if you plan on running cow tuna fishing trips to the Tres Marias Islands off of Nayarit, Mexico.

Another plan would be if you were going to sell corporate travel and get into airline ticketing using service fees. Agents specializing in selling business travel were doing great up until the COVID pandemic hit, but there are signs that it will come back as the pandemic is slowing down. There are a lot of benefits of having an ARC Appointment which plugs you into the entire gamut of travel suppliers out there. Once again, if you decide to go in this direction realize that there are costs involved, as well as potential liability.

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