Start a travel agency under OTA model with portal and extranet solutions

Starting a travel business from home is a good idea indeed. You need only a little investment. It is low-risk too. Just that you must be very enthusiastic to offer your clients best in class travel deals.  

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The first step in your home based endeavor is finding the right host agency. It’s better to have a host agency. It will keep your spending low, give you big commissions, and do your backend office. Moreover, if you are a novice in travel industry, they will train you too and assist you in running the business. Most of the host agencies have their online travel software in place, which you can also get access off.  

With the host agency, you need not have an ARC, CLIA, or IATAN number which is costly and difficult to get for a startup. The host agency’s accreditation number is enough and it will be your parent company.  If you use the GDS, the host will take care of the ARC report which will be time-saving to you.  They will also help you to get a travel agent license as required by your region.

Experts recommend to restrict your travel business first to some niche rather than offering all airlines and hotels in the world. It may be for a particular region or a special holiday package. But don’t market just one product, try two or three. Or you can cater to the travel needs of business travelers to a particular country. Or try your luck in booking charter planes for the high-end corporate travelers or billionaires. Name your travel agency accordingly. Try to offer something, which is little different from the generic node.

You are in travel business to make money by providing quality, reliable service to your customers. Have separate accounts and track business expenses. To get your home-based travel agency clicked, you must have a working knowledge of travel agency software, customer service experience and experience in traveling to the destinations you deal in.

Keep on having very satisfied clients and serve your clients to the max. Word of mouth does wonders in travel business.

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Author is a senior business analyst and an expert in travel portal development and marketing strategy implementation.

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Online Travel Agency

In the era of internet , book-it-yourself concept has given leverage to many aspiring business men to learn how to be a travel agent by having their own online travel agency. These travel professionals who has the expertise can provide personalized recommendations through their own website and showcase their services which otherwise is not found anywhere else.

Being a leading travel and technology company, we provide innovative solutions and technology in travel like online booking system and  software for travel to customers across the globe. By providing best in class hospitality technology services & seo services, we also strive to improve the client’s capability, thereby helping them achieve their objectives.

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Travel agents or agencies must have an identifying number called an IATA, or International Air Transport Association, number to work with travel suppliers such as tour operators and airlines. Having IATA accreditation simplifies the business relationship between travel suppliers and travel agents. Travel agents must meet certain requirements to be eligible to obtain IATA accreditation. Once accredited, you can gain global recognition and access to special discounts from suppliers in the travel industry.

The advantage of being an IATA agent is, you can get the GDS integration (Amadeus, Sabre, Galileo, Worldspan) you’re your web portal.

Global Distribution System, as GDS is called, connects millions of providers to provide a common platform for bookings (flight, hotel, packages and cars) to users across the globe. As a leading GDS integration company, we work on GDS systems and low cost air carriers to provide our clients the comprehensive flight booking system.

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Increasing craze for leisure travel creates exciting opportunities for those interested in starting a new travel agency. Hard work and creativity will guarantee success in the moderately challenging travel booking business.

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Decide what kind of travel agency want to launch. You can decide to have a small business from home. Alternatively, you may want to buy an existing franchise. Some agents work as independent contractors established agencies, which can give a foothold while you build a reputation for your new agency.

You must meet the requirements of your country or state. Governments and local administrations vary on what they expect from the new travel agencies. Some require certification, others want the agency to register. Many require paying for an endorsement of the new agencies.

Think about what you can offer to the travel industry that makes you unique. Some new travel agents offer luxury tour packages. Others specialize in eco-tourism, adventure travel and student travel. Or you can opt for solo travelers or travels to a particular destination. Start a newsletter. Make phone calls. Distribute flyers. Give good service to your customers and see their number grow.

To start on Online Travel Agency apart from certifications and other legal authorities one needs to have contents related to travel like flights, hotels, transfers, cars, sightseeing, insurance and holiday packages etc. One has to partner with major aggregators of all these services to provide them the contents. Different suppliers have different terms and conditions and different negotiation process. Choosing the right supplier is again a difficult job.

With all these challenges PROVAB TECHNOSOFT helps it’s clients to tie up with major suppliers of the world with different travel services specialty and who can provide their contents through XML interface and allow them to be integrated through Web services.

If you can earn credentials, which will give credibility with potential customers and travel suppliers then that is best as you can integrate any GDS system including Amadeus GDS, Galileo GDS, Sabre GDS etc. . One of the most respected credentials is a badge of the International Air Transport Association (IATA acronym). To be eligible for the card, you have to earn a salary as a travel agent and work 20 hours a week in the business.

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PROVAB is a leading travel agent software development company with client base in 18 countries. We develop comprehensive online travel portal development with booking engines of flights, hotels, transfers, cars, sightseeing, insurance and holiday packages. The travel software is customized to meet the day to day needs of travel agents / travel agencies and end customers. Starting from the initial search, availability response, selection summary, payment & PNR / voucher generation, everything can be managed online and amendments can be done through backend.

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With PROVAB's travel software, clients can:

• Have B2C, B2C, corporate and white-label modules
• Manage multiple suppliers including GDS & hotel consolidators
• Manage separate sub-domains / domains for end users and agents
• Update the markup from the backend
• Have IP based currency option
• Have comprehensive reporting system

With PROVAB's travel software, clients can get following integrated:

• GDS (Amadeus, Galileo / Travelport, Sabre)
• Hotel Aggregators (GTA, Hotelbeds, Hotelspro, DOTW, Expedia & many more)
• Car Consolidators
• Transfers Consolidators
• Sightseeing Consolidators
• Cruise Consolidators

PROVAB TECHNOSOFT is strategic partner to GDS systems and API providers / suppliers & consolidators. We work with all the major travel consolidators and integrate following travel website software -

• GDS / Global Distribution Systems – Amadeus GDS, Travelport / Galileo GDS, Sabre GDS
• Hotel Aggregators – GTA Travel, Hotelbeds, Tourico, Travco, Special Tours, HotelsPro, TransHotels, Miki Travels, Sun Hotels, Darina Holidays, DOTW, Asian trials, Versys, Expedia & many more
• Transfers – GTA & Hotelbeds
• Car Aggregators - Car Trawler, A2B
• Bus Aggregators – TicketGoose and Redbus
• Cruise Aggregators - MSC, Princess and Carnival

Regarding Author:

Author is a senior business analyst and an expert in travel portal development and marketing strategy implementation.

Resources:

http://www.provab.com/howtostart-online-travel-agency.html

http://www.provab.com/travelportaldevelopment.html

http://www.provab.com/travel-agent-software.html

http://www.provab.com/globaldistributionsystems-gdssystems.html

http://www.provab.com/galileo-gds-system.html

http://www.provab.com/sabre-gds-system.html

http://www.provab.com/amadeus-gds-system.html