Day 145 - Resilience is CRUCIAL for travel advisors

Day 163 - The TA Waitlist Strategy

Looking to boost revenue without overworking yourself as a travel advisor? Day 163 of the Travel Agency in a Year podcast covers just that - the Waitlist Fee. This strategy particularly works well for advisors who already have a higher up-front planning fee serving luxury clientele or specializing in group travel management (DWs, for example). Shift from scarcity mindset to elite capacity management with one small tweak in your travel business.

Day 162 - Why Enneagram & Personality tests are toxic to small biz owners like TAs

"I'm an Enneagram 4, so that's just why I do things the way I do." Day 162 of the Travel Agency in a Year podcast is all about using these tests for information about how you can possibly grow, not put yourself into a box. Please stop. It's not a definitive trait, it's a one-time test score, and people often conflate this information to get wreckless with some nasty behavior and skirt accountability, not to mention delay their own growth. It's great to have an understanding of who you are now. Don't let these test be a reason to say you "understand" yourself, stop growing, learning and adapting. It's like knowing your sun sign is Cancer and then spending the rest of your life thinking you're extra emotional for that reason.

Day 161 - Becoming the Transformational TA

Want to know how to not get stuck in the loop of constantly optimizing and overhauling your travel business? Implementing the small tests over time in your business. In day 161 of the Travel Agency in a Year podcast, Rachel K talks about honing in on your transformational leadership development via implementation of small changes in your business. Stay adaptable by not completely reinventing the wheel every few months. When you're a new travel advisor, it will take regular refining and revising your processes. And, it's important to develop the habit of regular reviewing even after your SOPs are in place, so you can quickly pivot to market demand.

Day 160 - Why TAs have small tests before big changes

The secret to running a successful travel business? Not completely overhauling your business. Instead, implement small changes you can test over time, then decide if it's important enough to add to your travel agency's SOPs. In Day 160 of the Travel Agency in a Year podcast, Rachel K covers this and the comparison of business models to science experiments - ya know, the ones you did in elementary school. Each aspect of your travel business can have changing variables and you can always modify how your run your business after testing small changes.

Day 159 - Integrating Lessons for a TA's Quarterly Review

In day 159 of the Travel Agency in a Year podcast, Rachel K goes over the importance of not only understanding the lessons learned each quarter, but how and when to integrate them.