Our Home-based program allows selected individuals to operate a travel business, allowing you to develop a client base to provide full travel services from which you will earn substantial commission well above travel industry averages. You will use the latest technology with access to the Travel Network database of proprietary information as well as direct access to flight and cost information for all major U.S. and international airlines. Our wide variety of respected vendors provides you with quality products to sell with strong commission levels.
Your travel business may be operated from your home or from an office, in a company you own or where you rent space. Your office space may not be a street-front or a lobby location, but may otherwise be placed almost anywhere. Many people who consider owning a Global Travel Network Satellite Center already have an established business. Your current client base is probably comprised of many people who travel for business and for pleasure. You have already earned your customer's confidence. That trust can be expanded into a profitable relationship as a client of your Global Travel Network Satellite Center.
Another benefit to your clients is the added convenience of one-stop shopping. By adding a Global Travel Network Satellite Center to your current business you become a more competitive, full service business.
Travel Network was founded in 1982. We have been franchising travel since 1983. We have earned the respect of prestigious members of the travel industry as well as the franchise community. We are members of ASTA, the American Society of Travel Agents and ACTMO, the ASTA Council of Travel Marketing Organizations, CLIA, Cruise Lines International Association, the SystemOne-Amadeus Advisory Board, the IFA, the International Franchise Association, and the International Affairs Committee of the IFA, and Who's Who in Business Leaders Worldwide.
Our chain has consistently been rated Number One in the Travel Industry by prestigious analytical institutions as well as a Top Franchisor among all franchise companies worldwide. Our brand name and our strong relationships with prestigious cruise lines, tour operators, airlines, hotels, and car rental companies result in powerful tools to serve our franchisees.
We are proud of the state-of-the-art technology utilized by the Global Travel Network System to do research quickly, create bookings effiently, and maximize sales. Our Home-Based franchisees benefit from all of this plus the support services of Regional Global Travel Network headquarters and a dedicated Travel Network agency to provide ticketing and other documentation for travelers who are clients of Global Travel Network Home-Based franchisees. Another reason why Travel Network should be your choice for a home or office-based travel business is that our reputation for being on the leading edge of products, programs, and services, keeps you and your clients in the most competitive position. Travel Network has pioneered a sophisticated, interactive program whereby clients, worldwide, can access the Global Travel Network database of information with capabilities to actually book: airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals and other services. This database of information will provide an easy access route for you in doing your own research on behalf of your client, into Travel Network hotels, air scheduling and pricing, cruise dates, car rental opportunities and a variety of other travel packages, tours, programs and services available to you.
You will receive a comprehensive training program which will include:
You can count on the Help Desk services of the Global Travel Network Regional Headquarters for your area to give you support services to assist you.
You will want to market locally to develop your customer base through local advertising, direct mail, and telemarketing, as well as face-to-face marketing with local community and group leaders. You will be pleasantly surprised to see how interested people are to talk with you when the subject is travel!.
Firstly, you will earn 70% of all commissions paid to the Global Travel Network agency who produces your clients’ travel documents. Our agencies earn incentive commissions in excess of 10% on many cruises, tour packages, and resort vacations.
You will earn 70% of those commissions. In other words:
| If the commission is: | Your commission is: |
|---|---|
| 10% | 7.0% |
| 11% | 7.7% |
| 12% | 8.4% |
| 13% | 9.1% |
| 14% | 9.8% |
| 15% | 10.5% |
| 16% | 11.2% |
| 17% | 11.9% |
| 18% | 12.6% | 19% | 13.3% |
| 20% | 14.0% |
Secondly, there are tax benefits from owning your own business. You will want to discuss the tax benefits of owning your own business with your accountant. You will be happy to learn that so many of your expenses may be tax deductible, business expenses such as:
The government encourages small businesses and will subsidize your business through tax deductions. You will want to consult with your tax advisor for assistance in applying this general information to your specific situation.
There is a one-time franchise fee for a Global Travel Network Satellite Center. Thereafter, there are monthly service fees. You will need to have the following business equipment:
You will receive all of the following for your investment:
Once you have satisfied travel industry requirements of sales productivity, you will be entitled to receive special travel industry deep-discounts on airlines, cruise lines, hotels, tours, and car rentals, often being priced so minimally that the price is immaterial while you are traveling like royalty and being treated with honor as a valuable contributor to the travel industry, and our chain, as the owner of a Global Travel Network Satellite Center.
Our Home-Base program allows individuals to operate a travel business from their home or office excluding storefront or ground floor facilities.
As shown the above fee is based on the age of the travel business. It covers the continuing use of the Travel Network name: the continuing training, promotions, and advertising: the use of Travel Network forms, systems, management programs and guidance.
*C.P.I.-Consumer Price Index uses basis for yearly increased. The C.P.I. rate is established by the United States government.
If you have a serious interest in owning and operating your own Global Travel Network Satellite Center, please fill out this form.
If your strategic plan is to start with a Global Travel Network Satellite Center to build a client base and then to purchase a full service Global Travel Network franchise travel agency of your own, you will receive a credit toward the franchise fee for the full service agency.