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Wanderlust Social for Customer Service
I want to let you in on a little secret. 🤫 Your customers could book their vacations with any travel agent. Heck, for the most part, they could book their vacations themselves! 😮 So why should they come to you for all their travel needs? What sets you apart from the...
Certified Travel Agent Training
Alright everybody, all together now, say it with me: “I am a travel agent!” There! You did it! Congratulations! 🎓 🎉 You’ve just completed all the training and certification that’s required for you to become a professional in the travel industry. Which is to say, none....
Countdown to 30 Years in the Travel Industry
I’m about to hit a major milestone - thirty years in the travel industry! Can you believe it? 🎉 🥳 🥂 For a lot of folks just starting out, that number probably seems pretty wild. Maybe you’ve been a travel agent for six months or maybe a couple of years, and you’re...
Wanderlust Campus: Learn To Be A Travel Agent
So you’re thinking about a career change, are you? Tired of the same-old same-old? Ready for a new adventure? Is it time to learn how to be… … an astronaut? 🧑🚀 Well, I can’t help you there. Maybe give 🚀 NASA a call. But if you’re feeling an itch to travel (a...
Wanderlust Social for Video
If you’ve been following my videos and posts for awhile, then you’ve surely heard me talk about Wanderlust Social, our 🔑 turnkey marketing solution for travel businesses. On top of about a million other things, Wanderlust Social gives you tons of high-quality photos...
Wanderlust Social for Email
I want to let you in on a little secret: Your pal Cyndi has someone else write her weekly emails and that sort of thing. 😮 Why? Well, with all of the things that go into running my business, I don’t have the bandwidth to do everything myself. I’ve delegated email ✍️...
Wanderlust Campus: Travel Agent Training
Nobody starts a new job knowing exactly what to do. There’s always a learning curve, and training is vital to get the new hire up to speed. Somebody has to show the newbie how to properly flip that 🍔 burger, or change that valve cover, or audit that insurance claim…...
The Travel Agent Business Set Ups You Need to Know
When you’re ready to start your career as a travel agent, you’re going to find that there are several different ways to get started, all with their unique 👍 pros and 👎 cons. Do you want to work for an agency as a contractor? Are you ready to 🤿 dive in as an...
Wanderlust Social for Blogs
How’s your blog going? 😀 I’m assuming you have a blog because back when they first became a thing, everybody jumped on the free blogging websites and made one. 🖥️ 🖱️ Back then everybody pretty much did the same thing - post updates regularly about what’s going on in...
How To Be a Travel Agent For FREE
When you’re daydreaming at your corporate job, waiting for quittin’ time, it’s easy to think of the life of a travel agent as the ultimate freedom. Freedom to set your own hours, travel the world on 🛳️ “research trips,” make 🤑 money for yourself instead of for some...
Wanderlust Social For Lead Magnets
When your kid draws a beautiful crayon picture of what they claim is a unicorn riding on a motorcycle and you want to hang it on the fridge... 🦄 🏍️ When you’ve dropped your favorite needle into a haystack and you want to get it back out… 🪡 When you want to draw more...
How to Be a Disney Travel Agent in 2023
I’m going to let you in on a secret: I don’t like Disney. 😯 That’s right, I don’t like Disney. I ❤️ LOVE ❤️ Disney! L - O - V - E love it. 🫶 Florida, California, France, Japan, or out sailing the Caribbean, there’s no better vacation experience than a Disney vacation...
Do I Really Need Wanderlust Social For My Travel Business?
If you’ve been following me for a while now, you’ve probably heard me talking about our turnkey marketing platform, Wanderlust Social. We created Wanderlust Social to be the best tool for marketing a travel agency ever, and we’re really proud of it. But if you’re just...
The Best Supplier Portal for Travel Agents
Travel agents have always needed a way to learn about the deals, commissions, and opportunities available with the various suppliers in the travel industry. Believe it or not, we haven’t always had a certain 🔍 search engine that rhymes with “foogle” to help us track...
Set Up Your Summer Schedule With Me
Remember summer vacations when you were a kid? 🌞 Every day of summer vacation was just a glorious celebration of freedom and joy. Maybe you took trips to the 🏖️ beach, maybe 🏕️ camping, maybe even 🏰 🐭 Disney World if you were extremely lucky. And these great...
Travel Agent Discounts: Disney Edition
Most obvious statement ever: Travelers around the world love Disney in all its many locations and varieties. There’s just something about Disney - call it Disney Magic - that excites people like nothing else in travel. 🏰 🐭 Disney travel is honestly very easy to sell....
Logo Mistakes Travel Agents Make
There are some logos that are instantly recognizable at a glance throughout the world. The golden arches. 🍟 The smile on those 📦 packages on your doorstep every day during the holiday season. (Okay, every day of the whole year.) That wonderful stylized D that has been...
Do I Really Need a Travel Agent Certification?
One of the questions I hear all the time is, “Cyndi, do I really need a travel agent certification?” 🤔 The answer, technically, is no. You don’t. There are a bajillion travel agents out there who have not been through any certification program and have nothing they...
How Will AI Affect the Travel Industry?
Artificial Intelligence. A.I. This term has been blowing up the internet over the last year or so, usually in headlines designed to 😧 scare you into clicking on them. “Artificial Intelligence is Coming for Your Job!” “A.I. Will Destroy the _______ Industry!” “Is Your...
What's It Like Inside Careers on Vacation?
Do any of the following phrases describe you? A) Aspiring travel agent just starting out, or thinking about starting out, in the travel industry B) Experienced travel agent who isn’t bringing in the income you had hoped to see C) Dishwasher repair specialist who has...
Reinvest Your Tax Refund Into Your Business!
Filing your state and federal income tax returns can be a huge pain. Either you pay a professional to do it for you, or you fill out all the bewildering forms on your own, hoping you don’t make a mistake. Even with the walkthroughs on popular tax sites, they can get...
How to Use Reels, Shorts, & TikTok to Grow!
I don’t have to tell you how important social media is for promoting and growing a business. You see it for yourself every day! 📱 Every time you open up Instagram or TikTok and check up on what your favorite people are posting, you’re reinforcing the value of social...
Start a Blog in Under an Hour Per Month
You’re probably very familiar with the impact a blog 💻 can have. Many of us have blogs that we will drop everything to read the moment new content is posted. And we have blogs we look to again and again for personal and professional advice, just as an example. If you...
Marketing for New Travel Agents
Marketing a travel agency - especially for an agent who is just starting out in the business - can be tough. After all, 99% of travel agents don’t have degrees in marketing, graphic design, sales, copywriting, or any of the other things that go into making your...
Why Marketing = More Money in Your Travel Business
When it comes to travel businesses, what really separates the hobbyist from the professional, and the professional from the seven-figure selling rock star travel agent, is a well-implemented marketing strategy. 💰 Not only does a good marketing plan bring in more...
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