Sponsored – Beyond the Commission Split: What Strong Support Looks Like
The Commission Split Gets the Attention — The Back-End Support Gets the Business Built Travel is an appealing business for obvious reasons: the destinations, the relationships, and the satisfaction of helping someone take a long-awaited trip. Yet much of what determines whether a travel business can grow happens after the exciting part. Commission tracking, […]
Sponsored – What Modern Travel Agency Software Should Fix
Seven Logins, Seven Problems — Why Fragmented Tech Is Quietly Costing You More Than You Think Written By: Cruise Planners Most home-based travel advisors are running their businesses across seven or more disconnected systems. That number comes from a 2025 Sabre global survey of 499 agencies, which found that 91% operate on four […]
Sponsored – Beyond Booking: How Host Agencies Like Nexion Empower Travel Advisors to Build a Full-Service Business
Contributed By: Nexion Travel Group There’s a persistent myth that host agencies just process bookings, but that framing misses what’s actually happening for advisors who partner with a host like Nexion: access to an entire business infrastructure they’d otherwise have to build alone. Think about what running an independent agency actually requires — […]
How to Become a Travel Agent Without Experience in 2026
The Best Host Agencies for New Travel Agents With No Experience in 2026 Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – FindaHostTravelAgency.com I hear this question all the time and the answer to it is a resounding YES! Many host agencies have formidable opportunities for brand new travel agents with absolutely no experience to immediately […]
Creating an Email Campaign Strategy That Doesn’t Put Your Clients to Sleep
“Dear Valued Customer” Is Not a Strategy — Here’s What Actually Gets Travel Emails Opened Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – FindaHostTravelAgency.com Part One Let’s be brutally honest with each other for a moment. If your current email marketing strategy consists of blasting “Check Out These AMAZING Cruise Deals!!!” to your entire contact […]
Your New Best Employee Never Takes a Lunch Break (Or a Vacation) – Part 2
A Practical Guide to the Best Dedicated AI Travel Planning Apps for Home-Based Advisors Written By: Joanie Ogg, CTC, MCC – FindaHostTravelAgency.com The Purpose-Built App All-Stars Beyond the general-purpose LLMs that we discussed in the last article, there is a wave of dedicated AI travel planning apps that have emerged, each with a specialty. Consider […]
So You Signed With a Host Agency – Now What? A 2026 Guide for the Modern Travel Advisor in an AI-Driven World
What New Travel Advisors Should Do in Their First 90 Days With a Host Agency Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – FindaHostTravelAgency.com Congratulations. You’ve survived the gauntlet: the business plan drafts, the late-night research rabbit holes, and the very important question of whether to use “travel advisor” or “travel agent” in your email […]
TPN Chats: The Power of In Person Events and Cruise World 2026 with Cat Brask of Northstar Travel Group
July 6th, 2026 – In this episode of TPN Chat, Andy Ogg sits down with Cat Brask, Senior Director of Marketing for Northstar Travel Group’s retail events, for a candid conversation about why in-person industry events still matter more than ever — and what Cruise World, taking place November 4-6 in Fort Lauderdale, delivers that […]
Your New Best Employee Never Takes a Lunch Break (or a Vacation) – Part 1
We Were Skeptical Too. Then the Itinerary Came Back and We Stopped Exchanging That Look. Written By: Joanie Ogg, CTC, MCC – FindaHostTravelAgency.com How travel agents can harness artificial intelligence to build stunning itineraries, impress clients, and maybe, just maybe, reclaim their weekends. Let me confess something. When a publicist first pitched us on “AI-generated” […]
Crafting Your UVP (Unique Value Proposition) in 2026
How to Build a Unique Value Proposition That Stands Out in an AI-Saturated Travel Market Written By: Tom Ogg, Co-Founder and Co-Owner – Travel Professional NEWS Let’s address the robot in the room. Since the explosion of AI travel tools beginning in earnest around 2023, every armchair traveler now has a pocket-sized digital concierge that […]