Category: Travel Agent Insights
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Everything You SHOULD KNOW About This AMAZING Giveaway
About a month ago, I finally decided to get business cards and a small sampling of totes made! To my delight, Farahilde was starting to receive more travel inquiries and blog attention. I was also busy networking in Curacao that I figured it was a great time to take my…
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The ULTIMATE Guide to Becoming a Travel Agent
Becoming an independent travel agent has been the best decision I’ve ever made (besides moving to Curacao). The freedom that comes from running your own business cannot compare to working for a travel company. Ever since I became an independent travel agent I’ve been getting questions about exactly how the…
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The 10 TRENDIEST Restaurants in Miami Right NOW
Have you ever wished you knew someone who could recommend some amazing restaurants in Miami? Well friends, I am that someone! Thanks to working in luxury travel, years of research, and word of mouth recommendations, I’ve been able to put together a list of the trendiest restaurants I send MY…
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The Luxury Traveler’s Toolkit: 6 Tips for Overcoming Travel Anxiety
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which, when clicked, provide a small income to sustain this blog at no cost to you. Thank you for your support! If there is anything I’m an expert at, it’s dealing with anxiety. Years of traveling to new destinations both solo and accompanied have…
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12 Reasons Why 2023 Was The MOST AMAZING YEAR Yet
2023 was a big year for me! From moving overseas to traveling around several continents and then finally starting this blog and becoming an independent travel agent. I can’t believe the year is over! Thinking about all I have accomplished this year makes me even more excited for the year…
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Debunking 4 POPULAR MYTHS About Using a Travel Agent
I’ve written previously on why using a travel agent is advantageous and a few readers reached out to me about their hesitations using travel agents. When I reached out to my friends and family to announce that I had become a travel advisor recently, I heard the same hesitations –…
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5 Reasons You Should Use a Travel Agent
Travel agent is an outdated word. These days, I see labels such as: travel advisor, client manager, travel planner, and trip designer to describe what was once the travel agent. Gone are the days of the old AAA agents with their crusty travel magazines on their office coffee table. We…
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3 Pros and Cons of being a travel agent
Over my eight years in the travel industry I’ve worked in various positions. First, at a call center for a tour operator in Massachusetts. There I learned the ins and outs of working with Destination Management Companies (DMCs), hotel managers, and local vendors. I also became familiar with group rates, rack…
