In a recent meeting with Larry, my insurance broker, the subject of my new venture came up.  He said, "But I thought you were a Pastry Chef".  "Yes" I told him, "but I've found a way to travel virtually free and also earn money in the process."

Larry and I logged onto Brenda Knows Travel and I gave him a quick tour.  He was impressed.  I said he should set up a corporate account with me.  Later I got a call from Larry.  He and his wife had gone back to my site, clicked around, and decided they should have their own in-house travel agency.  And, they planned to let their friends in the real estate and mortgage business know about me too.

Think about this.  What if you have your own business or are in charge of travel arrangements for your company?  If you have annual golf outings, offsite sales meetings, trade shows, etc., instead of paying a fee to go to another online booking site you actually got paid commissions yourself?  Wouldn't that be cool?  On top of that, what if by booking through your own travel portal you now got everything (cars, air, hotel, cruises) at wholesale prices?

Here's a scenario.  Say Larry's family of four goes on an annual trip to Disneyland on a budget of $4,000.  At an average savings of 25% plus a commission (not to mention the tax advantage) you're probably looking at close to half off.  When Larry's friends find out how much money he's saved, don't you think they're going to want to do business with him for their next vacation?

Or,

You work for a decent size company that has an annual golf tournament.  You click on the golf tab of your travel portal, arrange the details, reserve tee times, all in one place.  If your company has its own booking portal you're a hero because you've now saved them a ton of money on just this one event.  However, if this is a side business of your own YOU make all the commissions, while still saving the company money.

Or,

Your company saves the proceeds and puts it into a party fund.  By the time Christmas or the annual picnic comes around you should have a nice chuck of change to use any way you like.

This business can be for anyone who is looking to save money or just get extra special treatment when you travel.  What about recruiters, employment agencies, and real estate brokers?  Or family reunions, high school reunions, anniversaries, and group travel in general?

Last weekend I drove down to Nashville for some training.  My room and room service came to $202, but at checkout I saw they had deducted over $50 from the bill.  Just because I was in the travel business.  And I'm looking forward to a virtually free trip to Aruba later this year because I'll be doing a "property inspection" (so that I can refer customers to the resort).  Nothing wrong with that.