Strategic Travel Entrepreneur: Business Tips for Travel Agents/Advisors, Travel Agency Owners, and Travel Industry Entreprene

By Rita M. Perez

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Each week I share, along with featured guests, tangible and practical business strategies for travel entrepreneurs.We discuss foundations, marketing, sales, client experience, systems, supplier relations, and everything in between to empower you to run an effective and profitable travel business, and not just another travel hobby.For travel agents, travel advisors, travel suppliers, tour operators, tourism professionals, travel coaches, travel creators, travel business owners, travel agency owners, host agency owners, and travel industry support partners.

Episode Date
Ep 197 Turning Travel Content into Client Conversions (4/4)
Mar 28, 2025
Ep 196 Get Your Travel Content Seen With Strategies That Actually Drive Growth (3/4)
Mar 21, 2025
Ep 195 Creating High-Impact Travel Content Without Burnout (2/4)
Mar 14, 2025
Ep 194 A Content Creation Blueprint that Actually Works for Travel Pros (1/4)
Mar 07, 2025
Ep 193 Honoring Black History Month with Insights from Four Travel Pros
Feb 28, 2025
Ep 192 The Ultimate Guide to your Superpowers as a Travel Advisor
Feb 21, 2025
Ep 191 From Paralyzed to Fearless: How the NATO Approach Transforms your Travel Business Mindset
Feb 14, 2025
Ep 190 Social Media Alternatives & Marketing Strategies for 2025
Feb 07, 2025
Ep 189 Emerging Travel Trends for 2025 (Based on Actual Consumer Data)
Jan 31, 2025
Ep 188 A Candid Conversation about Travel Entrepreneurship with Steph Lee (+ Your Guide to Host Week 2025)
Jan 24, 2025
Ep 187 How to Use AI in Your Travel Business (And When Not To)
Jan 17, 2025
Ep 186 How to Make Your Travel Business Your Primary Income in 2025
Jan 10, 2025
Ep 185 4 Ways I Build Partnerships and Collaborations to Grow my Business
Jan 03, 2025
Ep 184 My Biggest Failures (and Wins!) of 2024
Dec 27, 2024
Ep 183 5ish Levers to Pull to Make More Money in 2025
Dec 20, 2024
Ep 182 Leveraging Metrics to Drive Travel Business Sales
Dec 13, 2024
Ep 181 Etiquette Essentials for Travel Advisors
Dec 06, 2024
Ep 180 Achieving Efficiency with Unified Travel Tech with David Shull
Nov 29, 2024
Ep 179 A Contemporary Cruise Experience for the Culturally Curious with LaDonna Allen
Nov 22, 2024
Ep 178 Facebook Group Growth and New Mexican Caribbean Developments with Lori Gold
Nov 15, 2024
Ep 177 Strengthening Client Relationships with Out-of-the-Box Holiday Ideas
Nov 08, 2024
Ep 176 Creative Black Friday Ideas to Boost your Holiday Sales
Nov 01, 2024
Ep 175 An Inside Look on My 5 Vacation Reflections
Oct 25, 2024
Ep 174 How to Set Up your Travel Business Sales Funnel (Prep for Wave Week 2023 Replay)
Oct 18, 2024
Ep 173 Simplifying E&O Insurance: What Travel Agencies Must Know with Miguel Campos Pt. 2 (Prep for Wave Week 2023 Replay)
Oct 11, 2024
Ep 172 Simplifying E&O Insurance: What Travel Agencies Must Know with Miguel Campos Pt. 1 (Prep for Wave Week 2023 Replay)
Oct 04, 2024
Ep 171 Tips for Trade Show Success with Stephanie Gries
Sep 27, 2024
Ep 170 5 Creative Ways to Celebrate Culture in Your Travel Business
Sep 20, 2024
Ep 169 Overcoming Marketing Challenges: Insights from a Travel Advisor Survey
Sep 13, 2024
Ep 168 Money Making Activities for Travel Business Owners
Sep 06, 2024
Ep 167 How to Know You're Making the Right Business Investments
Aug 30, 2024
Ep 166 7 Practical Reasons to Charge Fees as a Travel Advisor
Aug 23, 2024
Ep 165 Business Lessons from the Olympics
Aug 16, 2024
Ep 164 Alternative Ways to Be Successful in the Travel Industry
Aug 09, 2024
Ep 163 7 Things I've Learned About Navigating Entrepreneurship in 2024
Aug 02, 2024
Ep 162 How to Sell More River Cruises with Diane Frisch (6/6)
Jul 26, 2024
Ep 161 How to Sell More Trips to Cuba with Danielle Linares (5/6)
Jul 19, 2024
Ep 160 How to Sell More Trips to Hawaii with Kristi Emo (4/6)
Jul 12, 2024
Ep 159 How to Sell More Trips to Mexico with Lori Gold (3/6)
Jul 05, 2024
Ep 158 How to Sell More Trips to Colombia with Ana Yacaman (2/6)
Jun 28, 2024
Ep 157 How to Sell More Trips to Ireland and Scotland with Kate Thomas (1/6)
Jun 21, 2024
Ep 156 Summer Checklist: Preparing Your Travel Business for Q3 and Q4
Jun 14, 2024
Ep 155 How to Tap Into Client Desires for Better Sales
Jun 07, 2024
Ep 154 Intentionally Building your Travel Brand and Website with Kristin Richards
May 31, 2024
Ep 153 5 Essential Reframes for a Thriving Travel Agency
May 24, 2024
Ep 152 What Travel Clients Want to See on your Social Media Feed
May 17, 2024
Ep 151 How SEO and Social Media Work Together
May 10, 2024
Ep 150 The Best in Travel Tech in 2024
May 03, 2024
Ep 149 The 5 Keys to Travel Agency Profitability with Jenn Lee
Apr 26, 2024
Ep 148 Cultivating Relationships to Fuel Success (A Tribute to Edouard Jean)
Apr 19, 2024
Ep 147 4 Steps to Finding your Next Travel Agency Leads
Apr 12, 2024
Ep 146 How to Find Leads as a Luxury Travel Agent (4/4)
Apr 05, 2024
Ep 145 How to Find Leads as a Food and Wine Travel Agent (3/4)
Mar 29, 2024
Ep 144 How to Find Leads as a Romance Travel Agent (2/4)
Mar 22, 2024
Ep 143 How to Find Leads as a Family Travel Agent (1/4)
Mar 15, 2024
Ep 142 How to Be Consistent with Content Creation
Mar 08, 2024
Ep 141 Transitioning from a Travel Employee to a Travel Entrepreneur Mindset
Mar 01, 2024
Ep 140 3 Ways I'm Planning to Thrive in 2024
Feb 23, 2024
Ep 139 How to Go from Good to Great Customer Service
Feb 16, 2024
Ep 138 Host Agency Red Flags
Feb 09, 2024
Ep 137 3 Ways to be Taken Seriously as a Travel Agent
Feb 02, 2024
Ep 136 Top 5 Systems you Need in your Travel Business
Jan 26, 2024
Ep 135 How to Ensure your Emails Get Delivered in 2024
Jan 19, 2024
Ep 134 5 Mistakes Keeping you from Making Meaningful Income
Jan 12, 2024
Ep 133 How I 4.5x'ed My Email List in 2023
Jan 05, 2024
Ep 132 My Biggest Failures (and Wins!) of 2023
Dec 29, 2023
Ep 131 Unique Holiday Destinations and Experiences for Yourself and Travel Clients
Dec 22, 2023
Ep 130 Picking your Word of the Year
Dec 15, 2023
Ep 129 Why Social Media Won't Fix your Travel Business
Dec 08, 2023
Ep 128 Planning your 2024 Travel Agency Sales
Dec 01, 2023
Ep 127 Boosting Sales and Engagement through Email Marketing with Liz Wilcox
Nov 24, 2023
BONUS! Join Windstar in the Mediterranean Next Month!
Nov 20, 2023
Ep 126 Tools you Need for Media Interviews
Nov 17, 2023
Ep 125 What NOT to post on Social Media
Nov 10, 2023
Ep 124 Types of Lead Magnets
Nov 03, 2023
Ep 123 Financial Systems with Stephanie Cannon (Prep for Wave Week 2022 Replay)
Oct 27, 2023
Ep 122 How to Cultivate Meaningful Relationships for Travel Business Growth (Prep for Wave 2022 Replay)
Oct 20, 2023
Ep 121 Utilizing Tech for Easier Operations (Prep for Wave 2022 Replay)
Oct 13, 2023
Ep 120 Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Oct 06, 2023
Ep 119 You're Using AI and it Shows
Sep 29, 2023
Ep 118 What Spaceship Earth Taught Me about Business
Sep 22, 2023
Ep 117 Marketing that Speaks to Your Ideal Client
Sep 15, 2023
Ep 116 Search Engines vs Social Media for your Travel Business
Sep 08, 2023
Ep 115 Insider Inspiration to Plan with Intention (and a few updates!)
Sep 01, 2023
Ep 114 Using Traveler Motivations in your Marketing with Sahara Rose De Vore
Aug 25, 2023
Ep 113 Ascending in your Travel Business
Aug 18, 2023
Ep 112 Breaking Down the Numbers: The Real Costs of Hiring and Training in Travel
Aug 11, 2023
Ep 111 Using Bold Barbie Marketing for your Travel Business
Aug 04, 2023
Ep 110 I Want you Paid!
Jul 28, 2023
Ep 109 Setting Up Systems for your Business with Alicia Lozano
Jul 21, 2023
Ep 108 Using Threads Success as a Business Case Study
Jul 14, 2023
Ep 107 Threads: A New Social Media App
Jul 07, 2023
Ep 106 What to Post on Social Media - Social Media Day!
Jun 30, 2023
Ep 105 Tax and Profit Planning with Stephanie Cannon {Pt 2}
Jun 23, 2023
Ep 104 Tax and Profit Planning with Stephanie Cannon {Pt 1}
Jun 16, 2023
Ep 103 Generating Leads with Limited Time (Marketing Audit) with Dina Farmer
Jun 09, 2023
Ep 102 Tech Solutions for Travel Advisors
Jun 02, 2023
Ep 101 Becoming a Thriving Travel Entrepreneur with Ros Ranse
May 26, 2023
Ep 100 The 10 Commandments of Travel Business Owners
May 19, 2023
Ep 99 When Marketing ISN'T the Solution
May 12, 2023
Ep 98 Why your Social Media isn't Working
May 05, 2023
Ep 97 Reverse Engineering Your Business with a Must-Have Tool
Apr 28, 2023
Ep 96 What Exactly is Know, Like, and Trust?
Apr 21, 2023
Ep 95 Which Website is Best for your Travel Business?
Apr 14, 2023
Ep 94 You don't have to be "ready" to ask for sales
Apr 07, 2023
Ep 93 New Updates from Canva Create
Mar 31, 2023
Ep 92 How to Use ChatGPT
Mar 22, 2023
Ep 91 What Coaching Is and Isn't
Mar 15, 2023
Ep 90 The "Secret" to Social Media
Mar 08, 2023
Ep 89 Using the Terms your Ideal Clients are Using with Amy FloYo
Mar 01, 2023
Ep 88 What Would Will Medina Do?
Feb 22, 2023
Ep 87 What Does an Award-Winning Marketing Idea Look Like? with Cassandra Adams
Feb 15, 2023
Ep 86 The 411 on Coffee Chats
Feb 08, 2023
Ep 85 Why You're NOT Making Money in the Travel Business
Feb 03, 2023
Ep 84 The 4 Phases of the Travel Business
Jan 20, 2023
Ep 83 Start 2023 with an Educational Bang featuring Steph Lee!
Jan 13, 2023
Ep 82 The Last One for 2022!
Dec 20, 2022
Ep 81 Planning for 2023 (and a few stellar updates!)
Dec 08, 2022
Ep 80 Black Friday Offers for your Travel Business!
Nov 23, 2022
Ep 79 Lead Magnets 101 (Pre-Prep for Wave Week)
Nov 04, 2022
Ep 78 Sales Thoughts from Working at the Theater
Oct 27, 2022
Ep 77 Collaborating within the Travel Industry with Claire Burt
Oct 19, 2022
Ep 76 Copywriting Hacks for your Travel Business with Deanna Harris
Oct 13, 2022
Ep 75 Increasing Efficiency in your Travel Business with Alexandra Tucker
Sep 09, 2022
Ep 74 Getting Vulnerable about Persistency
Sep 01, 2022
Ep 73 Disrupting the Wellness Travel Space with Jackie Roby
Aug 24, 2022
Ep 72 Reels for your Travel Business
Aug 20, 2022
Ep 71 Content Creation Foundations
Aug 10, 2022
Ep 70 Breaking the Travel Business Rules with Christy Camren (Pt. 2)
Aug 03, 2022
Ep 69 Breaking the Travel Business Rules with Christy Camren (Pt. 1)
Jul 27, 2022
Ep 68 Travel Coaching for your Travel Business with Sahara Rose De Vore
Jul 21, 2022
Ep 67 Understanding Travel Clients with Special Needs with Dawn M. Barclay
Jul 13, 2022
Ep 66 Effectively Using Social Media: A Case Study (Pt 2)
Jul 08, 2022
Ep 65 Effectively Using Social Media: A Case Study (Pt 1)
Jun 30, 2022
Ep 64 Direct Mail Marketing for your Travel Business
Jun 08, 2022
Ep 63 Refreshing Ways to Think About Marketing with Janet Bava
May 25, 2022
Ep 62 LinkedIn for your Travel Business
May 18, 2022
Ep 61 The Lurkers are Watching
May 11, 2022
Ep 60 {Visibility Series} Visibility within the Travel Industry
May 04, 2022
Ep 59 {Visibility Series} Visibility Isn't Just About You
Apr 27, 2022
Ep 58 {Visibility Series} The Social Media Strategies Few Are Talking About
Apr 06, 2022
Ep 57 {Visibility Series} Visibility101
Mar 30, 2022
Ep 56 Bookkeeping for your Travel Business with Stephanie Cannon
Mar 23, 2022
Ep 55 Rethinking the Marketing Funnel for your Travel Business
Mar 16, 2022
Ep 54 Strategizing your {Travel} Business Operations with Alicia Lozano
Mar 09, 2022
Ep 53 Marketing Trends with Michal Maguire
Mar 02, 2022
Ep 52 Pinterest Strategies and More with Ana Ruiz
Feb 23, 2022
Ep 51 BS Free Business Planning with Sheila Folk
Feb 16, 2022
Ep 50 Setting Up your Google Business Profile with Amy Graves
Feb 09, 2022
Ep 49 Getting Clients First with Ina Coveney
Feb 02, 2022
Ep 48 Growing your Business with Courage featuring Angela Hughes
Jan 26, 2022
Ep 47 What to Expect from Host Week 2022 with Steph Lee
Jan 19, 2022
Ep 46 The 4 Phases of Being a Travel Entrepreneur
Jan 12, 2022
Ep 45 Who is the Host of the Strategic Travel Entrepreneur?
Jan 05, 2022
Ep 44 The One {Common} Thing I See Holding you Back
Dec 29, 2021
Ep 43 Merry Christmas [2021]
Dec 22, 2021
Ep 42 Planning Content for your Travel Business
Dec 15, 2021
Ep 41 Assessing 2021 (for Planning 2022)
Dec 08, 2021
Ep 40 A Different Perspective on Travel Sales with Charles Sylvia
Dec 01, 2021
Ep 39 Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 24, 2021
Ep 38 Tools for Travel Entrepreneurs
Nov 17, 2021
Ep 37 How to Implement My Learnings from Prep for Wave Week
Nov 11, 2021
Ep 36 First Takeaways from Prep for Wave Week
Nov 03, 2021
Ep 35 Is your Communication Strategy Holding you Back?
Oct 27, 2021
Ep 34 Client Journey 101
Oct 20, 2021
Ep 33 What is Wave Week?
Oct 14, 2021
Ep 32 A Different Take on Fees
Oct 07, 2021
Ep 31 SEO and Analytics for your Travel Business with Amy Graves
Sep 29, 2021
Ep 30 Social Media Basics with Kristi Mitchell
Sep 22, 2021
Ep 29 Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Sep 16, 2021
Ep 28 Increasing your Business Visibility
Sep 09, 2021
Ep 27 Why Should your Clients Care?
Sep 02, 2021
Ep 26 Productivity in your Travel Business with Evie Burke
Aug 25, 2021
Ep 25 Accounting for your Travel Business with Jeri Ann Cook
Aug 18, 2021
Ep 24 Branding Photos for your Travel Business with Andrea De La Cruz
Aug 11, 2021
Ep 23 Increasing Inclusivity in your Travel Business with Courtnie Nichols
Aug 04, 2021
Ep 22 Knowing your Numbers with Stephanie Cannon
Jul 28, 2021
Ep 21 Benefits of Having an Awesome Network
Jul 21, 2021
Ep 20 Do you have a Model Calendar?
Jul 14, 2021
Ep 19 Setting Boundaries
Jul 07, 2021
Ep 18 Strategizing My Travel Business Rebrand
Jun 30, 2021
Taking a Short Break
Jun 16, 2021
Ep 17 Strategizing with your Supplier BDM's with Beth Dean-Pope
Jun 09, 2021
Ep 16 What is Content, Anyways?
Jun 02, 2021
Ep 15 Offline Marketing Strategies with Nicolette Reynolds Part 2
May 26, 2021
Ep 14 Offline Marketing Strategies with Nicolette Reynolds Part 1
May 19, 2021
Ep 13 Podcasting for your Travel Biz with Adam Schaeuble
May 12, 2021
Ep 12 Building your Strengths with Nermine Zakhary
May 05, 2021
Ep 11 Utilizing your Marketing Data with Kristi Mitchell
Apr 28, 2021
Ep 10 Your Travel Biz as your Side Biz with Kris McPeak
Apr 21, 2021
Ep 09 Is your Travel Biz Legally Legit with Tom Carpenter
Apr 14, 2021
Ep 08 Starting your Virtual Live Show with Shannon Cunningham
Apr 07, 2021
Ep 07 Utilizing Speaking for Client Attraction with Mary Cravets
Mar 31, 2021
Ep 06 Health is Travel Business Wealth with Beth Hazelton
Mar 24, 2021
Ep 05 Attending the Book More Travel Workshop with Sandy Saburn
Mar 17, 2021
Ep 04 Utilizing your Heartset with The Unstoppable Sisters
Mar 10, 2021
Ep 01 The Strategic Travel Entrepreneur Podcast Intro
Mar 03, 2021
Ep 02 Networking for Introverts with Lisa Platt
Mar 03, 2021
Ep 03 Copywriting for Travel Pros with Emily Matras
Mar 03, 2021