Designed for industry professionals, this travel directory contains listings of over 10,000 contacts for wholesalers, travel agents, airlines, and cruise, car rental, and accommodation companies.

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Every monthly pocket-sized issue of SkyGuide helps you when you travel -- whether for business or pleasure. Now you can be prepared and travel smarter -- decide your smartest routes, make the best connections, and choose the most comfortable aircraft. You'll also enjoy 6 issues of Executive Travel, filled with valuable information for the senior executive and the business traveler. Reflecting the multi-faceted lifestyle of our readers, Executive Travel covers business management and leadership, new technology and gadgets for the on-the-go executive, news and updates about frequent flyer programs, and how to combine leisure with business travel.

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The leading news source for corporate travel managers. Offers reference/resource manuals such as Corporate Travel Index, Corporate Travel Black Book, Automation Directory, Official Business Travel Buyer's Handbook, Corporate Travel 100 and Annual Business Travel Survey. Deals, ideas and trends.

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National newspaper of the travel industry covering the latest news, insights, trends, and forecasts. Serves the news and information needs of travel agents, tour operators, and personnel within travel sectors. Contains features on destinations, columns from industry experts, and job vacancies.

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Brings the world of the traveling executive into focus. Includes guides to cities and business venues around the world, airline and travel news, and the best deals for airfare, hotels, and more.

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Now in Paperback!Just in time for summer travel, this paperback edition of THE NOISY AIRPLANE RIDE offers a rhyming tour of the variety of sounds a child might hear before, during, and after takeoff. Rhythmic noises make for a great read-aloud.A final double-page spread helps clarify some of the sights and physical sensations of a plane ride, from luggage loading to queasiness."Will no doubt provide comfort to young, first-time flyers." -Booklist"A contribution both cogent and soothing to the scanty library of preflight, or in-flight, reading matter for young, infrequent flyers."-Kirkus Reviews

Author: Mike Downs
Paperback: 32 pages
Company: Tricycle Press (2005-05-01) (2005-05-01)
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Author: Patrick Smith
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Author: Paul Theroux
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When Lyndon Baines Johnson wanted to go somewhere, there was no stopping him. This dynamic president called for Air Force One as others summon a taxi--at a moment's notice, whatever the hour or the weather. And the man who made sure that LBJ got his ride was General James U. Cross, the president's hand-picked pilot, top military assistant, and personal confidante. One of the few Air Force One pilots to have a position, simultaneously, in the White House, General Cross is also the only member of LBJ's inner circle who has not publicly offered his recollections of the president. In this book, he goes on the record, creating a fascinating, behind-the-scenes portrait of America's complex, often contradictory, always larger-than-life thirty-sixth president. General Cross tells an engrossing story. In addition to piloting Air Force One around the globe, he served President Johnson in multiple capacities, including directing the Military Office in the White House; managing a secret two-million-dollar presidential emergency fund; supervising the presidential retreat at Camp David, the president's entire transportation fleet, and the presidential bomb shelters; running the White House Mess; hiring White House social aides, including the president's future son-in-law, Charles Robb; and writing condolence letters to the families of soldiers killed in Vietnam. This wide-ranging, around-the-clock access to President Johnson allowed Cross to witness events and share moments that add color and depth to our understanding of America's arguably most demanding and unpredictable president.

Author: James U., Cross
Hardcover: 218 pages
Company: University of Texas Press (2008-05-15)
ISBN: 0292717687
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This series introduces young children, in an amusing and friendly way, to situations they might find themselves in for the first time. Stephen Cartwright's gently humorous illustrations are full of things for children to look at, learn from and talk about, and the simple text will enable slightly older children to read the books for themselves. This is an Accelerated Reader title. Accelerated Reader (AR) is the world's most popular reading management software. Used in nearly 60,000 schools, Accelerated Reader provides teachers with an easy and effective way to monitor all forms of guided reading practice.

Author: Anne Civardi
Paperback: 16 pages
Company: Usborne Pub Ltd (2006-01)
ISBN: 0794510051
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Recent events have forced everyone to be more aware of safety during airline flights. But being aware isn't enough . . . there are dozens of easy-to-follow practical actions you as a passenger should follow in order to minimize your risk -- and perhaps save your life -- in the event of a hijacking or other terrorist activity. In Safe Air Travel Companion, Dan McKinnon, an expert in commercial travel and survival, calmly, clearly, and rationally spells them out. In this one-of-a-kind resource, learn smart travel strategies for business and personal travel for yourself as well as your family. (20020329)

Author: Dan McKinnon
Paperback: 153 pages
Company: McGraw-Hill Professional (2002-01-24)
ISBN: 0071399186
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Decoding Air Travel is the most comprehensive and insightful work to date on the intricacies of the modern air travel system from a customer perspective, and the most effective tool for making travel more affordable, convenient, comfortable and fun. It's the only book that can teach you how to save hundreds -- even thousands -- of dollars per ticket by building your own airfare, how to fly in Business and First Class for the price of coach, and how to enjoy various travel luxuries at no additional cost. The book has two goals: Improving your travel life and saving you lots of money. It seeks to achieve those goals by helping you become a knowledgeable, smart and sophisticated traveler who has mastered an increasingly complex and frustrating system and can work it to his or her advantage. For more details, visit the book's website: DecodingAirTravel.com.

Author: Nicholas Kralev
Paperback: 282 pages
Company: CreateSpace (2011-06-16)
ISBN: 146101543X
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Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase is a wildly popular podcast about airline travel by real life flight attendant Betty, who shares funny stories from pilots, flight controllers, ground crew, passengers, and fellow flight attendants and is listened to by hundreds of thousands of Betty fans around the world. Now, by popular demand, here is the best of Betty in a book in what may be the world's first podcast-turned-book, or pook. It's a wonderful way to be entertained in the airport, on a plane, at home, and anywhere you want a good laugh.

Author: Betty N. Thesky, Janet Spencer
Paperback: 144 pages ISBN13: 9781606390115, Condition: New, Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
Company: Riverbend Publishing (2010-02-15)
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FREQUENT FLYER SECRETS

The Air Travel Handbook is about flying as a passenger in commercial aviation. It is not a broad how-to and where-to travel book, it is specific to air travel. It is for the frequent flyer.

People who often travel by air are usually flying for business. They have unique requirements that rarely occur to the holiday traveler. Frequent flyers need quick, comfortable and reliable transportation. While the flights are taking them to their business, the time in the air is not part of the business.

To the business flyer, time is money. They need to get through the airport quickly, board the plane early, ride comfortably, save time by eating while flying, be able to use their computer or go through papers on the plane, get off the plane quickly, etc.
That is what the Air Travel Handbook is about.

Occasional flyers will find this book fascinating; frequent flyers will find it essential. Both will find it fun.

***

As an author and professional speaker, Dan Poynter flies more than 6,000 miles/9,000 kms each week. He has completed 20 round-the-world itineraries, visited more than 50 countries (including skydiving into the North Pole), and spends more than 40% of his year outside the U.S. He has flown more than 2 million miles on United Airlines and has earned Global Services status, the “Black Card.”

Dan is the editor of the Global Speakers Federation NewsBrief, a twice-a-month newsletter on professional speaking and travel. He is a licensed pilot, FAA Master Parachute Rigger and USPA Skydiving Instructor/Examiner. Dan studies, writes and speaks on travel, aviation and book writing/publishing.

SECOND EDITION, COMPLETELY REVISED Print edition will be higher.

***

Air Travel is easier and more fun when you know the inside secrets.

Author: Dan Poynter
Kindle Edition: 154 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Para Publishing (2010-09-22) (2010-09-22)
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“Fliers have accommodated themselves to misery” – The New Yorker

Airline travel doesn’t need to be a hassle. There will always be some areas that are less than fun – the TSA security screening checkpoint comes to mind – but there’s a lot you can do to save money on your ticket and make your journey safer and less stressful. In fact, there are ways to make it rather pleasant. The Captain’s Guide to Air Travel shares insider secrets to make your flight smoother, easier and safer from the moment you book your flight until you retrieve your luggage at the end of the flight. And you’ll save money in the process, including checking your luggage for free and receiving complimentary access to airline club rooms! Be sure to read this book before you plan your next flight!


Author: George Nolly
Kindle Edition: 40 pages Kindle eBook
Company: (2011-08-08) (2011-08-08)
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This magazine is designed for readers ages 50 or older. It features practical tips and vacation ideas geared toward finding the best values while traveling. Its editorial focus is primarily on North American destinations.

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The official lifestyle magazine for Airstream owners and admirers. Full color 64 page magazine including photos, adventures, history, humor, interviews, events, projects, and more.

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Outside covers the exciting, active lifestyle of today's man.˜ Each month readers share the adventure, with travel reporting and advice available nowhere else, inspiring profiles, breathtaking photography, epic news from the frontiers of exploration and risk, rock-solid advice on gear, health and fitness and an addictive quotient of daring and mind-blowing surprises.

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER is a resource for active, curious travelers. It uses storytelling and you-are-there photography. Features focus on domestic and foreign destinations, personal travel reflections, food and restaurants, great places to stay, photography, trends, adventure, ecotourism, road trips, cultural events, and travelers and TravelWise-which appears with every major feature-furnishes a lively and complete mini guidebook to help consumers plan their trips.

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Imagine a world without late planes, missed connections, lost luggage, bumped passengers, cramped seating, high fees and higher fares, surly employees, and security lines. . . .

Ordinary travel is an extraordinary ordeal. Yet despite the high prices and huge hassles, travel is essential—along with the need for tips, tricks, and techniques to improve the journey. The Wall Street Journal Guide to Power Travel is an entertaining road trip and a helpful guide, drawn from Scott McCartney's popular Middle Seat column, which explains why bad things happen to good travelers and what you can do to improve your lot. Expert advice and tips include:

How to get cheap fares, first-class upgrades, and better seats.

How to minimize chances of lost luggage and what to do when baggage doesn't show up.

How to avoid delays, get around TSA bottlenecks, and minimize the chances you'll get stuck at some distant airport—and what to do if you do get stuck.

How to complain to an airline and get some attention, right down to what to ask for in compensation and how to get the government's attention.

Author: Scott McCartney
Kindle Edition: 320 pages Kindle eBook
Company: HarperCollins e-books (2009-04-10) (2009-04-21)
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From the mind of Ben Russell – a business traveler and former Marine – comes a handy guide with tips on packing, etiquette and how to get the most out of your adventures at home and abroad.

Author: Ben Russell
Kindle Edition: 86 pages Kindle eBook
Company: (2012-01-15) (2012-01-15)
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Decoding Air Travel is the most comprehensive and insightful work to date on the intricacies of the modern air travel system from a customer perspective, and the most effective tool for making travel more affordable, convenient, comfortable and fun.

It’s the only book that can teach you how to save hundreds — even thousands — of dollars per ticket by building your own airfare, how to fly in Business and First Class for the price of coach, and how to enjoy various travel luxuries at no additional cost.

The book has two goals: Improving your travel life and saving you lots of money. It seeks to achieve those goals by helping you become a knowledgeable, empowered and sophisticated traveler who has mastered an increasingly complex and frustrating system and can work it to his or her advantage.

Author: Nicholas Kralev
Kindle Edition: Kindle eBook
Company: CreateSpace (2011-07-11) (2011-07-11)
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Little-known tips and "side doors" to make business travel easier. The Unofficial Business Traveler's Pocket Guide is an indispensable assistant for any business traveler. Packed with 249 easy-access tips, it gives the instant help that business travelers need, and features numerous, "Why didn't I think of that?" tips on international travel, technology, frequent flyer programs, and more. This bible for business travelers is packed with immediately useful advice. For example: airlines are promoting their new "Empower" in-seat outlets but be aware that you'll need a special adapter; at New Toyko International Airport, skip cabs and take the $15 train ride; if you're having trouble redeeming frequent flyer miles, try nearby, less popular airports as an alternative.

Author: Christopher J. McGinnis
Kindle Edition: 247 pages Kindle eBook
Company: McGraw Hill Text (2002-01-04) (2002-01-04)
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Are you looking for a home-based business with flexible hours and low start-up costs and expenses? Are you a stay-at-home mom who needs some extra income? Do you need more money to supplement your paycheck from your regular job? Are you unemployed and looking for some income to tide you over? Do you have a passion for travel? Starting your own online travel agency might just be the right move for you.

This 16,000 word book isn't about multilevel marketing programs or worthless cookie-cutter travel sites. It gives you five solid steps to starting your own online travel agency. If you implement these steps, you'll have your very own travel business. It also discusses the realities of the business, without false get-rich-quick promises.

Topics in this comprehensive guide to starting your own home-based business include:

-Is an Internet travel agency right for you?
-How to calculate your earning potential
-Making a business plan
-Making a marketing plan
-Choosing a specialty and differentiating yourself
-Start-up costs and expenses
-Finding a legitimate host agency (and avoiding scams)
-How to handle failure

This career guide contains exercises to help you see you're cut out to be online travel agent and to help you set up your business. It's also loaded with helpful links to free and cheap resources and vital information. It's written by Barb Nefer, a successful online travel agent since 2004 who books Disney Cruise Line and Walt Disney World trips. She's also author of another career guide, "So You Want to be a Counselor." Barb brings her experience to this book and offers her advice throughout, based on her own extensive experience as a home-based travel agent.


Author: Barbara Nefer
Kindle Edition: Kindle eBook
Company: (2011-12-28) (2011-12-28)
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Written from experience, "Work At Home Online Businesses You Can Start for Under $20" by self-employed entrepreneur, Janice Jacobs, is an amazing 120+page eBook that details a variety of online business opportunities that you can start at a low cost.These aren't just vague ideas of something that "might work." These are real outlines of real businesses.

"Work At Home Online Businesses You Can Start for Under $20" covers:

1) Multiple online business opportunities.
2) The skills and character traits you'll need to make each of them work.
3) The honest outlook for the opportunity in the future.
4) A breakdown of how the business really works.
5) Valuable resources that will put you in contact with critical information.
6) A no-hype explanation of likely earnings.
7) Discussion of pitfalls and benefits of each opportunity.

The Internet is changing the rules of small business ownership and has opened many venues to multiple high-yield, low-risk opportunities that you can do from home.

Table of Contents
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INTRODUCTION
HOW CAN I SUCCEED AT WORKING AT HOME?
QUESTIONS TO ASK MYSELF
SELF-ANALYSIS INVENTORY
HOW TO EVALUATE WORK-AT-HOME OPPORTUNITIES
IS STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS AT HOME A GOOD OR BAD IDEA?
WHAT ARE THE PITFALLS OF WORKING AT HOME?
IS IT A FINANCIAL BURDEN TO START A HOME BUSINESS?
HOW IS WORKING FROM HOME DIFFERENT?
HOW DO I IDENTIFY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CAREERS AT HOME?
GET STARTED ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS!
WHAT TYPES OF ONLINE BUSINESSES ARE AVAILABLE TO ME?
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN YOUR HOME BUSINESS
WORK-AT-HOME CAREER OPTIONS

**** GRAPHIC DESIGN BUSINESS
PERSONALITY
DESCRIPTION
FREELANCE VS. OWNING A COMPANY
DEVELOPING FUNCTIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGIES
WHO IS BEST SUITED FOR A GRAPHIC DESIGN BUSINESS?
STEP BY STEP PROCESS TO SET UP GRAPHIC DESIGN BUSINESS
JOB OUTLOOK

**** FREELANCE BLOGGING BUSINESS
REQUIREMENTS
PERSONALITY
DESCRIPTION
WHO IS BEST SUITED FOR A BLOGGING BUSINESS?
STEP BY STEP PROCESS TO SET UP YOUR BLOGGING BUSINESS
TOP BLOGGING TOPICS
ADDITIONAL HELPFUL TOPICS (AND EXPLANATIONS ON HOW TO MAKE THEM GREAT!)
LAST MINUTE TIPS FOR BLOGGERS
JOB OUTLOOK


**** VIRTUAL ASSISTANT
REQUIREMENTS
PERSONALITY
DESCRIPTION
FREELANCE VS. OWNING A COMPANY

WHO IS BEST SUITED FOR A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT OCCUPATION?
DIFFERENCES IN VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS AND SECRETARIES
WHO HIRES VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS AND WHY?
STEP BY STEP PROCESS TO SET UP A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT BUSINESS
JOB OUTLOOK

**** SECRETARIAL SERVICES
REQUIREMENTS
PERSONALITY
DESCRIPTION
WHO IS BEST SUITED FOR A SECRETARIAL POSITION?
STEP BY STEP PROCESS TO SET UP YOUR SECRETARIAL BUSINESS
HIRING STAFF
STARTING YOUR WEBSITE
OTHER WAYS OF MARKETING YOUR BUSINESS
MARKETING IDEAS
JOB OUTLOOK

**** FREELANCE WRITING BUSINESS
REQUIREMENTS
PERSONALITY
TYPES OF FREELANCE JOBS AVAILABLE FOR WRITERS
TYPES OF NEW BUSINESS WRITERS CAN ESTABLISH
GREAT TOPICS FOR WRITERS TO GET INVOLVED WITH
STEP BY STEP PROCESS TO SET UP A WRITER’S BUSINESS
JOB OUTLOOK

***** RESEARCH SPECIALIST
REQUIREMENTS
PERSONALITY
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS FOR RESEARCH POSITIONS
RESEARCH IDEAS
STEP BY STEP PROCESS TO SET UP A RESEARCH SPECIALIST BUSINESS
JOB OUTLOOK

**** HOMEBASED eBAY BUSINESS
REQUIREMENTS
PERSONALITY
STEP BY STEP PROCESS TO SET UP YOUR EBAY BUSINESS
JOB OUTLOOK
LINKS AND RESOURCES: 118

***** INTERNET MERCHANDISE SELLER
WHAT YOU NEED: THE BASICS
PERSONALITY
DESCRIPTION
INFORMATION TO SELL
STORE IDEAS FOR YOU TO UTILIZE (INCLUDES AFFILIATE WORK)
THREE OPTIONS FOR SELLING
STEP BY STEP PROCESS TO SET UP YOUR ONLINE BUSINESS
JOB OUTLOOK

***** ONLINE TRAVEL AGENCY
REQUIREMENTS
DESCRIPTION
STEP BY STEP PROCESS TO SET UP A TRAVEL BUSINESS
BUSINESS
JOB OUTLOOK

***** WARNING: WORK AT HOME SCAMS
WHAT KINDS OF JOBS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS SCAMS?
QUESTIONS TO ASK (COMPANIES) IN ORDER TO HELP DETERMINE IF THEY ARE LEGITIMATE
WORK AT HOME FINAL TIPS
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF IN ORDER TO MAKE GOALS: 152

Author: Janice Jacobs
Kindle Edition: 72 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Payday Publishing (2011-05-02) (2011-05-02)
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This is the first chapter of the upcoming book, Travel Safety: Safety tips for personal and corporate travellers. It covers basic safety advice that all travellers should be aware of.

* Taking care of yourself
* Documents and cash
* Street crime, cons, and opportunists
* Crossing borders
* Accommodation

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The world is a safe place (so why are we writing this book?)
============================================

Every year millions of trips take place: people leave their homes, travel and return without incident. In general, the world is a safe place and moving over borders and into foreign countries is safer than it has ever been in the history of the world. However, if millions of travellers encounter no problems, a small percentage encounter the worst of humanity, or the worst nature can throw at us.

Who is responsible for your personal safety? This question was asked of a group of senior officers gathered in Sudan for a peace-keeping mission. Despite the retort of a certain Rwandan Major, the correct answer is not "my mom". The correct answer is that you are. You have to look after yourself.

It's our pleasure to share our stories, our experiences, and the best practices devised by the smartest minds in security. We've stripped out the jargon and kept things simple and practical while covering a wide range of possible situations.

Airline safety briefings often include the line, "in the unlikely event of an emergency…" This book is a manual for those unlikely emergencies, written by people who travel often. Every traveller has a different strategy as to how to look after themselves while they are on the road; we've brought together our experiences with stories and ideas from dozens of others. We only include advice we believe in, which have been road-tested by people who have survived traumatic experiences, and from those who have learned from all the little problems one might encounter.

Some people are more scared than excited by the world around them. It's not our goal to make you one of those people. It's our goal to help you become fear-free, by having access to the tactics and knowledge that will keep you safe. Don't be afraid to travel, to meet people, to immerse yourself in life and in the colourful cultures of the world. And if you ever come across the Rwandan Military, it seems they actually have a sense of humour!

(The above excerpt is taken from the authors' foreword.)

The full book, to be released later in 2011 will include chapters on:
TRANSPORT BASICS
* Airplane travel
* Land transport
* Boats and water travel

SPECIFIC SAFETY ADVICE
* For business travel
* For backpackers and RTW travellers
* For family travel
* For solo travellers

WHEN VIOLENCE STRIKES, covering
* Hostage and kidnapping situations
* Armed robbery
* Carjacking
* Unofficial border stops
* Sexual assault

EMERGENCY RESPONSE
* Fire
* Flood
* Earthquake
* and afterwards

ACCIDENTAL WARZONES
* Escaping riots
* Surviving terrorism
* Unexploded ordinance, including landmmine avoidance
* Being shot at or bombed

... And much more. It's our goal to tell you everything you need to know about the potential risks, both likely and unlikely, that you'll face on the road, in the air, and as you travel at home and around the world.

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About the authors:
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Craig Bidois is one of a select few certified to train United Nations Executives in security, and one of the very few New Zealanders to be awarded the Iraq Reconstruction Medal by the British Government for his dedicated work under extreme conditions to help rebuild the Iraqi Security Forces. From humanitarian staff to corporate travellers, Craig Bidois has trained over 15,000 people in travel safety.

Craig Martin travels a lot. Since February 2006 he and his wife, Linda, have visited over 50 countries. He's been pick-pocketed, caught in earthquakes and sucked in by scams, and has learned his lessons the hard way.

Author: Craig Bidois, Craig Martin
Kindle Edition: 23 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Indie Travel Media Ltd (2011-10-01) (2011-10-01)
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Author: Charlene Davis
Kindle Edition: 200 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Entrepreneur Press (2009-06-01) (2009-06-01)
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Active Business Travel China is a must read for the business traveller to China. Having experienced many facets of the Anglo-Chinese business world from both sides, our editorial team has observed the disorientation that many delegates can face on their travels. This guide doesn’t tell you how to conduct your business, nor does it tell you how important it is to learn the Chinese language. What it does do is provide you with the background you need to build your own international business base including:

• why fax machines are still popular in China;
• where and how Chinese business executives network;
• which hot topics you can talk about to break the ice with a Chinese business prospect; and
• how to use an interpreter effectively.

Reviews for Active Business Travel China:

“The background information and explanations provide really relevant insights into how to do business in China. It helped break the ice and develop relationships with my Chinese contacts.”
George Adcock, Business Manager, London Metal Exchange

“This handbook has become a good business companion for me every time I visit China.”
David E James, Managing Director, BMTRADA Certification Limited

“Don’t go to China without it!” Peter Bishop, Deputy CEO of London Chamber of Commerce

“We issue the books to our Chinese Club members as a corporate gift. It is an excellent way of both helping our members undertake their business whilst raising our own profile across a much wider audience.”
Christopher Buxton, CEO of Processing & Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA)


Author: Yintong Betser, Wenli Fang
Kindle Edition: Kindle eBook
Company: Goldcroft Books, a division of General Media Productions Limited (2011-11-24) (2011-11-24)
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Author: Entrepreneur Press, Rich Mintzer
Kindle Edition: 220 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Entrepreneur Press (2007-09-01) (2007-09-01)
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Mixing in elements of pop culture, Dierikx provides a chronological history of the evolution of air travel. He covers the significant challenges and developments in air transportation for a specific period, starting with how and why aviation came to play an important role in international politics and economic relations. He follows with an examination of how improvements in technology influenced existing concepts of distance, created new travel patterns, and what effect the growth in numbers of passenger and cargo had on air transportation. Finally, Dierikx looks at how airlines have become increasingly detached from national interests and state control, concluding with an overview of the current state of air travel, and a description of the role air transportation played in the creation of a global society.

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, it is difficult to imagine our world without aircraft. Airplanes are everywhere, and rapid air transport has become one of the necessities of our time. Yet one of the peculiarities of powered flight is that it has stayed in the public focus for over a century. Clipping the Clouds looks at the history of aviation in a challenging new way, covering not just the technology, but the way aviation has interacted with society since its very beginnings.

Mixing in pop culture—each chapter opens and closes with an excerpt from a movie that depicts elements of air transport illustrating the chapter's theme—Dierikx provides a chronological history of the evolution of air travel since 1919. He covers the significant challenges and developments in air transportation for each of four chronological periods, starting with how and why aviation came to play an important role in international politics and economic relations. He follows with an examination of how improvements in technology influenced existing concepts of distance, created new travel patterns, and what effect the growth in numbers of passenger and cargo had on air transportation. Finally, Dierikx looks at how airlines have become increasingly detached from national interests and state control, concluding with an overview of the current state of air travel and a description of the role air transportation has played in the creation of a global society.

Author: Marc Dierikx
Kindle Edition: 215 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Praeger (2008-06-30) (2008-06-30)
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Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase is a wildly popular podcast about airline travel by real life flight attendant Betty, who shares funny stories from pilots, flight controllers, ground crew, passengers, and fellow flight attendants and is listened to by hundreds of thousands of Betty fans around the world. Now, by popular demand, here is the best of Betty in a book in what may be the world's first podcast-turned-book, or pook. It's a wonderful way to be entertained in the airport, on a plane, at home, and anywhere you want a good laugh.

Author: Betty N. Thesky, Janet Spencer, Nanette Weston
Kindle Edition: Kindle eBook
Company: Riverbend Publishing (2010-01-20) (2010-01-20)
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Ryan Bingham’s job as a Career Transition Counselor–he fires people–has kept him airborne for years. Although he has come to despise his line of work, he has come to love the culture of what he calls “Airworld,” finding contentment within pressurized cabins, anonymous hotel rooms, and a wardrobe of wrinkle-free slacks. With a letter of resignation sitting on his boss’s desk, and the hope of a job with a mysterious consulting firm, Ryan Bingham is agonizingly close to his ultimate goal, his Holy Grail: one million frequent flier miles. But before he achieves this long-desired freedom, conditions begin to deteriorate.

With perception, wit, and wisdom, Up in the Air combines brilliant social observation with an acute sense of the psychic costs of our rootless existence, and confirms Walter Kirn as one of the most savvy chroniclers of American life.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author: Walter Kirn
Kindle Edition: 386 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Anchor (2002-08-13) (2002-08-13)
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FREQUENT FLYER SECRETS

The Air Travel Handbook is about flying as a passenger in commercial aviation. It is not a broad how-to and where-to travel book, it is specific to air travel. It is for the frequent flyer.

People who often travel by air are usually flying for business. They have unique requirements that rarely occur to the holiday traveler. Frequent flyers need quick, comfortable and reliable transportation. While the flights are taking them to their business, the time in the air is not part of the business.

To the business flyer, time is money. They need to get through the airport quickly, board the plane early, ride comfortably, save time by eating while flying, be able to use their computer or go through papers on the plane, get off the plane quickly, etc.
That is what the Air Travel Handbook is about.

Occasional flyers will find this book fascinating; frequent flyers will find it essential. Both will find it fun.

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As an author and professional speaker, Dan Poynter flies more than 6,000 miles/9,000 kms each week. He has completed 20 round-the-world itineraries, visited more than 50 countries (including skydiving into the North Pole), and spends more than 40% of his year outside the U.S. He has flown more than 2 million miles on United Airlines and has earned Global Services status, the “Black Card.”

Dan is the editor of the Global Speakers Federation NewsBrief, a twice-a-month newsletter on professional speaking and travel. He is a licensed pilot, FAA Master Parachute Rigger and USPA Skydiving Instructor/Examiner. Dan studies, writes and speaks on travel, aviation and book writing/publishing.

SECOND EDITION, COMPLETELY REVISED Print edition will be higher.

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Air Travel is easier and more fun when you know the inside secrets.

Author: Dan Poynter
Kindle Edition: 154 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Para Publishing (2010-09-22) (2010-09-22)
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You want to travel and see different places but you have a tight budget? Remember you don’t have to be filthy rich to go on a domestic or international holiday. With proper research you will find that you can actually travel within your budget.

Finding a bargain holiday is all about being aware of the market and the deals that are available. Pay attention to the basics such as when you are going to travel or where you want to travel. If you can be a bit different to the masses you will find that you can make huge savings.

Being aware of what you can get gives you a hugely advantageous bargaining point. Just remember, you are the customer, so ask for what you want, and don’t be afraid to haggle.



Author: Gregory M. Victory
Kindle Edition: 84 pages Kindle eBook
Company: (2011-08-24) (2011-08-24)
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Recent events have forced everyone to be more aware of safety during airline flights. But being aware isn't enough . . . there are dozens of easy-to-follow practical actions you as a passenger should follow in order to minimize your risk -- and perhaps save your life -- in the event of a hijacking or other terrorist activity. In Safe Air Travel Companion, Dan McKinnon, an expert in commercial travel and survival, calmly, clearly, and rationally spells them out. In this one-of-a-kind resource, learn smart travel strategies for business and personal travel for yourself as well as your family.

Author: Dan McKinnon
Kindle Edition: 178 pages Kindle eBook
Company: McGraw Hill Text (2002-01-24) (2002-01-24)
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When Lyndon Baines Johnson wanted to go somewhere, there was no stopping him. This dynamic president called for Air Force One as others summon a taxi--at a moment's notice, whatever the hour or the weather. And the man who made sure that LBJ got his ride was General James U. Cross, the president's hand-picked pilot, top military assistant, and personal confidante. One of the few Air Force One pilots to have a position, simultaneously, in the White House, General Cross is also the only member of LBJ's inner circle who has not publicly offered his recollections of the president. In this book, he goes on the record, creating a fascinating, behind-the-scenes portrait of America's complex, often contradictory, always larger-than-life thirty-sixth president.
General Cross tells an engrossing story. In addition to piloting Air Force One around the globe, he served President Johnson in multiple capacities, including directing the Military Office in the White House; managing a secret two-million-dollar presidential emergency fund; supervising the presidential retreat at Camp David, the president's entire transportation fleet, and the presidential bomb shelters; running the White House Mess; hiring White House social aides, including the president's future son-in-law, Charles Robb; and writing condolence letters to the families of soldiers killed in Vietnam. This wide-ranging, around-the-clock access to President Johnson allowed Cross to witness events and share moments that add color and depth to our understanding of America's arguably most demanding and unpredictable president.

Author: James U., Cross
Kindle Edition: 218 pages Kindle eBook
Company: University of Texas Press (2008-05-15) (2008-05-15)
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Decoding Air Travel is the most comprehensive and insightful work to date on the intricacies of the modern air travel system from a customer perspective, and the most effective tool for making travel more affordable, convenient, comfortable and fun.

It’s the only book that can teach you how to save hundreds — even thousands — of dollars per ticket by building your own airfare, how to fly in Business and First Class for the price of coach, and how to enjoy various travel luxuries at no additional cost.

The book has two goals: Improving your travel life and saving you lots of money. It seeks to achieve those goals by helping you become a knowledgeable, empowered and sophisticated traveler who has mastered an increasingly complex and frustrating system and can work it to his or her advantage.

Author: Nicholas Kralev
Kindle Edition: Kindle eBook
Company: CreateSpace (2011-07-11) (2011-07-11)
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You’re past air travel’s being exciting or glamorous. Now it’s just a long bus ride in the air to get to that meeting or conference. You’ve figured out ways to make the experience less onerous, but you know there must be more. If only you could tap the best ideas of road warriors—people who fly even more than you do—and glean what they’ve learned.

This eBook does just that. Comprised of best practices of some of the most frequent travelers in the world, you’ll learn how they get the best fares, handle delayed flights, become comfortable on the plane, navigate when stranded, deal with lost/delayed luggage and maximize loyalty programs.

You will fly more comfortably, inexpensively, and with more peace of mind.


Kindle Edition: 26 pages Kindle eBook
Company: SpeakerNet News (2011-06-03) (2011-06-03)
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Hi my name is Natalie and I have been an air stewardess for over 30 years. I have worked for some of the biggest airlines on both sides of the Atlantic and over the course of my career I have personally waited on hundreds of thousands of passengers.
People think our job is all glamour and don’t get me wrong we are very privileged and get to travel world but it does have its downfalls.
In my time I have seen many things that you won’t believe and in this book I am going to share just a few with them. There will be tales of sex, rowdy pilots, death, people having accidents and more.
I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I have enjoyed my job over the last 30 years.


Author: Natalie Smiley
Kindle Edition: Kindle eBook
Company: (2012-01-07) (2012-01-07)
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Imagine a world without late planes, missed connections, lost luggage, bumped passengers, cramped seating, high fees and higher fares, surly employees, and security lines. . . .

Ordinary travel is an extraordinary ordeal. Yet despite the high prices and huge hassles, travel is essential—along with the need for tips, tricks, and techniques to improve the journey. The Wall Street Journal Guide to Power Travel is an entertaining road trip and a helpful guide, drawn from Scott McCartney's popular Middle Seat column, which explains why bad things happen to good travelers and what you can do to improve your lot. Expert advice and tips include:

How to get cheap fares, first-class upgrades, and better seats.

How to minimize chances of lost luggage and what to do when baggage doesn't show up.

How to avoid delays, get around TSA bottlenecks, and minimize the chances you'll get stuck at some distant airport—and what to do if you do get stuck.

How to complain to an airline and get some attention, right down to what to ask for in compensation and how to get the government's attention.

Author: Scott McCartney
Paperback: 320 pages
Company: HarperBusiness (2009-04-21) (2009-04-21)
ISBN: 0061688711
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The Way of the Road Warrior offers weary business travelers inspiration, advice, and practical skills for conquering the competition while conducting business on the road.  This business traveler’s handbook is written by Robert L. Jolles—salesman, consultant, professional speaker, and veteran “Road Warrior” who has logged more than twenty years and two million miles in the air.  In The Way of the Road Warrior, he delves into his personal journal and wealth of experience to offer insights on the sometimes difficult balancing act between work, travel, and family.

Robert Lewis Stevenson wrote, “The most beautiful adventures are not those we go to seek.” In these pages, readers will find that a chance conversation with a cab driver can be as valuable as a sit-down with a CEO.  Jolles also speaks to the dangerous and addictive aspects of business travel and doesn’t sugarcoat the toll it takes on those who wait at home. From beginning to end, The Way of the Road Warrior will teach you why business travel isn’t just a way to do your job, but a warrior’s path to insight, wisdom, and so very much more.

Author: Robert L. Jolles
Hardcover: 256 pages
Company: Jossey-Bass (2005-10-24)
ISBN: 0787980625
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Are you looking for a home-based business with flexible hours and low start-up costs and expenses? Are you a stay-at-home mom who needs some extra income? Do you need more money to supplement your paycheck from your regular job? Are you unemployed and looking for some income to tide you over? Do you have a passion for travel? Starting your own online travel agency might just be the right move for you.

This 16,000 word book isn't about multilevel marketing programs or worthless cookie-cutter travel sites. It gives you five solid steps to starting your own online travel agency. If you implement these steps, you'll have your very own travel business. It also discusses the realities of the business, without false get-rich-quick promises.

Topics in this comprehensive guide to starting your own home-based business include:

-Is an Internet travel agency right for you?
-How to calculate your earning potential
-Making a business plan
-Making a marketing plan
-Choosing a specialty and differentiating yourself
-Start-up costs and expenses
-Finding a legitimate host agency (and avoiding scams)
-How to handle failure

This career guide contains exercises to help you see you're cut out to be online travel agent and to help you set up your business. It's also loaded with helpful links to free and cheap resources and vital information. It's written by Barb Nefer, a successful online travel agent since 2004 who books Disney Cruise Line and Walt Disney World trips. She's also author of another career guide, "So You Want to be a Counselor." Barb brings her experience to this book and offers her advice throughout, based on her own extensive experience as a home-based travel agent.


Author: Barbara Nefer
Kindle Edition: Kindle eBook
Company: (2011-12-28) (2011-12-28)
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Fully updated for the 21st-century traveler, this definitive packing guide will empower overpackers to throw down their brick-like suitcases and become carry-on pros. The Packing Book reveals the secrets of packing efficiently, with time-saving tips, techniques, and technologies. Packing consultant Judith Gilford describes her famed Bundle Method step by step, so that every carry-on hopeful can achieve wrinkle-free, space-saving perfection. This edition also addresses new carry-on security concerns and guidelines, including what you can and cannot take on the plane. Complete with packing checklists for every kind of journey, The Packing Book will prepare you for beach vacations, business trips, European excursions, and more-without leaving you weighed down, wrinkled, and weary.

Author: Judith Gilford
Paperback: 288 pages Author: Judith Gilford., Manufactured to the Highest Quality Available., Satisfaction Ensured., Great Gift Idea.
Company: Ten Speed Press (2006-09-01) (2006-09-01)
ISBN: 1580087833
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Author: Dan Verdick
Paperback: 144 pages
Company: Robins Lane Press (2003-01-01)
ISBN: 158904004X
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This is the first chapter of the upcoming book, Travel Safety: Safety tips for personal and corporate travellers. It covers basic safety advice that all travellers should be aware of.

* Taking care of yourself
* Documents and cash
* Street crime, cons, and opportunists
* Crossing borders
* Accommodation

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The world is a safe place (so why are we writing this book?)
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Every year millions of trips take place: people leave their homes, travel and return without incident. In general, the world is a safe place and moving over borders and into foreign countries is safer than it has ever been in the history of the world. However, if millions of travellers encounter no problems, a small percentage encounter the worst of humanity, or the worst nature can throw at us.

Who is responsible for your personal safety? This question was asked of a group of senior officers gathered in Sudan for a peace-keeping mission. Despite the retort of a certain Rwandan Major, the correct answer is not "my mom". The correct answer is that you are. You have to look after yourself.

It's our pleasure to share our stories, our experiences, and the best practices devised by the smartest minds in security. We've stripped out the jargon and kept things simple and practical while covering a wide range of possible situations.

Airline safety briefings often include the line, "in the unlikely event of an emergency…" This book is a manual for those unlikely emergencies, written by people who travel often. Every traveller has a different strategy as to how to look after themselves while they are on the road; we've brought together our experiences with stories and ideas from dozens of others. We only include advice we believe in, which have been road-tested by people who have survived traumatic experiences, and from those who have learned from all the little problems one might encounter.

Some people are more scared than excited by the world around them. It's not our goal to make you one of those people. It's our goal to help you become fear-free, by having access to the tactics and knowledge that will keep you safe. Don't be afraid to travel, to meet people, to immerse yourself in life and in the colourful cultures of the world. And if you ever come across the Rwandan Military, it seems they actually have a sense of humour!

(The above excerpt is taken from the authors' foreword.)

The full book, to be released later in 2011 will include chapters on:
TRANSPORT BASICS
* Airplane travel
* Land transport
* Boats and water travel

SPECIFIC SAFETY ADVICE
* For business travel
* For backpackers and RTW travellers
* For family travel
* For solo travellers

WHEN VIOLENCE STRIKES, covering
* Hostage and kidnapping situations
* Armed robbery
* Carjacking
* Unofficial border stops
* Sexual assault

EMERGENCY RESPONSE
* Fire
* Flood
* Earthquake
* and afterwards

ACCIDENTAL WARZONES
* Escaping riots
* Surviving terrorism
* Unexploded ordinance, including landmmine avoidance
* Being shot at or bombed

... And much more. It's our goal to tell you everything you need to know about the potential risks, both likely and unlikely, that you'll face on the road, in the air, and as you travel at home and around the world.

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About the authors:
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Craig Bidois is one of a select few certified to train United Nations Executives in security, and one of the very few New Zealanders to be awarded the Iraq Reconstruction Medal by the British Government for his dedicated work under extreme conditions to help rebuild the Iraqi Security Forces. From humanitarian staff to corporate travellers, Craig Bidois has trained over 15,000 people in travel safety.

Craig Martin travels a lot. Since February 2006 he and his wife, Linda, have visited over 50 countries. He's been pick-pocketed, caught in earthquakes and sucked in by scams, and has learned his lessons the hard way.

Author: Craig Bidois, Craig Martin
Kindle Edition: 23 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Indie Travel Media Ltd (2011-10-01) (2011-10-01)
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"Roger Axtell is an internationalist Emily Post."
--The New Yorker

International business and leisure travel etiquette expert Roger Axtell's bestselling Do's and Taboos books have helped hundreds of thousands of business travelers and tourists avoid the missteps and misunderstandings the world traveler can encounter. In Essential Do's and Taboos, Axtell shares the wisdom he has compiled over a lifetime of international experience.

Whether you need to know the best time of year to set up a business meeting in Germany or why the O.K. sign is not O.K. in Brazil, you'll find practical, fascinating, culture-savvy, up-to-date advice to help you steer clear of faux pas and face the world with confidence. Essential Do's and Taboos features:
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Information on customs, protocol, etiquette, hand gestures, and body language
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Fresh advice regarding Internet business and communication options
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Country-specific chapters on eleven popular locations--from old favorites like England, France, Japan, and Germany to hot tourist destinations and emerging economies like India, China, Russia, and Mexico
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Guidance on hosting international visitors
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Important tips on using English around the world
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Special do's and taboos for women traveling abroad

Author: Roger E. Axtell
Paperback: 308 pages
Company: Wiley (2007-09-10)
ISBN: 0471740500
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 Written in a conversational style, this book views the industry from a business perspective—examining the management, marketing and finance issues most important to industry members. Chapters reveal an integrated model of tourism and address consumer behavior, service quality and personal selling. Readings and integrative cases close each part and end-of-chapter exercises offer application activities for students. This edition includes new chapters on technological innovations and sustainability issues and offers a view of today's tourism industry that is as interesting and multi-faceted as the field itself.

Author: Roy A. Cook, Laura J. Yale, Joseph J. Marqua
Paperback: 432 pages
Company: Prentice Hall (2009-02-21)
ISBN: 0137147295
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Have you ever wondered: How to score an elusive airline upgrade?Which hotel rooms are the safest?How to get the best rental car in the lot?where to look for the most useful travel information in television, print or on the Internet?How to get the best seat in coach, or the best room at the hotel?How to endure eating alone in a strange city?

Accessible, friendly, and easy to use, "The Unofficial Business Traveler's Pocket Guide" provides answers and offers advice that you may not get from any 'official' source. Grab a seat beside CNN's business travel expert Christopher J. McGinnis as he shows you how to travel in comfort and style -- without breaking your budget.

Author: Christopher J. McGinnis
Paperback: 247 pages
Company: McGraw-Hill Companies (1998)
ISBN: 0070453802
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Pack Your Bags…Full of Profits!

At over a billion dollars, the travel industry is evolving, creating new trends and new opportunities for eager entrepreneurs like you. Our experts take you step by step as you embark on your most exciting adventure--starting a business. Discover success as an independent travel or specialty tour professional offering unique opportunities--in both geography and market niche--that even online discount travel sites can’t compete with.

From exotic getaways to adrenaline-pumping extreme tours and time-saving technology to important regulations, learn how to conduct business by land, air, or sea. Plus, access an abundance of resources including important associations, travel-specific software, mailing lists, and in-the-trenches tips from successful travel specialists and tour operators.

Covers: Hot travel markets including: business, leisure, adventure, honeymoons, family, men only, women only, seniors, and more Designing and pricing your services and packages Managing your finances Using efficient software systems and mobile technology for daily operations Complying with security regulations for domestic and foreign travel Advertising and promoting online and in print Growing your business

From finding clients to delivering a trip of a lifetime and everything in between, learn what you need to know to become a high-flying success!

Author: Entrepreneur Press, Rich Mintzer
Paperback: 224 pages
Company: Entrepreneur Press (2011-11-29)
ISBN: 1599184338
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