CerTrav.Net
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PROGRAM DETAILS

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Training You Receive
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Marketing Your Agency
Professionalism
Information Flow
Equipment Needed
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Is This For You?
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Passports and Visas
Customs Regulations
State Department Warnings
Currency Conversions
Traveler Health Precautions
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Restaurant Reviews

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Frequently Asked Questions

We get lots of questions about our program. Some of them may have occurred to you.  Here are some answers. If you have other questions email us!

1. How does your program compare with others I have heard about?

Several of the other programs offer little more than an ID card they claim can be used to obtain reduced rate travel (they can't - see FAQ 2). Our program is a comprehensive program that enables you to become a fully trained functioning travel agent. You get everything you need up front - there are no hidden costs. Some programs require you to purchase the material you need after you pay the enrollment fee. With our program you receive complete training supervised from our home office, all of the industry manuals you must have, computer software, use of our internet site to research travel, a training manual, a procedures manual and a marketing kit including all of the forms and stationery art work you will need including a brochure custom designed for your agency. You also receive support from the home office staff of travel experts and from our Internet site. We take care of the complicated airline accounting and commission follow-up chores for you. You also participate in the benefits of our professional travel agency credentials and will be recognized as a travel professional by the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), the International Association of Travel Agents (IATA), the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) and the Cruise Line Industry Association (CLIA).

2. Will I be eligible for reduced rate travel benefits?

Yes, you will receive extensive travel benefits from being a travel agent, but only after you qualify. This means you must earn commissions of $5,000 per year. You are then eligible to receive the IATAN Identification Card, the only industry-wide accepted proof of your professional standing. This is the only card that will enable you to receive travel benefits.

3. What travel benefits can I receive?

We receive announcements of travel benefits every week and publish them in our Internet site for you to examine. These benefits include such things as 75% reduction in air travel, all-inclusive cruises for $35.00 per day, hotel rooms at 50% off, free familiarization trips to resort destinations, deeply discounted car rental rates and free dinners and cocktail receptions provided by travel benefits at their seminars.

4. How long have you been in business and how long have you had an independent associate program?

We started our travel agency in 1986. We developed our first independent travel agency program in 1990 and established agencies throughout Oklahoma at that time. We have been operating an independent agency program longer than anyone else we know of and have gained extensive experience in this method of providing travel services.

5. May I refer business to you for you to take care of?

No, we require that you become a travel agent and either book travel yourself or complete necessary research so that we can book the travel for you. We insist that all of our associates be travel professionals and our training enables you to become a professional agent offering valuable services to your clients.

6. Certified Travel headquarters is in Oklahoma City and I am located a long way from you.  Isn't this a problem?

Since we produce airline tickets for your bookings, the job of delivering the tickets to you and your clients for immediate travel used to be a problem. Recent technological advances now make it possible for us to produce electronic tickets for 80% of the air travel you book. The boarding passes are held in the airline's computer. Your client simply presents a reservation number and photo ID at the ticket counter to get a printed boarding pass. The time from the time you make the reservation to when you receive a fax from us with the reservation number can be as little as 15 minutes.

7. How much will I earn as a Certified Travel Associate?

Only you can determine the answer to this question. Your main challenge will be to obtain clients for your new business. As you learn the business and promote yourself to the public through the use of the marketing materials we provide, your business will grow. As it grows your earnings will increase. Ultimately, your total earnings will be based on your success at marketing your services.

8. What is the rate of commissions I will be paid?

You will be paid one-half of the commissions paid to Certified Travel Services. Total commissions range from 5% to 16%-18% paid us by our preferred suppliers, so your share will range from 2.5% to 8%-9% of the price of the travel product your sell.

9. What system will I use to book air travel?

Your computer will be connected directly to the professional SABRE™ system and you will have full reservations capability as if you were operating a reservations computer here in our office. Complete information is available under the discussion of professional SABRE™ Systems.

10. Why don't you use multi-level marketing to promote the sale of your package?

We believe that most MLM programs are nothing more than pyramid schemes to earn money from the pyramid structure and not from the quality or usefulness of the product being sold. We are promoting our product as having extraordinary value and have reservations about the ethics of MLM marketing. However, we do offer a $50 commission to our associates who sell the program for us.

11.  May people outside of the United States join?  No.

12. How do I get started?

Complete and return the Independent Travel Agent Application and Independent Associate Agreement.

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