CerTrav.Net
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It is important to understand the relationships that will exist between you and Certified Travel and the travel vendors whose products you will sell.
Airlines Reporting Corporation
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) is an organization established and owned by all of the domestic airlines. ARC approves agency locations for the sale of air tickets and publishes procedures for properly accounting for and remitting funds collected by agencies on behalf of the airlines.
International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN)
IATAN appoints agents
with ARC approval to act on behalf of foreign airlines. The also issue
travel agent identification cards that entitle professional travel agents to
reduced price travel benefits after a person earns $5,000 per year in salary
or commission compensation. You will be be eligible to receive an IATAN card
when you qualify.
Other Travel Vendors
Other vendors of travel products, including tour operators, cruise line companies, hotels and car rental companies are wholesalers to the retail travel agency. They will not authorize the sale of their products by travel agencies unless the travel agency has been approved by ARC and provides their ARC number at the time of booking.
Certified Travel Services, Inc.
Certified Travel
is a fully accredited, full service travel agency with appointments from
both ARC and IATAN. In our relationship with you, a Certified Travel
Associate, we perform the following functions:
• Complete the processing of each reservation made by you, pay the vendors
for services purchased by you on behalf of your clients, issue air tickets
and handle other travel documentation for you.
• File settlement reports required by ARC including sales made by you.
• Aid you in the completion of unusual transactions not covered in your
procedures manual, including such items as air ticket refunds and exchanges,
Miscellaneous Charges Orders, Tour Orders, Prepaid Ticket Advices and
complex travel arrangements.
• Account for all of your sales and issue sales reports and commission
checks to you.
• Follow up to be sure we are paid commissions on all of your sales so you
are paid.
Certified Travel Associates
You, as a
Certified Travel Associate, will be an independent business person who
agrees to promote the sale of travel services from your home or place of
business. You will be an independent contractor and not an employee of
Certified Travel. You will establish your own hours of operation, methods of
marketing, office layout, accounting systems, etc., as long as they conform
to Certified Travel's procedures.
As a Certified Travel Associate you will avoid the high cost of becoming an
ARC approved travel agent. You will operate under Certified Travel's
umbrella to provide a full line of travel services to your clients. Since
you are not ARC accredited, you will need to process all of your
transactions through Certified Travel.
