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Travel for Free!

Date Published: 21st August 2006
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Traveling for free is no bull. It absolutely happens all the time, and as I said, the travel companies are happy to hand it out. So let's get right to it.

How is this possible?

It's actually quite simple. There is a growing trend in the US and around the world called group travel. Now group travel is not new, as long as businesses, schools, corporations and so forth have needed seminars, training sessions, and conferences there has been some form or another of group travel in practice. But now it seems that the travel companies have learned that group travel based on non-commercial travelers can be very lucrative as well.

This is where you come in. There are many travel companies who offer incentives to the group travel organizer (that's you). Depending on your group size, those incentives can be anything from free airfare to free lodging, all the way up to getting the full vacation for free, including meals and planned activities.


So to get your vacations for free, all you have to do is build a travel group. This is a lot simpler to do than you might think. After all, everyone loves to travel, and traveling with friends is even better. The possibilities are endless. You could organize a group from your church, PTA, garden club, bowling club, local tavern... Virtually anywhere! It will also be a good idea to visit some of the travel companies' websites to find out their guidelines to see how big of a group you need to get your trip for free.

Here is a short list to help you get started.
• www.grandamericantours.com -- You need at least 9 group members to get your trip free.

• www.pilgrimtours.com -- You need at least 6 group members to get your trip free.


• www.rma-raft.com -- You need at least 12 group members to get your trip free.

• www.foodandwinetrails.com -- You need at least 10 group members to get your trip free.

Once you have a travel group put together, (remember, the more the merrier) you simply contact a travel company, tell them your group size, where you want to go and what you want to do when you are there. Depending on the size of your group and what travel company you are using, you will then reap your rewards for being the group organizer.

By the way, no one in your group need ever know that you get your vacations for free. You don't have to tell them, and no one else will.

Now to the bonus portion of this report:
As a thank you for reading this far, I have included some information about how you can not only travel for free, but get paid for it as well.

Get Paid to Travel!

You learned above that some travel companies offer incentives to their group travel organizers, but the truth is that it can go much farther than that.

There are travel companies out there that will not only give you a free trip or vacation for getting a group together, but will also pay you a commission for every person in your group. An average commission is 10% of the per person cost of the trip. So if you take 20 people on a vacation costing $3,000.00 per person, you will earn (20 x 3000) x 10%, or $6,000.00. Not a bad payday for a few weeks of fun in the sun, right?

So how do you "cash in" on this opportunity?

Well, it's a little more complicated. Not hard, just complicated.

You see, to actually earn commissions on your group, you have to belong to a travel organization, and have travel credentials. Normally it can take from six months to a year taking an online course in travel to earn an agent license, and then cost you hundreds of dollars to pay for that license and other required memberships. All total you could spend over four thousand dollars and a year's time before you are able to accept commissions.

Now comes the complicated part... After all that, you still have to find the travel companies willing to pay commissions to group travel organizers. This means either finding a travel convention somewhere and going from booth to booth until you find an "independent group travel organizer" friendly destination management company, or searching through hundreds of online travel companies, sending email and making phone calls until you find one.

Sounds daunting, right?

Well all hope is not lost. There is a way whereby you can earn those commissions without having to slog through the traditional methods. The way to do that is by joining a travel organization and using their credentials and their resources.

Now there may be other programs where this is possible, but I know of only one. They will give you all the tools and resources necessary to not only earn commissions when your group travels, but to actually turn your travel hobby into a full-fledged business that will earn you thousands if not hundreds of thousands per year.

They will not only help you build a group and show you where and how to find new members, but will also provide you with mentoring from a travel professional for an entire year. But before you start thinking that this is sounding like too much work and hassle, let me tell you the extent of the effort you will have to put into this.

Initially you will need to open a business bank account. This is necessary to have some place to put your money and to keep everything neat and tidy for the taxman. After all, if you are making money he's going to want his cut too. Spending from a business account will make it easier to claim much of those expenditures come tax time. Also, you will obviously need to build a travel group. (Remember, you get help with that.)

After those things are taken care of, you really only have two major duties to take care of on a regular basis. The most difficult of those being contacting the DMC (destination management company), telling them where you want to go and what you want to do and when, and letting them take care of all the details for you. The other is simply going on the vacation and having a great time.

Did I say only two major duties? I should have said three.

You also need to deposit your check.

OK -- How can you get this course and get paid to travel?

Just follow the URL below.

http://beyonder.ws/aff.html
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