![]() ![]() Their dedication to ensuring your success is commendable, and it's obvious that you're thoroughly enjoying the journey. Thank you for shining a light on our Gifted Travel Network's amazing 'back office' systems and responsive staff! They ARE amazing and love to assist you with the tools and support you need to track sales, manage clients, and keep everything running smoothly. It's so exciting to see that GTN's growth in the luxury travel space has opened doors to new partners that are making you shine like a rock star to your clients. Having a firm foundation can truly make a difference in building a successful business. That's incredible to hear about your journey with Gifted Travel Network! I love hearing that the training and support you have received has been instrumental in propelling your travel business to new heights. It all adds up to what you need to start your travel business! People do perk up a little when they hear you are with Virtuoso. I will be experiencing my first Virtuoso week this month and am excited about that. I was with another consortia, I liked them and they offer good training, but now I get reviews on Virtuoso and leads from my profile. I have learned so much I didn't realize I didn't know, and there's always more to learn! My business is growing and I am excited for the future.īeing a part of Virtuoso is a great perk as well. I am glad I trusted my gut and left my former host and switched to GTN. So many willing to offer assistance when needed (like 6pm on a Friday night in the summer!). I appreciate GTN and my colleagues I have met, and those I haven't met yet. My former host did only supplier trainings, I knew there had to be more and I am happy I found it. What most inspired me to join was the support they give the entrepreneur with mindset and all things business. I switched to GTN after much searching, interviewing and reference checks of various host agencies, I kept coming back to GTN. It's made all the difference in professional growth inspired by culture and education. We travel together, 14 GTN advisors and I are just back from 12 days in Tanzania, and as a result, we grow together. We share tips, insights and experiences on our internal system in discussion groups that pale in comparison to snarky online forums. Our clients are worldwide, an enviable difference, and it means we are not competing so let's help each other win. We are not competing like local real estate agents who might compete for a listing in town. It's another level of vetting and advocacy, but it only happens if the culture is there. I was not expecting instant responses to questions or requests for advice yet opening up the browser to 7 responses in thirty minutes is common. Imagine how much the collective mindshare benefits our clients. The collaboration and support amongst advisors in our community is the silver bullet and goes hand in hand with the educational foundation of GTN. The second reason is: In real estate, the most valuable metric is location, location, location, but at a host agency, it is culture, culture, culture. Without education, it would not have unfolded this way and certainly not this quickly. One could launch without the education on the back of my extensive travel and business experience, but aren't your odds of success drastically higher if you are a true expert? Doesn't that take immersion and mentorship? Would I have done more damage to my budding travel reputation with the finance clients I hoped to convert to travel clients had I not? Would I get more than one chance from those clients?įast forward to December 2021, I am in GTN's top producers club (top 30) in my first full year of business! I am invited to the Virtuoso ultraluxe community, attended Belmond's signature Bellini event for 10 USA advisors in Sicily and was on a top producer retreat with GTN. The year-long program was vital to my success. The other requirement was a real education only GTN had both. With Wall Street clientele, the appeal of Virtuoso as the luxury leader in travel helped me narrow my search for a host agency on this very site. ![]() We use an advisor and it makes all the difference in the world?" I love the idea, but where do you begin? My dad said, "what about being a travel advisor? You love to travel, have a great client list and have been to +60 countries. A passion project in retirement that turned into a thriving business: Two reasons why and the how:įirst, a little background: After twenty years of trading risk arbitrage and equity derivatives in downtown manhattan, the time had come for chapter two, or no chapter at all the latter option was not appealing. ![]()
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