Introduction to Travel Agency —— How to be a travel agency (dry goods) from scratch?

How to be a travel agency from scratch? Many people are always talking about how to choose a site, how to register, customer orientation and so on. Some people even say to study in Baidu. Isn't it obvious that people pay tuition? Think about it, the person who can ask this kind of question should be Xiao Bai in the travel agency industry, and he has no basic knowledge of the industry, so how to start from scratch is the most important thing.

If you are a student at school and plan to start a business in the travel agency industry, I suggest you read this article carefully to avoid being inexperienced and blindly optimistic about detours (I am a tourist who has taken many detours, and I hope my experience can give some useful guidance to the younger generation). I also hope that through this article, we can see both success and failure. I hope that young entrepreneurs should have enough reason besides courage.

The first step: avoid not being mentally prepared enough.

Not only learning, but also experience. The difference lies in experience and learning purpose. Go to different travel agencies in the city where you want to start a business, consult some tourism products and join several tour groups within your ability. In this process, you must deeply reflect on whether you "love to do things" or "love to do things". Without investigation, you have no right to speak If you understand, you won't enter this industry again.

Step 2: Learn some basic introductory knowledge of travel agencies.

Under the internet environment, it is very convenient to learn the basic knowledge of travel agencies (I have written a lot of basic knowledge here) and understand the relationship between the three major sectors of travel agencies, groups, ground contacts and peers, and how they make profits; Understand the basic positions of travel agencies and how these positions are divided into tour guide, sales and planning; Understand the local employment environment, which field is saturated? Which field has market space? See if your understanding of entrepreneurship is still limited to a wonderful idea and concept, and whether you are still trying to attract investment with a novel idea. Maybe this industry is not that simple.

The third step: self-awareness, scientific planning and reserve market.

Maybe at this time, you just got an internship. Through the early understanding, choose a travel agency with a relatively perfect industry. Although I have mastered some book knowledge in the early stage, I lack necessary practical experience and management experience. If you want to form a group, you must master supplier resources and direct customer resources; If you want to be a peer, you must master the ground resources and group customers; If you want to do ground connection, you must master the tour guide resources, as well as the tourist resources such as eating, living, traveling and traveling at the destination.

Step 4: Work hard, step by step, and accumulate business management experience.

With previous experience and primitive accumulation, take the first step bravely. Don't rush to register an independent company. Start by joining the sales department (group) or affiliated branch (peer). With the support of the headquarters, trivial work such as brand, legal affairs, administration and finance are saved. Do business wholeheartedly, slowly and steadily in the business field, become bigger and stronger, gradually enrich the relevant knowledge and personnel reserves outside the business, clarify the market planning, and gain the ability to open a travel agency independently.

Entrepreneurship is practice, not learning. Practice focuses on practice and action, and experience, witness and realize in practice. Travel agencies are limited liability companies, not self-employed. Only by giving up the thinking of "the first bucket of gold" and choosing what you are willing to pay for your life can you do it well!

Starting a business is not a great thing. Perhaps the success of starting a business is a great thing for many people. In fact, finding a good job is as great as being competent. Similarly, starting a business is not a humble thing. Even if you can't find a job, it is normal to be forced to start your own business. No one is smooth sailing, they will face some thorny problems and great difficulties. Bite hard bones and win these problems, and you will go to a new level, grow again and get closer to success.

I wish young entrepreneurs with blood and passion create their own wealth.

Master Xing said travel, a "tourist" wearing a combat suit.

The concentrated outbreak of epidemic in COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on tourism. A large number of employees directly related to the tourism industry have lost, a group of people have left, and a group of people have persisted. For travelers, travel agencies are more like the battlefield of life! I have never given up my job. Write something, maybe just to prove that I'm still here!

The content is only a personal opinion, and there are many shortcomings. Look forward to criticism and correction from readers and experts.

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