A Day in the Life of a Disney Travel Agent! - Marketing and Booking Clients
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- Want to know what your day would be like as a Disney Travel Planner? I book magical vacations for clients and I'm sharing ALL my secrets about the job. I'll show you how to organize your day, effectively book clients, and marketing tips for Disney Travel Planners!
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What credit cards are you using when booking... Yours or theirs?
I can’t find the link for the training can you please message it to me?
Hello, Great Video!! I am just looking into becoming an agent. You mentioned something about planning fee. What $ would your recommend?
Hi there! I created an entire video about Planning Fees including how much I charge. You can find it here
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Hey! Great video! Do you receive a lot of pushback for charging a fee?
I love that you covered burnout and setting boundaries!
I really don't get pushback because I make it clear in my first email. I actually don't think I've had anyone back out because of the fee though. If they did, it's all good to me. Clients and Agents should be in a working relationship. Travel Agents have very specific expertise that should be valued!
Thank you for this information! I have recently been looking into getting into travel planning, and this was very beneficial!
Thank you for this!! I went with a host agency that I can work under my brand. There is great training BUT it isn’t just Disney so I’m a bit overwhelmed. I do have a question. When it’s time to put down their deposit you use the clients card info that they gave you yes? Also when you go to check out how do you just do a deposit? Is there an option you choose?
Hi Terri! Yes, you should always use your client’s card for payments. For check out, you can choose to just pay the $200 deposit or you can pay more if your clients want to. The $200 will be deducted from their package total. I suggest pretending to book a vacation so you can see what the checkout page looks like.
@@ThemeParksforGrownUps thank you thank you thank you!!
@@CreatingtheMagic Any time!
Hey! Love the video! When a client of yours needs to cancel a trip, are you able to get them full refunds with no cancellation fees? I've always wondered about that aspect of the job.
The travel company will give them a refund if they are within the cancellation date. Always be incredibly explicit about cancellation due dates and refund policies so can avoid the fees. However, you are absolutely not responsible for the refund if they don't cancel on time!
Just found your channel! You’re a great teacher, real clear and precise! 😊
What a sweet compliment! Welcome to the club!
I AM SO GLAD I FOUND YOU. Question- if I work for an agency, can I still get the Disney travel agent discounts? Or do I need my own personal CLIA? Thanks so much for all the content!
You need your own clia
You'll need a CLIA for the discounts. However, I get commission back when I book my own trips. It's a bit of a "discount" in that sense.
A host agency that I’m talking too mentioned that agents can’t get into and shouldn’t get into the guests MDE account, aka booking fast passes for example. I’m not sure what to believe. Can you help?
Hi there! Your Host Agency may have a policy against it so I would listen to them. However, logging into your client's account is the only way to help with FastPasses and many of us offer this as an extra personal service. Travel Agents will ask permission from the clients and they have to send their information to you if they want your help. I always ask if they are comfortable with this and they can change their password after I'm finished.
This was so helpful, thank you so much!
I’m glad you thought so! :)
Which Disney travel agency is the best to work for and which one do you work for?
It depends on what type of agency you are looking for and what travel you will be selling. I'm under a general Host Agency that allows me to sell travel outside of Disney products.
Do you offer one on one coaching? I have so many questions for you. I’m trying to figure out if this is really for me.
Love your videos they are extremely helpful! I do have some questions though, I am just starting out as a travel agent and I want to focus on Disney/Universal specifically. For your social media how did you get it started to market yourself? Also how did you gain followers starting out?
The easiest (and cheapest) way to gain followers is to engage with other profiles. I used to scroll through profiles related to mine and comment on posts. The other way is to pay for advertisements to gain leads.
Thank you for this! I am dipping my toes into this as a side hustle now and really appreciated your overview. Curious if, 2 years later, do you use a particular client management program to manage itineraries etc or do you still do it through Google Forms?
Hello. How much do you make per booking?
It depends on the vacation destination. The standard for vacations can range between 8% to 13%.
So if I just wanted to do this as a part time job, how would you suggest balancing my workload? If I end up getting multiple client leads at once, is it appropriate to "turn down" potential clients? Or would this be bad for business? Hopefully this makes sense lol
You can absolutely turn down clients and it won't hurt your business. Just be professional about it and tell them to reach out to you in the future. I advise only taking on the amount of clients you can handle. That way you can give your current clients the attention they deserve!
Hello. I came across your video because Im interested in in knowing information about the Disney Travel Agent. I was wondering, how did you get started? And do you need experience? Love the video by the way, very informative!
How much do you think is a fair fee to charge a planning fee to the customer?
Thank you for the great video! I am just starting at looking into this.
Thank you so much. Do you need to find your own clients as a travel agent?
How do you screen shot the info that isn’t on the screen until you scroll? Also what about sick time? Like if you’re super sick and in bed asleep.
Thanks for making these videos! I need all the help I can get 😅!
Hello! I'm attempting to make my own guest info form. I'm getting a little lost on what to put for the suffix drop down lol I don't know how many to include. Also how many guests do you recommend are on each form? I was going to do 3-4 but I'm not sure if that's enough. Thank you for your time!
Where do you get those forms??
I make them myself using Google Forms :)
Hi! Do you still offer the one on one mentoring? If so what are your prices?
Do you work for yourself or do you work for a company? :))
I work for a Host Agency!
@@ThemeParksforGrownUps awesome! I just started working for MainStreet Travel Agency and I'm still doing the training videos and trying to figure out how to get started. I'm excited but it does feel a little overwhelming at first :))
@@cozyverbena1574 Congrats! What do you feel like is most overwhelming?
How much is the ticket discount?
how do you book dining reservations for your clients? for the life of me i cant figure it out lol
The only way to do this is to sign into your client's account. I usually have them give me a temporary password and they can change it once I'm done.
Congratulations! Great video! regards from Mexico City...
Thanks so much!!
I thought we were supposed to Send quotes and book travel for Disney on the Disney Travel Agent website?
Hi there! Yes, you would sign into your account at DisneyTravelAgents.com first. DTA then refers you to the Disney World website for quotes and booking. The process looks the same once you input your booking info. Your bookings will be attached to your account because you're signed in to your Travel Agent profile. Hopefully, this helps!
Actually you can use the regular Disney website to look for quotes, but I only use DTA because if you book through the regular DW URL you won't get commission. It actually does not refer you to the Disney World website like she stated. It takes you to the DTA Disney World website as you'll see it says DTA in the url. She is going straight to the Disney World website as you can see in the URL. I'm not sure if she isn't using DTA for the video because it shows commissions or what. But they are not the same thing. Prices should be the same whether you use the general public website or DTA, but you should always go through DTA.
@@monicab28 Yes, that was why I questioned it. :)
Hi there! Very Definitely interested!! Is there a contact number that I can reach out to you? Thanks!!