(150) What’s in a (business) name? Locality of HA? Steps to Becoming an Agent?

In episode 150 Steph fields some great questions from our good friend Anonymous (ha!) about naming your biz and choosing a HA based on locality. She also breaks down how to become a travel agent in some handy steps! 00:00 | Welcome to Friday 15 & Thank you to Oasis 05:15 | Should niche be in my business name? 09:00 | Do you need a local Host Agency? 13:44 | What are the steps to becoming a travel agent? 1. I am just stepping into starting a travel agency at the very early stages and still working on what it would look like for me. When considering a niche and a business name, I suspect having the niche in the business name can help, but would it cause issues if I wanted to pivot or expand to a different niche at some point in the future and possibly require a business name change and rebranding challenges. Do you have any advice or should I just worry about the future. –Anonymous 2. How important is it to join a local host agency? —Anonymous 3. I know there isn’t one set answer for this, but how would you break down the steps on how to become a travel agent? —Anonymous TODAY’S RESOURCES: https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/find-a-travel-niche (Guide to choosing a travel niche) https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/tips-for-choosing-travel-agency-names (Tips for choosing travel agency names + examples) https://hostagencyreviews.com/7DS-lite (HAR’s 7 Day Setup LITE is a free online course that helps you start your agency. It does not have support and takes you through resources to help you make things happen) https://hostagencyreviews.com/7DS-accelerator (HAR’s 7 Day Setup Accelerator course with 70+ easily digestible videos, 48 exclusive resources, monthly live meetups with HAR team and others for support and accountability, priority email support) https://hostagencyreviews.com/hosts (Find a map of host agencies on our host agency list.) https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/how-to-become-a-travel-agent (All you need to know to become a travel agent) https://hostagencyreviews.com/page/travel-advisor-research-reports/ (Travel agent survey data on employee travel agents and self-employed travel agents.)