ABOUT US

Home based travel agents will sell over 50% of all leisure travel in the USA THIS YEAR!

HomeBasedTravelAgents.com (HBTA) is THE portal for consumers seeking the expertise of a home based travel agent.

HBTA is a subsidiary of:

Online Vacation Center
1801 NW 66th Ave. #102
Plantation, FL 33313
cruisesforless@onlinevacationcenter.com

The President and majority stockholder of IVLI is Peter Coloyan, Sr., a 27 year travel industry veteran with nearly 10 years of online travel sales experience. IVLI owns over 1,800 travel related web sites and domain names, including weekly industry e-newsletters with over 685,000 subscribers.

HBTA has aligned itself with marketing partners from the following segments of the travel industry to provide better pricing, availability and a wider variety of travel options for the registered users of our web site:

With 65% of all agents home based by 2005, and the awakening knowledge within the industry of the importance of the home based agent market, we believe our group of supplier partners will be amongst the best ever assembled at one place

Why will HomeBasedTravelAgents.com benefit you, the consumer?

Our model is different than that of any travel service in the industry today! We are unique in that our primary function is to bring consumers together with the home based travel agent that most closely matches, and can therefore best service, by expertise and geographical proximity, the request of the consumer.

Our research has shown that consumers are more comfortable in dealing with a home based agent located in the same general geographic area than from an agent outside that area. That means everything to our agents! When you search our database, you, quite possibly, could find a home based travel agent expert in the service you are searching for within several miles of your home!

Most Home Based Travel Agents are seasoned travel professionals. Many of the current HomeBasedTravelAgents.com listed agents were traditional, retail agency owners, managers and full-service front line agents for many years. HomeBasedTravelAgents.com listed agents average 8 years experience selling travel. Many have over 25 years experience.

Experience makes a difference! The experienced agent knows how to avoid the unseen problems that can easily ruin any business trip or vacation. This experience brings unmeasurable value to any travel experience. Additionally, the experienced agent "shops" for you, and does not just sell to you from a supplied "menu" of services.

Specialization / Niche Market expertise! Many Home Based Travel Agents have a special niche market that they are experts in. A consumer looking for a 3 week expedition to Nepal would much rather deal with an expert on that destination than a call center order-taker. Our database allows agents to list up to 10 areas of expertise. When a consumer does a search, and requests specific "areas of expertise"

"Real" Travel Agents. These are not "call centers", staffed with order-takers fresh out of a 2 week company sales training course, as most major internet travel agencies are, where you may make your reservation with one salesperson and be serviced by any one or more of the other hundreds of salespeople in the center! These are independent, experienced Home Based Travel Agents across the USA, who pride themselves on the ability to provide great service and great prices!

The other advantages are clear...

* The combined buying power of HomeBasedTravelAgents.com agents' volume means better pricing! Tens of thousands of agents are Home Based, and sell 50% of all leisure travel in the USA! Suppliers WILL support our agents! The industry recognizes the value and numbers that Home Based Travel Agents represent. We can compete with the mega-agencies IF we compete together!

* Home based agents have (much) lower overhead! As much as 90% less real overhead than mega retail travel agencies and call centers!

* Independent agents enjoy their work more and provide better service! Home Based Travel Agents are the boss! They have a sincere, vested interest in your travel experience. And they live at the office - literally - every agent listed is home-based! Can any successful Home Based Travel Agent truly say they were happier, or more profitable in a retail office environment?

* Average 8 YEARS experience for Home Based Travel Agents vs. 5 MONTHS for the salespeople at call centers! These are EXPERIENCED agents. Most call centers are staffed with order-takers put through a 1-2 week sales course.

We also provide travel information and offers from our partner suppliers. All search requests for further information are directed by email to our registered HBTA agents. All agents MUST return to our site to "close out" all leads before they will receive any additional leads. And, you get to rate your experience with any listed agent!

Bottom line - HBTA listed agents will respond to you promptly, courteously, professionally and effectively!.