Career Fast Track for Full-Time Travel Advisors
Built for people who want travel to be their career: a website that already has visitors, a host agency partner with first-year fees paid, our leads program and twelve months of one-on-one help from “Mr. Cruise” Peter Coloyan.
Request a consultation »The Career Fast Track is our full-time path for people who are new to travel and want to build a serious travel business. After 54 years selling travel, Peter Coloyan is convinced no other program gives a new advisor a stronger start, because it hands you on day one what most newcomers spend years assembling. See how it fits into the 8-step roadmap »
What You Get on the Career Fast Track
A website with visitors already
Your personalized domain and an aged website that already draws traffic, selected from our inventory around what you’ll sell: cruises, tours, all-inclusives, airfare and more.
First-year host fees paid
Placement with one of our host agency partners that suits your goals, and your host’s first-year fees are covered within the program.
Our leads program
Access to our leads once you hold Specialist status with at least one major travel supplier or destination. Your own bookings earn you 80% of the commission, and bookings from our leads earn you 50%. How the split works »
Twelve months with Peter
A year of one-on-one help from Peter Coloyan, including his direct phone number from the day you enroll.
You won’t be our employee. You’ll be placed with one of our host agency partners — an established host that handles your bookings, pays your commissions and trains you. Our part: finding the right partner for you, opening our leads program to you once you qualify, and staying in your corner as you grow.
Spotlight: Showcase Listings on Every Consumer Directory
As a Career Fast Track advisor you’ll get a Showcase listing on each of our consumer travel directories: the Official Travel Directory, the Official Cruise Directory and the Official River Cruise Directory — with the Official Vacation Directory and Official Tour Directory joining as they launch.
Here’s what makes the Career Fast Track different. Leads reach you two ways: network leads, generated by our websites and shared with Specialist advisors, and direct leads, from travelers who see your Showcase listing and contact you. A traveler who reaches you through your own listing is your client outright: no lead share applies, and the full commission is yours.
When Your First Year Wraps Up
- The website is yours. The domain and site we set up belong to you from then on.
- You’re in our leads program as a Specialist advisor.
- Peter keeps advising you for as long as you’re producing and working our leads.
Investing in Your Future
The Career Fast Track is a paid program and a real commitment to your career. Your price depends on the website you pick from our inventory: our most established sites are the most valuable, while newer niche sites cost less. We provide pricing after a consultation, once we understand your goals and which site fits you best. Send your application below and we’ll set up a time to talk.
Installment plans may be available.
Your Career Fast Track Application
Tell us about yourself, the travel you want to sell and the kind of website you have in mind. We’ll reach out to book your consultation.
Meet Your Mentor, Peter “Mr. Cruise” Coloyan
Peter Coloyan — “Mr. Cruise” — leads Be a Travel Advisor. He began selling travel in 1972, sold his first cruise in 1974 at age 14, and has been a full-time travel professional since 1977. Over that career he has sold or originated over $500 million in cruise sales and trained upward of 500 travel advisors. From 2001 to 2007 he ran his own host agency, building it to 87 advisors and $17 million a year in sales before selling it to Expedia CruiseShipCenters.
Why does that matter to a newcomer? Because Peter has seen host agencies from the owner’s chair. He understands what separates one host from another, and which kind of new advisor flourishes where. His focus today is simple: helping the travel community get ready for what comes next.