How to be a travel agency from scratch?

Find a venue, apply for a business license, recruit qualified tour guides, go to the unit to find customers, and do a good job in publicity. First of all, you should learn some basic travel knowledge (Baidu is the best teacher) to ensure the professional image of an employee. For example, why do guests need to provide their names and ID numbers when signing up? This is to buy travel accident insurance. Travel insurance is divided into two types: one is travel agency liability insurance, which covers the legal liability of travel agencies for accidents caused by negligence or negligence in the process of organizing travel activities. The applicant of this insurance is a travel agency. This is equivalent to compulsory insurance that must be purchased when driving on the road. As long as you open a travel agency, you must buy it every year. The second type is travel accident insurance, which is used when guests have accidents due to their own reasons during travel. The two cannot be confused. Second, handle the licenses and related qualifications required to open a travel agency legally and in compliance (you can also join a franchise store if it is too troublesome). Third, sign cooperation agreements with domestic and foreign suppliers of tourism products. Fourth, choose the right business place (the location of the travel agency is very important). Fifth, recruit excellent employees (receptionist, dispatcher, tour guide, sales, finance, administration, etc. ). Sixth, conduct pre-opening training for employees. It's best to talk about a fixed customer base before opening. Eight, turn over the yellow calendar and choose a good day to open. I'm glad to answer this question. Market evaluation Before starting a travel agency, make an accurate evaluation of the travel agency market. By the end of 20 18, there were nearly 30,000 travel agencies with legal personality in China, and there were hundreds of thousands of branches and business departments. In addition, the penetration of OTA into traditional travel agencies has led to fierce competition in the travel agency industry, and the profit level has decreased year by year. The whole travel agency market is a fully competitive market, and the phenomenon of zero and negative tour fees is largely caused by fierce competition. Before preparing for the trip, you should fully evaluate where your customers are. If you have stable customers, especially corporate customers, you can set up a travel agency. If the tourist source is unstable, it is recommended to negotiate with the travel agency to set up a sales department. Then the establishment of enterprise travel agencies should follow the following procedures. Travel agency bid 1. Submit an application for establishment. China has always regarded travel agencies as special enterprises, and implemented the examination and approval system for applying for the establishment of travel agencies. Any unit that applies for the establishment of a travel agency must submit the following documents to the Tourism Bureau of the jurisdiction: application for establishment, resume and identity certificate of the legal representative, articles of association of the enterprise, certificate of capital verification (registered capital of not less than 300,000 yuan), certificate of business place, certificate of business facilities and equipment, and notice of pre-approval of enterprise name issued by the administrative department for industry and commerce. 2. Accept the license review. The Tourism Bureau shall review the submitted materials, conduct on-the-spot investigation on the business premises, and make a decision on approval or disapproval within 20 working days. Method of granting license: travel agency business license; If the license is not granted, the reasons shall be explained in writing. 3. Pay quality deposit. Within 3 working days after obtaining the Travel Agency Business License, go to the special bank account designated by the Tourism Bureau and deposit a quality deposit of 200,000 yuan. 4. Registered in industry and commerce. With the "Travel Agency Business License", go to the industrial and commercial bureau of the jurisdiction to register the enterprise and apply for a business license. 5. Business scope. There are three kinds of travel agency business in China: domestic travel business, inbound travel business and outbound travel business. The newly established travel agency cannot operate outbound business, but can only operate domestic and inbound tourism business. The travel agency management department should set up posts and staff according to the scale of the enterprise and the nature of business. Functional departments include finance, human resources, etc. And the business department mainly includes planning, reception, sales and other departments. Then find an auspicious day, cut the ribbon, and the travel agency can open its doors. I just want to ask you, the following people who answer this question, have you ever run a travel agency? No? Aren't you here to answer people's questions Aren't you misleading others? Baidu? You know Baidu, but the subject doesn't know Baidu? My 7-year-old son will! I haven't opened it yet, but I am ready to open it. I understand the procedure. I talked with people in the industry and shared the process: procedure: first find an office, office building or facade, the house is not good. At least we can't. Take the lease contract to the tourism bureau to fill in the application (the problem of real estate lease tax should be agreed with the landlord before signing the lease contract. The lower the rent, the lower the later lease tax, which is easily overlooked by many people. There are two types of travel agencies. One is domestic tourism business. At least one country must register or rent a tour guide card, and there must be two in total. Pay a deposit of 200,000 yuan to the designated account of the Tourism Bureau. This money can't be misappropriated in the course of your business unless you cancel the travel agency without any legal disputes or serious violations. Then go to the industrial and commercial bureau to register a travel agency with a registered capital of not less than 300,000 yuan. There is also domestic and international tourism business, which must be domestic business for 2 years, with an upgraded registered capital of10.5 million and a deposit of10.4 million. What else is there? Do you want to eat other people's water? Tmall, flying pig, beehive, you have to register your own account, an account deposit plus annual use fee, starting at 30 thousand, three numbers, 65438+ 10 thousand, do you think this is over? [Rejection] [Fear] No, no, come on, brush your account, brush your ranking, build a new number, don't rank, don't you just want to take orders? You are so naive, this will start at 65,438+10,000 yuan! You think you can start making money like this? No, no, how much is the discount ticket deposit and discount hotel deposit in peak season? That depends on how much business you have. In the peak season, others have discounted air tickets, but you don't. Others have discount hotels, but you don't. Maybe you don't even have a room. You can't earn what others can earn, so lower the standard? Wait for the money to be deducted and complain! Looks like a high threshold, doesn't it There is another way, directly linking or registering a branch of another registered company, the threshold is much lower, as if a deposit of 50 thousand is enough, of course, the tour guide card and office location are still necessary. The threshold for affiliation is lower, but it is illegal and not recommended. Let's share some operational feedback from travel agency owners: what they say most is complaining, and their caliber is similar. Dude, don't go into this pit and waste people and money. The competition is almost unimaginable. You are forced to accept zero-profit or negative-profit groups, and then design various pits, waiting for people to jump in. If you don't do this, you can only die. It is common to eat others across the water. . . . Generally speaking, compared with other real economy industries, tourism is a sunrise industry in recent years, but the market is seriously chaotic. If you have a brainstorming business strategy and abundant funds, coupled with the determination to go against the market, you can enter this industry. Otherwise, it is recommended to wait and see or call. Specially shared for tourists, welcome to communicate with you! According to my previous experience, I would like to share with you some questions about opening a travel agency: it depends on whether you open a branch of a travel agency or a direct travel company. Since you ask this question, you must be not very clear about the travel agency industry. Generally speaking, it is recommended to open a branch of the travel agency first. It is very important to open the resources of travel agencies. Without resources, there is no information, and there is no credibility. Even if your service is superior to others, it is difficult to get a good return. 1. Regular office space of travel agency: There are special requirements for this, such as computers, printers, landline telephones, travel agency articles of association, deposits, tour guides, planners, managers, etc. If you open a branch first, they will solve many problems for you, including some serious complaints and so on. Second, the location: the location of the store is generally chosen in a bustling block, such as next to the railway station, with a grade hotel. Generally, you should try to rent a graded office space and try to reduce the cost of space, because the initial income of starting a travel agency will not be too high unless you are rich in resources. Third, customer orientation: it depends on your own situation and scale, whether you accept individual travelers to do ground connection or both at home and abroad. There is also a branch company that only needs to connect with the previous company and collect customers. After getting familiar with it, resources and channels will be independent. 4. Capital budget: According to our own situation, the general budget is 6,543,800+0.5 million, and then we will expand the scale after we are familiar with the business, set up our own independent company, and pay attention to various risk controls. I hope it will help everyone! 1, positioning, what kind of person to be, various types of tourism, 2, recruiting partners, especially good tour guides, 3, choosing sales mode: online, offline or combination, 4, innovating unique products. 5. attract customers. I'm Zilian, and I'm glad to answer your question. With the spread of foreign epidemic, international flights are basically grounded, and the travel agency business, especially international travel business, has been greatly impacted. Although the domestic epidemic has been effectively controlled, we still dare not relax our vigilance. People's desire to travel has been greatly reduced. It will take a long time for the travel agency business to return to its original level. Therefore, it is not recommended to open a travel agency at this time. If you must open a travel agency. Then the following points need special attention. First of all, we should choose a good office address. Select a gatehouse or office building. According to the budget, think clearly. The front door room is expensive but has a large passenger flow; Office buildings are cheap, but there are few passengers. Second, whether to register a travel agency alone or to call a travel agency, you should think clearly about this. If you register a travel agency separately, you need to name the travel agency, register with the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and pay the travel agency quality deposit with the Tourism Bureau; After obtaining the business license, the industrial and commercial bureau carved the official seal and opened an account in the bank. If you are affiliated with a travel agency, the procedure is relatively simple. For the record, the Administration for Industry and Commerce shall give the affiliated unit a certain amount of travel agency quality deposit and pay a certain management fee. The advantages of registering a travel agency separately are: financial independence and convenient operation; Disadvantages are: large investment, many quality guarantees, and insufficient brand influence in the early stage. The advantages of affiliated travel agencies are: less investment, strong brand effect and less quality assurance. Disadvantages are: insufficient financial independence, limited operation, and the need to pay a certain management fee every year. In addition, we should consider whether to register an international travel agency or a domestic travel agency; If you are engaged in international business, you need to register an international travel agency. If you are not engaged in international business, you can register with a domestic travel agency. The difference between the two is that international travel agencies pay much more quality deposits than domestic travel agencies. Third, we should cooperate with people with professional ability or recruit staff with professional knowledge. Need to recruit a planner, this person should be familiar with travel routes, travel guides, travel plans, hotels, trains, air tickets and so on. Familiar with all aspects of price, and can calculate and quote as soon as possible; Need an accountant who understands tourism finance; We need an outreach worker with extensive social resources and contacts. This person needs to be good at public relations and can attract business. An experienced tour guide translator is preferred. And the staff above, basically will live together. Fourth, travel agencies need to apply for an air ticket qualification separately and recruit a staff member with air ticket qualification to carry out air ticket business. Affected by international and domestic epidemics. Travel agencies are under great pressure to survive. To start a travel agency at this time, you need to do a good job in market research and choose the right business direction, and you can't start blindly. I hope my answer today is helpful to you and I wish you success. I think the first thing to do as a travel agency from scratch is to find a reliable and large-scale tour group and then do it. I think this is the first time you have to do it. The second thing you need to do is to find some employees who are good at marketing, so that you can keep an eye on it and sell your line. Thirdly, I think what we need to do may be to do some online marketing and then do it well, which is the so-called smart tourism, so I think we will only travel now. Do a good job in smart tourism, meet customers without worry, and make no money. Others said that those who are doing better now have gone to Ctrip. A hornet's nest fourth, I think we should run the travel agency well. Perhaps the most important thing is that you have your own business philosophy and methods to stick to, because there are relatively few people who choose to travel to travel agencies at present, so the routes you come out must have a series of characteristics, or you can launch some high-end routes. For example, there are some adventure tours in Antarctica and North Pole. These high-end routes may have some, uh, VIP customers. In this case, you may create some new features yourself, and then these are the four ways I can think of to be a travel agency from scratch. I hope you can help us. Thank you for your research before opening a travel agency! From domestic and international route research to consumer group classification research! Accurate positioning of routes and consumer groups can better manage travel agencies! 1. Having a fixed business place, that is, sufficient business place; Two, there are necessary business facilities, namely fax machines, direct dial telephones, computers and other office facilities and business vehicles; Three, there are trained operators who hold the qualification certificates issued by the tourism administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government; 4. It has registered capital and quality guarantee that meet the requirements. Registered capital of travel agency. The international travel agency shall be no less than RMB 6.5438+RMB 5,000; Two, domestic travel agencies, not less than 300 thousand yuan. Travel agency quality assurance. 600,000 yuan for international travel agencies engaged in inbound tourism business; Outbound tourism business is 6,543,800 yuan; Second, domestic travel agencies, 6,543,800 yuan. The quality deposit is managed by the tourism administrative department, and the interest during the management period belongs to the travel agency; Tourism administrative departments may, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, extract a certain proportion of management fees from interest. Prepare the required information such as business premises, ask the Quality Supervision Department of the Tourism Bureau for information on starting a travel agency, register the name and funds of the travel agency with the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, conduct registration and acceptance, pay the quality deposit after passing the experience review, and start business after approval by the Tourism Bureau.