Company Details

  • Founded
    1972
  • Host Type
    Hybrid (Host & Travel Agency)
  • Franchise
  • Currently Accepting
    Experienced Agents
  • Accepts Agents in
    USA
  • # of Contractors
    550
  • Annual Sales
    $400 million
  • Languages Spoken
  • Business Attributes
  • Profile Updated
    02/27/2024
  • GDS
    Amadeus, Apollo, Sabre, Worldspan
  • Consortia
  • Accreditations
    ARC, CLIA, IATA
  • Members of
    ASTA, PATH
  • Seller of Travel
    California, Florida
  • E&O Insurance Included
  • Focuses
    Adventure, Cruise, Corporate, Disney, Groups, Leisure, Luxury, Ethnic, Honeymoon/DWs, FITs

Program Details

  • Ticketing Service for non-GDS Agents
  • Minimum Sales Requirement
  • Charge for Ticketing
  • Lead Program
  • Education Program
    Employee Training, On-demand
  • Allows Sub-agents

Pricing & Commission

  • Military/Veteran discounts
  • Start Up Fee
    $125
  • Location requirement
    Storefront, Home-based
  • Annual Fee
    $0
  • Commission Split Range
    60% to 90%
  • Frequency of Commission Payments
    Monthly
  • Method of Payment
    Direct Deposit

Technology & Tools

  • Marketing Programs
    Direct Mail, Consumer Magazine, E-mail Marketing, Social Media Tools
  • Leisure Tools
    Air Booking Tool, Cruise Booking Tool, Hotel Booking Tool
  • Corporate Tools
    24/7 Support Service, Air Program, Online Booking Tool
  • CRM

About Montecito Village Travel

Montecito Village Travel takes pride in being both “BIG enough to matter and SMALL enough to care.” With close to 600 independent contractors throughout the United States and $275M in sales, Montecito Village Travel is large enough to serve the needs of advisors and agencies all areas of the travel – leisure, luxury leisure, corporate and groups – while at the same time small enough to care, to know you personally and treat you and your business individually.  With transparent accounting, cutting edge technology, extensive cruise, tour, hotel and air relationships and personalized service, advisors are able to focus solely on their business knowing that the rest is being taken care of by Montecito Village Travel.  Its fifty years’ travel experience and twenty-five years’ IC hosting experience coupled with accurate accounting systems, personalized orientation and the added value of both Virtuoso and FROSCH affiliations, makes Montecito Village Travel uniquely poised in the needs of today’s advisors.