Welcome to Friday 15! Today Steph chats about if a CTA certification is valid in Canada, step-by-step guide for optimizing a ship inspection, and if it's important to choose a host with a GDS?

Helpful Resources:

https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-certification (What are the travel agent certification options out there?)

https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/canadian-regulations-travel-agencies-nutshell (Get to know the Canadian provinces travel agent licensing rules)

https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/how-travel-agents-can-make-the-most-of-a-cruise-ship-inspection (Download HAR's free cruise ship inspection checklist---6 pages!---and read the article on how to optimize your next ship inspection)

https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/definitive-site-inspection-checklist (The sister article and sister download to our cruise ship inspection download)

https://www.famwithintention.com/a/jwag0 (We haven't tried this out ourselves, but here's a paid course an agent put together on how to maximize the marketing you can do from a fam trip)

https://www.myfamtrip.com/

(A paid app to keep track of all your fam trips/ship inspections/guided tours. By travel advisors, for travel advisors.)

https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/become-corporate-travel-agent (More on what's involved with becoming a corporate travel advisor)

https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/what-is-gds (We break down what exactly the GDS---global distribution system---is and why it's a tool specific to corporate agencies. Plus, a fun history of the GDS!)

https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agency-debit-memo (Debit memos are one of the main reasons host agencies will not allow new advisors into the GDS. Read more about them here.)

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