Legal Issues with Charging Fees? To LLC or not to LLC, that is the Question!

In episode 193, Steph cohosts with Chun T. Wright, and answers your legal questions during Host Week 2025!

To access this episode, please go to our Host Week archive! 

1. I am a new independent agent without a LLC. I don't charge fees because I have not gotten my LLC yet. What legal issues/vulnerabilities could I get into if I start charging fees?  ---Savannah A.

2. You mentioned that you would have a lawyer on the next podcast, so here is a question for them... I am an independent contractor with an agency that is set-up as an LLC.  There is a lawyer in the travel industry who doesn't recommend that an independent contractor like me create their own LLC.  Please explain why an independent contractor should or should not want to create their own LLC.  ---Lissa R.

RESOURCES:

Travel agency business structures https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agency-business-structures

Do you need a travel agent license/seller of travel registration? https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agent-license-seller-of-travel-license

How Seller of Travel Laws Affect Service Fees. (https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/seller-travel-laws-service-fees)

https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agents-guide-to-charging-fees (Travel agent guide to charging fees.)

Travel agency business structures https://hostagencyreviews.com/blog/travel-agency-business-structures

https://hostagencyreviews.com/friday15 (Submit questions, sign up for reminders for the F15, along with that week's questions we'll be covering!)