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Montecito Village Travel

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3329 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105
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Company Details

Founded
1972
Host Type
Hybrid (Host & Travel Agency)
Franchise
Currently Accepting
Experienced Agents
Accepts Agents in
USA
# of Contractors
550
# of Agencies
—
Members US
—
Members Canada
—
Members w/storefront
—
Members home-based
—
Annual Sales
$400 million
Languages Spoken
—
Business Attributes
—
Network Sales
—
Profile Updated
07/28/2025
GDS
Amadeus, Apollo, Sabre, Worldspan
Consortia
Virtuoso
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
—
Required to use Franchise Brand
Charge for Ticketing
Lead Program
Lead Belongs to
—
Charge for Leads
Education Program
Employee Training, On-demand
Allows Sub-agents

Pricing & Commission

Franchise Start Up Fee
0.0
Military/Veteran discounts
Accreditation Number Required
Start Up Fee
$125
Location Requirement
Storefront, Home-based
Annual Fee
$0
Monthly Fee
—
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
Commission Tracking
Itinerary Builder
Forms and Templates
CRM
Website Program
Accounting
Booking Tool
Analytics
Payment Solutions

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. 

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