Wanted: Travel agency seeks enthusiastic advisors eager for training.

Good travel sellers need training – on systems, on suppliers, on sales tactics and more. How does a travel agency train up new advisors? How long does it take to create a great advisor?

In honor of the 2024 Power List of the world's biggest travel agencies, which goes live this week, we're celebrating great travel agents by reissuing this episode. Folo host Rebecca Tobin and retail editor Jamie Biesiada speak with Gayle Smith and Sam Johnson of Prescription Travel -- hosted by Montecito Village Travel, No. 40 on the 2024 Power List -- about their innovative partnership with the University of Georgia’s hospitality-management program, as well as Smith’s passion for mentorship and which skills are critical to teach agents entering the business.

This episode is part of our annual Summer Series, where we feature some of our favorite recent Folo by Travel Weekly discussions. This episode was recorded May 9 and has been edited for length and clarity.

Episode sponsor: 

This episode is sponsored by the Globus Family of Brands. https://www.globusandcosmos.com and https://www.avalonwaterways.com

Related links:

Mentorship brings on the next generation of travel advisors https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Mentorship-next-generation-travel-advisors

Prescription Travel: https://prescriptiontravel.com/

Wanted: Travel agency seeks enthusiastic advisors eager for training.
Good travel sellers need training – on systems, on suppliers, on sales tactics and more. How does a travel agency train up new advisors? How long does it take to create a great advisor?
In honor of the 2024 Power List of the world's biggest travel agencies, which goes live this week, we're celebrating great travel agents by reissuing this episode. Folo host Rebecca Tobin and retail editor Jamie Biesiada speak with Gayle Smith and Sam Johnson of Prescription Travel -- hosted by Montecito Village Travel, No. 40 on the 2024 Power List -- about their innovative partnership with the University of Georgia’s hospitality-management program, as well as Smith’s passion for mentorship and which skills are critical to teach agents entering the business.
This episode is part of our annual Summer Series, where we feature some of our favorite recent Folo by Travel Weekly discussions. This episode was recorded May 9 and has been edited for length and clarity.
Episode sponsor: 
This episode is sponsored by the Globus Family of Brands. <a href="https://www.globusandcosmos.com">https://www.globusandcosmos.com</a> and <a href="https://www.avalonwaterways.com">https://www.avalonwaterways.com</a>
Related links:
Mentorship brings on the next generation of travel advisors <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Mentorship-next-generation-travel-advisors">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Mentorship-next-generation-travel-advisors</a>
Prescription Travel: <a href="https://prescriptiontravel.com/">https://prescriptiontravel.com/</a>

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Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

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