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Travel Agents: Better than Ever

Cruise Planners

July 24, 2018

Travel Agents: Better than Ever

Take a closer look at what it means to be a travel agent in the 21st century 20 years ago, when the internet was in its infancy and online travel booking sites were years away from existing, travel agents were found inside travel agency shops where posters of tropical vacations and classic cities donned the walls. You may not see many of these shops anymore, but that doesn’t mean that travel agents have gone extinct–they’ve just evolved with the times.

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Why More People Under 40 are Becoming Travel Agents

Cruise Planners

August 16, 2017

Why More People Under 40 are Becoming Travel Agents

One Young Travel Agent Shares how She Gained Financial Independence and Travels the World as a Cruise Planners Franchise Owner During the past 3 years, Cruise Planners has seen a 66% increase in franchisees under 40 joining the growing travel agency network. Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel representative, is the nation’s largest network of home-based travel agents who customize and plan a variety of vacations for all types of travelers.

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Like Father, Like Son – How a Mutual Love of Travel Turned This Duo Into Entrepreneurs

Cruise Planners

June 12, 2017

Like Father, Like Son – How a Mutual Love of Travel Turned This Duo Into Entrepreneurs

Cruise Planners' business-in-a-box model has changed the lives of franchise owners across the U.S. by helping them build successful careers in the travel industry. With Father's Day around the corner, father-son team, Neil and Jason Hantman, share their Cruise Planners success story.

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Customized Technology – Created by Travel Agents for Travel Agents

Cruise Planners

May 23, 2017

Customized Technology – Created by Travel Agents for Travel Agents

The Technology Team at Cruise Planners works diligently to ensure our travel agent franchises have the absolute best and latest travel technology tools at their fingertips. Travel Agency Franchise owners rely heavily on the award-winning tools created by the Technology Team to assist with cruise, land, and tour bookings. Planning and booking customized trips working from home or on the go is a breeze with the CP Maxx Mobile App which allows Cruise Planners travel agents to manage their travel agency business from anywhere in the world. Clients are able to use a second consumer-facing mobile app, Cruise Planners Mobile, to book new trips and review previously booked trips. Not into mobile apps? Cruise Planners franchises' websites are accessible on both desktop format and mobile platforms and are responsive to all smartphone browsers.

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How This Mother-Daughter Team Turned Franchise Ownership Into a Family Business

Cruise Planners

May 9, 2017

How This Mother-Daughter Team Turned Franchise Ownership Into a Family Business

Cruise Planners, an American Express Representative, allows franchise owners to combine their passion for travel with the power to be their own boss and to work whenever and wherever they want. For some travel franchise owners, opening and operating their Cruise Planners franchise is a family affair, giving these travel agents the opportunity to build relationships with both their clients and each other. Terry McKinney, a franchise owner since 2011 based in Magnolia, Texas shares how running her work from home Cruise Planners franchise with her daughter Andrea Mickan, has allowed them to make a difference in their clients lives – and their own – through travel.

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