Adventure travel and cruising are two of the best ways to earn big commissions in the industry.

Adventure travel is becoming a profitable way to make money in the travel industry.

If a 15 percent commission sounds good to you. If built in lead generation capability intrigues you,then AdventureLink.com is the place to go.

They are looking for agents to process booking request for consumer inquiries all done through their online travel agent partner website.

They allow agents to register directly with them and then get accredited based on specific destination and activity expertise.

Together with VAX Vacation Access and additional distributionpartners who will be announced in the coming months, they will combine a state-of-the art technology platform that connects travel agents(independent agents included)to the inventory of 50 world-class adventure tour operators.

"Adventure Travel is going to be the next big thing for the travel industry,and represents the largest commission opportunity available to agents today", according to Kelly Tompkins, CEO and founder.

"AdventureLink's goal is to make adventure travel a mainstream travel product. This means providing consumers with easy access through a trusted traditional or online travel agency and the ability to easily shop, compare and book the trip of their choice."

With the help of agents who use Voip telephony network who act as customer service agents in the front line.(If you are qualified and interested in becoming one, contact AdventureLink.com).

Franchise groups, consortia's and host agencies are industries that AdventureLink hope to team up with.

HomeBased agents are considered critical to the success of AdventureLink.

According to the Adventure Travel Trade Association(ATTA),this industry is worth an estimated $165 billion globally.

Kelly Tompkins of AdventureLink says that,"The industry is continuing to grow at 10 to 12 percent per year as the baby boomgeneration ages and demands more experiential travel opportunities."

They have the largest database of it's kind with more than 50,000 trips currently available and growing to over 100,000 trips by the first quarter of 2009.

Catering to the Adventure Market.

Because this type of travel may be difficult to book, AdventureLink has created a highly proprietary platform that automates the process to handle it.

"AdventureLink gives travel agents a powerful tool set for booking these types of trips where no prior expertise is needed." says Tompkins

High end luxury FIT tour sales are part of the program.

Agents using the system report an average of $3,500 per sale.

"For online agencies, we provide a valuable new transactional revenue stream, plus the opportunity to integrate new advertisingrevenues in addition to ancillary revenues for airline and hotel add-on bookings. From a travel technology perspective, AdventureLink is on the leading edge in utilizing traveler technology to efficiently aggregate and normalize content from a wide variety of tour operators. In addition, AdventureLinks business model is that of a wholesaler, charging a transaction fee for each booking generated through the system. There are no up-front fees for travel agents or tour operators to use the system." said Tompkins.

Being a travel technology pioneer, Tompkins notes that there have been a few attempts at automating this type of industry in the past.(Companies like Away.com, Adventureseek and iExplorer have tried but failed to embrace the GDS concept and decided to develop satnd-alone websites.)

"The cost of marketing and attracting consumers to these websites proved to be costly for all these companies."Adding Adventure travel to the agency or agent's repertoire can prove invaluable. Cruise sales are vital, but tour sales represent a major profit opportunity. As technology and effective marketing transformed the cruise industry, we want Adventurelink to transform tour sales."

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