Question by Sam: If I want to start my own travel agency in my basement I have the office space & furniture?
and 2 brand new computers a phone
How much money will it cost for me to start a business selling airline tickets to foreign countries.
How does it work Do I have to invest money to buy the airline tickets 1st before selling them or do I just sell the airline tickets that the airline owns through my computer without investing money to buy the Airline tickets.
How much commission will I make off every 00 Airline ticket I sell.
@ Henry
I thought this was only for domestic flights.
What about international flights?
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Answer by Henry
Airlines no longer pay commissions.
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I believe even if you get commissions from International fights you will not be getting a lot because there are always agencies out there who are able to offer a lower price than you do. In order to compete with these agencies you pretty much will need to lower your price as well which in turn will lower your commission.
A buddy of mine who works in a travel agency told me that their main revenue isn’t from selling airline tickets because they do not get commission from doing it so they just “resell” the ticket at almost the raw price.
Of course if you are not thinking to expand your home business to something really big and are able to stand the low net revenue then you can still do it, just be caution. You are best to write a business proposal and a business plan to guide you through.
However, if you are thinking of starting another kind of business such as retail then let me know, I maybe able to give you a hand since I run retail business myself. You can reach my at my email.
Absolutely never heard of it. Most airline tickets are not transferable.