[Travelandtourism] If you want to become a travel agent

[cheryl echevarria]

just one thing with CLIA you don't have to go to college to take the test because on cruising.org, they have there own online university, plus the do give classes at local hotels in the area a few times a year. In fact, I took 2 15 credit courses and the Marriott here on Long Island.

Cheryl Echevarria 
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: ROBYN R WALLEN<mailto:robynwallen at juno.com> 
  To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org<mailto:travelandtourism at nfbnet.org> 
  Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 2:00 PM
  Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] If you want to become a travel agent


  Cheryl.

          First of all I am familiar with Montrose Travel and it is a legit
  agency although not one of my favorites but that had more to do with
  agents I spoke with than the company.   The TA university classes as well
  as Iata and Clia classes are all good and I do not know if you took the
  actual certified agent course or not (that you usually have to go in to
  take the test at a local community college), or not but they are
  providing you with training which is my big point.  Sometimes people get
  rooked in and think I will pay and be a travel agent and it does not work
  like that.  I dont think that TA Univ does the certifacation but I cannot
  remember who does it.  I was not talking about you personally but just
  making the point because you cannot just one day say I want to be an
  agent and be one.  There are a lot of websites out there that tout that. 
  Another big scam a few years by was YCB travel which was a pyramid scheme
  and also a few others that have not only cost people lots of money but in
  some cases there jobs as they did this on the side of a regular travel
  job.    I think it was YCB something like that.  Anyway I did not want
  you to think I was targeting you but just sharing some valueable
  information and it urks me as someone who took a lot of real training and
  worked in the industry a lot of years and trust me in my case it was over
  a years worth of training along with ongoing courses thru iata, clia and
  tauniv among others.  I just did the Vegas certified new modules and just
  an FYI for you there are some great benefits and great rates and some
  awesome Fam trips thru Wynn and Encore.

  Robyn
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