Make money as you travel

Added: (Thu Oct 06 2005)

Pressbox (Press Release) - Only 4 years ago, Cash Card Worldwide was just a novel thought with a new twist on the travel industry. Today, Cash Card Worldwide is rapidly becoming an international success story with customers in over 100 countries worldwide. The company provides generous travel discounts, professional support and opportunities for consumers to earn extra money.

“Cash Card Worldwide is changing the way people travel”, says Mark Elie, President of KE Travel, a well-known traditional retail travel agency located in Southern Florida. Elie believes a business model has been created that is the blueprint of future business and consumer travel, that blueprint being Cash Card Worldwide. With an exponential growth rate, CCW has the figures to substantiate this claim.

The number of traditional “brick and mortar” retail travel agencies declined worldwide by 11% in 2002 and 19% in 2003, while CCW continued to prosper. CCW’s independent travel agent program has been profitable since its inception. Gary Fee, president of the Outside Sales Support Network, which represents home-based travel agents, stated “We see agents leaving storefront, brick and mortar agencies, eliminating the overhead. Taking into account office rent, electricity, contracts, and payroll, the overhead could be considerable.”

Cash Card Worldwide’s vision is to change the way the world travels. They do business with some of the biggest names in travel such as Travelocity, Protea Hotel Group, Avis, British Airways, South African Airways, Ocean Air Travel, Expedia, Thomson Holidays, Thomas Cook and many more.

Strategic alliances have allowed independent agents to save up to 80% on their personal travel. As just an example, one of our associates from Brazil received a 37% room discount at the prestigious 5 star Ritz Hotel in Paris.

Travelers Become Independent Agents

Cash Card Worldwide offers a network of independent agents, who earn commissions via product sales, the ability to be eligible to receive significant travel industry discounts, perks and upgrades. Independent agents can receive substantial discounts on vacation packages, hotel and car rental worldwide, tours, and space available industry upgrades. Steve Oxlade of the United Kingdom, was able to save over $2000 on a recent trip to the Bahamas. His friends, who were accompanying him on the trip, now want to become independent agents.

Cash Card Worldwide’s independent agents receive their industry accreditation through KE Travel; a full service licensed and bonded travel agency since 1990. KE Travel is a member of the International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN), and is recognized by all the travel industry's major professional organizations, including the Airline Reporting Corporation (ARC), Association of Retail Travel Agents (ARTA) and the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).

Independent agents are consumers, travel professionals and business travelers. A typical profile of agents includes: 1 - Consumers who want to save money on their own travel 2 - Entrepreneurs who want to supplement their present income with a home-based business 3 - Business owners who want to reduce their corporate travel expenses.

Approximately 80% of all vacations are booked via word of mouth recommendations from friends, family, and co-workers, as people would rather book travel through family, friends or business colleagues. It is this concept, which distinguishes Cash Card Worldwide from traditional Internet-based travel companies such as Priceline and Orbitz. According to Cash Card Worldwide, “Brand loyalty is immediately created by offering customers a product from someone they already trust.”

Many agents engage the business because they love to travel and simply want to save money. This is a perfect fit, as if you love what you are doing; you are going to spread the word to friends and family. This is “word of mouth advertising” at its best.

Currently, the cost to become an agent is $359, with an optional $50 annual renewal. Many agents save this much on their first travel experience. All agents will also receive up to 50% commission split on every airline ticket, car rental, hotel bookings, vacation package, tour, and cruise that they refer to Cash Card Worldwide and its affiliated travel companies. Referral bonuses are also available to agents who register others to become agents. But, it does not stop there. Agents will also receive overrides on all of the travel bookings generated by their member network.

Keith Poulton and his two children from Swansea, UK are each independent agents and been members for about 18 months. Keith says "with a little effort we have been able to save about 60% of the cost of our travel amounting to well over £1,000 since we joined and we have made $400 commission at the same time. Many friends are now agents as well. It is easy to get started. Full details are on the website www.cashcardworldwide.com/6443967 for joining and the company supplies a thorough manual allowing you to trade properly and maimise your savings and income."

24/7 Reservation Support

As the independent agents are doing the marketing and selling, a force of 1,000 customer service representatives are staffed to provide 24-hour assistance with technical and support issues. The full time job of these specialists is to locate the best deal whether it is a simple car reservation or a coordinated all-inclusive vacation. Outside of the United States, Cash Card Worldwide has agreements with many well-respected travel agencies, all of which are licensed and bonded in their respective jurisdiction, in order to provide exceptional service and confidence to our agents and customers.
Cash Card Worldwide agents are even provided their own travel websites, at no cost to the associate, which allows them to market a full array of travel products to their customers through Cash Card Worldwide. Customers can choose from over 55,000 hotels, which can be booked in 12 languages and access to worldwide inventories of over 28 car rental companies. The airline ticket booking engine consists of a single interface that searches over 28 airline and airline booking sites while the cruise search engine features over 19 cruise lines with Virtual 360° ship tours, deck plans and cabin layout. Over 12,000 “Hotel Hot Rate” deals are also available for instant booking. And there is so much more.
Agents are trained on how to work directly with travel suppliers where they can receive 24/7 emergency service. They may participate on weekly conference calls or online training sessions. While some agents do nothing more than book their own travel, others go to great lengths to keep up with the latest deals.

Conclusion

“Travel Weekly”, a well-respected travel publication, predicts the biggest growth in travel, in the next five years, will come from the home-based business model. With its rapidly expanding sales force and market posture, Cash Card Worldwide, and its network of independent agents, have positioned themselves for long term continued success.