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Industry Experience and/or Education
If you have experience within the industry please provide details and then skip to Personal Travel Experience
If you do not have any travel industry experience you will need to have completed a Certificate III in Travel through a registered training organisation. Please provide details.
During your studies did you train on a GDS?
If so, which one.
What did you find the most challenging aspect of your Cert III course?
Did you study Airfares and how to construct and ticket an airfare? Briefly explain the steps to follow to 1. Find an airfare and 2 issue a ticket.
Important: Please attach a copy of your Certificate III in travel. (pdf or doc files only)
Please upload only allowed file types (doc,docx,pdf)
Personal Travel Experience
Have you ever cruised or travelled on an organised tour? What countries have you visited? Please provide a brief history of your personal travel experiences.
Business Experience and Skills
Have you ever been self employed or run a business of your own? If so please provide some detail.
Employment History (please list your last two position). Include dates, company and position.
Please rate your skills in the following areas: (from 1 being lowest to 10 highest)
Why do you think you will be successful as a business owner?
Business Plans
How long have you been seriously looking to join the travel industry or become an Independent Agent?
Would friends/family/partners be involved in the business?
If Yes, please list name and relationship and how they will be involved.
When do you want to start your new business?
What aspects of business ownership do you find attractive?
What do you think will be the biggest challenge of starting your own travel business? Explain further if necessary.
Do you have an existing database of clients you can start marketing to immediately? If so, how many people would realistically be on your database.
If not, how would you plan to build your database of potential clients and what other ideas do you have to help get you started in obtaining your first customers? (family and friends are a good start, but not usually enough to sustain an ongoing business)
Do you intend to devote yourself full time to your travel business in the first 12 months, or will you be part time? How many hours a week do you think you will devote to your business.
Financial Information
Please advise your current Annual Household Income
Have you set aside funds for investment in your business, if so how much?
What level of sales do you think you will achieve in the first year or 2 of opening? Start by working from a weekly and monthly basis. For example, if you sell 1 return flight to Europe this would generate a sale of about $2000. If you sell 4 tickets a month this would be $8000. x 12 months = $96,000 annually.
Of course you would also offer your customer hotels, tours and other arrangements, so if you average say 4 bookings per month and each one is worth $4000 then you would sell approximately $16000 per month or $192,000 worth of travel for the year.
Estimated Sales First year:
Estimated Sales Second year:
Considering the above, what income do you expect to make from your travel business?
First Year:
Second Year:
Business Structure and Ownership
What is your intended or existing Business or Company name?
Are you, or do you intend to be registered for GST? (you do not need to register unless you earn above $75,000 in income)
List partner or shareholder names and percentage of ownership, if applicable.
Personal/Business References
Please list up to 2 Personal or Business references we may contact: Include Name, Phone and Relationship.
Have you ever filed for bankruptcy: If yes, when?
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If yes, when?
Have you ever had legal action filed against you within the last 5 years? If yes, when?
Have you ever initiated a legal action within the last 5 years? If yes, when?
If any of the above applies, please elaborate if necessary:
By submitting this application I declare the information stated in this confidential questionnaire is true to the best of my knowledge. I understand this application form is for the purpose of information only and is not an offer to join Your Travel Centre and there is no obligation for either party to proceed.