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Carol Nunnery: From Selling Kitchen Appliances to Selling Travel in a Travel Agency Franchise
Multi-level marketing maven Carol Nunnery decided to make her passion her career when she opened her travel agency franchise. Name: Carol Nunnery Year Joined Franchise: 2015 Prior Occupation: Direct Sales MLM (Pampered Chef) How did you transition from your prior occupation to starting a travel business and what did that...
From Selling Ads to Selling Travel
Selling travel and being an entrepreneur as a travel franchise owner is way more fun than selling advertising space, according to Rhonda Day. Name: Rhonda Day Year Joined Franchise: 2013 Prior Occupation: Advertising Sales Manager How did you transition from your prior occupation to starting a travel business…and what did...
Merging an Existing Business with a Travel Agency Franchise – An Event Planner’s Story
For the past 20 years, Eddie Diaz, CSEP, ACC has owned a corporate event planning firm. As a certified event planner, he travels extensively with clients so having a travel agency franchise as a secondary business made sense. Both businesses work hand-in-hand and complement each other. Eddie found his transition...
A Side Hustle Becomes a Full-Time, Work From Home Career
Thirty-something Liz Dominguez opened her travel agency franchise in Jacksonville as a side hustle to her full-time job working in Emergency Management and Homeland Security doing disaster capacity building for Midwestern states and some consulting on the side. She and her husband started the franchise to earn extra cash and travel...
Navy Veteran Enjoys Travel and Owning a Travel Agency Franchise During Retirement
Navy Veteran and 2012 Operation Vetrepreneur winner Isaac Ingram has been enjoying his retirement as a travel franchise owner. Name: Isaac Ingram Year Joined Franchise: 2012 Years in Military: 29 Branch of Military: U.S. Navy Submarine Service Rank: E-9 Master Chief What do you like best about owning a Dream...
Joy Teet: Take it Slow and Steady When Becoming a Travel Agency Franchise Owner
Joy Teet previously was a retail manager before joining her husband Ray and becoming travel agency business partners in 2013. Joy took her time in transitioning to being a travel agent. In fact, her husband Ray who worked in travel for eight years took her under his wing at first...
From Retail To Vacation Franchise Owner: The Best Way to be in Business for Yourself
Karen Quinn-Panzer opened her Dream Vacations travel agency franchise in 2013 inside her upscale boutique consignment store. Many of Karen’s first vacation clients were actually boutique clientele. Karen and her husband Frank ran both businesses simultaneously for two years until they saw the growth potential if they operated their travel...
Military veterans are the backbone of our country and we are so appreciative of their service to make the U.S. truly the land of opportunity. As a franchise opportunity for veterans, we are committed to supporting military veterans in their transition to the civilian workforce, but we also demonstrate our...