red904

Put me in touch with your TA please 🙂

Not trying to make a living with it, just trying to take advantage of the amount of money I'm spending on cruises. My current TA is not giving me anything beyond what I could get myself and often I have to correct her mistakes on pricing. Won't be using her anymore.

Hi

Sorry, I guess I didn't make it clear enough that it is my company and I'm paying. But I think the best idea here is to find a new TA that will be more willing to share their commission towards my bookings than my current TA.

I asked myself and I said it was fine.

OK, so let me start off by saying I own the company so there is no conflict here. I am merely trying to find out if I could get credentialed easily to be a TA in order to book the cruises that I am booking every year anyway. I have had a Real Estate license for 25 years and an Insurance license and wanted to find out if getting credentialed to be a TA was similar. For years I have been booking directly with Royal Caribbean with the Casino Royale department since I am also Diamond and Prime for myself and my staff. I started using a TA last year and she has not really given me anything more that what I can get myself. In fact it takes a lot longer using her because I have to text her or email her and wait for a response and then for her to contact RC and back and forth. I can do all that myself in much less time. If any TA on here wants to give me a better deal then I am all ears. I just got back from the Allure of the Seas on Monday that I booked 3 suites and 3 balconies for my staff and we have already put a hold on another cruise in Aug. As well as I have booked the Utopia for 3 suites so far for Oct. So basically my TA has not been making it worth my while to book through her and I don't see any reason to keep letting her get a commission on my travel for nothing.

So I book 4 to 6 suites each cruise and I book 4-5 cruises a year for my company and I was wondering if I can become a TA so I can take advantage of the commission instead of not getting any benefit of booking directly through the cruise line. I have used TA's in the past and they do not give me any additional benefits and they make a percentage of what I spend. Can someone tell me the easiest way to become an agent for myself so I can start to take advantage of the cruises I'm booking? Thank You.