Episode Details

Welcome to Friday 15! In episode 121 Steph chats with Lindsay Taylor Lauer, Director of Luxury & Hosting for Travel Leaders 365 about booking groups, payments done in installments, and ticketing vs. non-ticketing.

A list of helpful resources for today’s episode:

(Submit questions, sign up for reminders for the F15, along with that week's questions we'll be covering!)

 (Call for Host Week speakers is open! Submit your Eduspot idea!)

(HAR’s free event calendar w/ over 100 industry events!)

(10 Insider Group Booking Tips from Travel Advisors [+Infographic])

(5 Steps to Finding Groups)

(What Suppliers Want you to Know About Booking Groups)

(Listen to advisors who specialize in booking groups! Use tag dropdown and select ‘groups’)

(Ja’Vonne Harley’s educational trips with ~100 people around the world)

(Ashley Morris’ destination wedding groups)

(Valerie Gossett’s cruise groups)

(Will Medina destination wedding groups and processes)

(Deb Fogarty affinity group cruises and how she finds them)

(Travel agency accreditation options — ARC and IATA ticketing/non-ticketing)

(A primer on what the heck the GDS is!)

(Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about debit memos)

 (TL 365’s profile on HAR)

ltaylor@travelleaders365.com (Lindsay’s email address)

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