Maya Okonkwo
Brooklyn, New York
SafariMultigenerationalLuxury Lodges
“I plan the kind of trip where nobody checks their phone for a week.”
A host agency for independent advisors
Turn how you travel into what you do
TravAdvisors gives independent travel advisors the training, supplier access, and commission structure to build a business around trips they would plan anyway.
1,840 advisors · 112 destinations · $410M in bookings placed
Why TravAdvisors
A trade, not a side hustle
Travel advising pays when you know the suppliers, the rates, and the people who can fix things. That knowledge is what we hand you.
Earn real commission
Suppliers pay you for the work you are already doing for friends and family. Hotels, cruises, villas, and tours all carry commission, and TravAdvisors tracks and pays every dollar of it.
Get trained properly
A six-week certification teaches booking systems, supplier etiquette, pricing, and client management. You are not handed a login and left alone with it.
Book like an insider
Consortium access means advisor rates, upgrades, resort credits, and a direct line to people who can fix a problem at 11pm in another time zone.
How it works
Four steps, about six weeks
Step 01
Apply and talk to a human
Tell us how you travel and what you want out of this. Within two business days you will be on a call with someone who does this work, not a recruiter reading a script.
Step 02
Train with a cohort
You join a group that starts the same week you do. Live sessions, recorded modules, and a mentor who reviews your first three itineraries line by line.
Step 03
Book your first trips
Most advisors book something within the first six weeks, usually for someone they already know. We sit with you through the first bookings so nothing gets missed.
Step 04
Grow the practice you want
Choose a niche, raise your fees, build a waitlist. Some advisors stay at ten trips a year on purpose. Others hire. The ceiling is yours to set.
Commission
Do the arithmetic
Commission is paid on the trips you place, at rates negotiated across our whole advisor network. Move the slider to see what a year looks like at your pace.
Trips booked per month
6
125
Estimated annual commission
$69,264
- Average trip value
- $7,400
- Blended commission
- 13%
Figures are illustrative and not a projection of earnings. Actual commission depends on suppliers, trip mix, and your own planning fees.
Advisor spotlight
The people already doing this
Former teachers, chefs, and consultants who now plan travel for a living. Every one of them started where you are.
Daniel Reyes
Mexico City, Mexico
Food & WineCity StaysSolo Travel
“Give me a city and a week, and I will find you the table worth flying for.”
Priya Raman
Austin, Texas
HoneymoonsIslandsWellness
“Honeymoons are logistics wearing a nice dress. I handle the logistics.”
Ezra Feldman
Portland, Oregon
Rail JourneysSlow TravelPhotography
“The best days of a trip are usually the ones with nothing scheduled.”
Camille Boyer
Montréal, Canada
SkiFamily VillasAlps
“I have skied every resort I sell, which is the whole point.”
Tomás Herrera
Miami, Florida
CruiseGroupsPatagonia
“Twenty people, one itinerary, zero arguments. That is the job.”
Training and support
You are not doing this alone
- Certification program
- Six weeks, part-time, live and recorded. Renewed annually with destination deep dives.
- Supplier relationships
- Named contacts at hotel groups, cruise lines, and villa collections who pick up the phone.
- Marketing toolkit
- Itinerary templates, client proposals, social kits, and a directory profile that ranks.
- Community that answers
- Regional chapters, a working forum, and an annual gathering. Ask at 6am, get an answer by 7.
Partners and press
- Condé Nast Traveller
- Virtuoso
- Belmond
- Aman
- Silversea
- Rosewood
“I left a fifteen-year marketing career and replaced the income in my second year. The difference was never ambition. It was having supplier relationships I could borrow until they were mine.”
1,840Active advisors
112Destinations booked
$410MBookings placed
94%Advisors who renew
From the field
What our advisors are writing
Destination reporting from people who were standing there last month.
Destination Guide
Where to go in Puglia when the coast gets crowded
7 min read
Field Notes
A first safari, planned for people who hate early mornings
5 min read
The Business
How advisors price their time without apologizing for it
6 min read
Questions
The things people ask first
