Stuart S. Travel asked:


Of course you could! There are plenty of opportunities for travelers who want to work overseas especially if you speak English or better yet, are bilingual. But to work abroad there are some things to consider before you go.

 

1. Find out if Americans can work in the country you intend to travel to. Not all countries allow foreigners to work there while they are visiting.

2. Get a work permit. This documentation is different from your passport or visa. You can organize a work permit before you leave home or once you arrive in the country you want to work in. This will depend on where you intend to work. 

3. If you are a traveling student, it may be easier to get work through a student work exchange plan. Or you may even be able to organize a transfer through your company to work abroad. If so, all the leg work will be done for you.

4. If you have a particular job in mind, in a particular country, then you will need to do some research and contact potential employers before you go. If you do find someone wishing to employ you before you leave on your travels, get them to send you a letter stating the employment offer with a copy to their respective government. You will then be issued with a work permit for that country.

5. Consider working as a volunteer on your travels. Volunteer organizations are looking for helpers to assist with programs all over the world. You will be paid by the organization (usually just transport, food and board expenses), not the country you are going to. You do not need a work visa to be a volunteer in these programs.

 

If you are going to work overseas while traveling, register with the nearest embassy in the country you are visiting. Make sure you find out about the country you will be working in. Know if there are any travel warnings, political unrest and cultural conditions you should be aware of before you go. What immunizations do you need? Find out about the local laws, including employment legislations. And don’t forget that while earning an income overseas, you will be subject to that country’s tax laws.

 

Will you need to drive for your job overseas? If so, you will have to arrange an international driver’s permit. You must also take with you your valid American driver’s permit. All countries handle driving a little differently so check out what rules you’ll need to abide by to drive in your country of choice. 

 

Working while traveling is a great way to immerse yourself in the culture of the country you are visiting. Be organized if you want to subsidize your travel budget dollar in this way. Don’t forget you can always offer to work in hostels in exchange for cheaper (or even free) board as a way to supplement your traveling costs.

 

This article is brought to you by: Stuart S. Travel – Your Online Travel Guru

www.stuartstravel.com

search both asked:


Wana go on a trip? Start packing your bags and start surfing online and you will get one soon. Internet has made life easier. We don’t have to look for such thing which is available on internet; one can face difficulty finding the services not available on internet. Travel industry is growing at unexpected rate and so as the online travel booking industry.

Last minute travel deals are very much popular these days and at the eleventh hour, you can book your tickets at an affordable price. Many thanks to the travel websites offering online trip management including flight booking resort booking, hotel and accommodation. Expedia, Travelocity and Hot wire are some well known travel websites. Some internationally recognized trusted travel websites are as follows:

Expedia

Expedia is most trusted name on the internet dealing with all the major aspects of the travel planning. Expedia starts with the planning, researching and executing the trip one is planning. Expedia has flight bookings, car bookings, vacation packages, cruises and other activities to offer.

Travelocity

Travelocity believes to offer best travel deals to the world. It is an online travel agency operated completely by wholly owned subsidiary of Sabre Holdings Corporation. Travelocity is based in Southlake, Texas, with additional offices in New York City, San Francisco, and abroad.

Hotwire

Hotwire is most affordable airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, vacation packages and cruises. It is one of the leading travel websites globally recognized.

Kayak

Kayak is a US based travel search engine. It also helps user to book flights, car rentals, hotels booking, cruises and many more.

Orbitz

One of the world’s largest and is a leading online travel company offering leisure and business travelers a wide selection of low airfares, as well as deals on lodging, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages and other travel.

Some other major travel websites are trvelzoo.com, hotels.com, cheapoair.com, cheaptickets.com, cheapflights.com, pricelines.com and others. It is difficult to search all the websites again and again to pick the best available deals by all of them. YELLOWPAGES.travel is here to rescue you from all the hassles involved in the travel booking sites. All the major travel websites can be compared on a single screen and the results can be viewed simultaneously.

Personal Travel asked:


Since last year, I have heard of several people making good money working in the travel industry as a home based online travel agent. The good news is that you can, too. In fact it’s easy! These people have done it honestly, legally and ethically with the proper guidance of knowing all the details in this new online career. Once you know the basic steps then you can start making real money.

There are two options to start with and those are; either to be a part timer in the first 3 months, giving you time to become more acquainted with the business flow of being an online travel agent from actual transactions and later dedicating yourself full time to your new career.

Then, there are those that start straight away as full timers and are now successfully supporting themselves and their loved ones. The fun part is that they started seeing the world together with their family, something that may have been just a dream when they were still in those clerical jobs. Their often find that their entire lifestyle has dramatically changed in just a short period of time.

In definition, a home-based online travel agent markets travel products offered by travel companies and suppliers that has a vast inventory of vacation package deals. The position is often referred to as “independent sales representatives.” “Independent” due to the fact that you are not working inside an office space of a travel company whose products you represent.

As an independent travel agent, you may deal directly with a travel supplier or through a middleman (host agency). Because you are not an employee from any of them, you are not on their payroll list or have employee benefits.

The bottom line here is that you make your own money and get paid through commissions on whatever travel products that you can sell and there is no limit to the income you want to generate from your own time table (weekly or monthly sales). These is achieved by negotiating your own commission level or get the best offered commission package from either the host agency or the travel supplier of your choice. Earning capacity is generally unlimited from commissions and it will steadily increase as you grow your network.

To gauge your success as an online travel agent is easy! When you sell more, you earn more, sell less and you earn less.

Important advice here is that when you are independent and on your own, remember that you should never be completely alone and do all of the work with no support. There are travel suppliers who offer great packages for independent travel agents that are all automated and can mean easier work for you, giving you more time to focus on expanding your client listings. Remember that you must constantly work with others who have all the resources that will help provide the best service to your clients. To have a good understanding of what I am saying here, check out this travel supplier, http://www.personaltravelgroup.com. and you will see the difference!

Personal Travel Group offer full professional support to all of their agents and their motto is “We do the work – you make the money!” You don’t need qualifications and they pay out 70% of the available commission! It’s the best one I’ve seen – check it out for yourself…

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Personal Travel asked:


I did some research on this and found out that the Online Travel industry is growing fast and the best part is that it is generating numerous jobs and many people around the world are setting up their own online travel companies.

How do they do that? I did that assignment too and I wanted to share the information I learned from those who have succeeded and who have been earning way more than the average income from their previous jobs.

There are sites that are currently providing all the stuff needed to start a new career in this industry and they are termed as Online Travel Consultant or Online Travel Booking Agent. One site I saw provided me some hints on how to do this even in your own home. One company that really got my attention is The Personal Travel Group. Here is what they told me:-

First, you must watch their informative video which explains the business opportunity to you. After this you complete an online registration application on their web site. You will then be invited to one of their information centres for a full explanation. Once accepted and signed up, they will provide you with access to their system, your own web site and a password.

Once they have issued you this, you can access their booking engine through your site. You are then able to search, place a booking on hold for 24hrs or book and pay immediately. Once you start making bookings, you will start receiving commission from your own pre-set margins!! (interesting…….).

I did a search on their site and they are an accommodation supplier and even other services such as to make transfers, car hire, golf and insurance and these products are exclusively available online.

They even have a full team of professional, experienced support agents who are standing by for any queries or questions. Bookings can be made either on line or over the telephone and you can ask your support team any questions or doubts you have. I think this is very important for self-starters.

The most interesting part is how you can earn money from this. They take online bookings in real-time and payments are made through their web site. They even offer different payment methods that will suit your business and that can be stated in the contract given to you by their company.

To cut things short, they handle everything and everything is automated. Your task is to expand your clientele and let all the tasks be handled by them. Take note, once it is set up, the running costs are very low. It is a really great idea. No need for customers to go to a travel agency, everything is online. That is the power of The Personal Travel Group technology today.

But be also aware that there are other companies or sites that offer similar start up packages, but I found that there were some details that were not quite clear, unlike the one I have discussed above, and the commissions seemed to be much less.

The important thing here is that a career as an Online Travel Agent or Consultant is one of the best alternatives to increase your income. This could be the best year to get started in the Travel Industry and it is one of the best options to generate a first or second income. With a small investment and your TIME and EFFORT, you could make a great success of this type of business. The objective here is to share this information so that it will be helpful to my readers.

 

Stuart S. Travel asked:


One you can afford – seriously. 

 

Look at how much you earn. What can you put aside for a trip? What are you prepared to sacrifice to make your trip a reality? Maybe you’ve been saving for a while and have a few thousand dollars in the bank. You do? Great. Well that’s your realistic budget. If you want to fly to Europe tomorrow and you only have ten dollars in the bank then you are not being realistic. But it might be enough to get you in to the local museum for a few hours escape.

 

When you are setting your budget, be practical. Everyone has different needs for their travel experience and if your travel plans include overseas flights, you will need to budget accordingly. Sure you can find great deals and get there cheaper than you might have expected, but make sure you have enough money in your budget to not only get you there but to travel around, find a place to sleep, oh and have enough money to be able to eat! 

 

So how do you go about setting a budget? Following these steps might help:

1. Draw up a table with two columns.

2. Column A is for Expense Items. Column B is for Approximate Costs.

3. In column A write down all the things you can think of that will cost you money while traveling. These might include: air flights, car hire/fuel allowance, travel passes, sight-seeing tours, accommodation, food, insurance, immunizations, and souvenirs.

4. In column B write an estimate of how much you think these things will cost while on your trip. You can research your travel costs quite easily on the Internet. Food allowance might be a bit more difficult. If you are traveling alone, as a couple or in a family you will need to budget food costs accordingly.

5. Now add up the costs. This will give you an estimate of how much your trip will cost. Can you afford it? Yes – then this is a realistic budget for you. If not, then you may have to rethink your destination and the type of travel experience you want.

 

Remember that this table will only be an estimate of your travel costs. You must also budget for incidentals and prepare yourself for things to not go to plan. For example, have you got enough money in your budget to buy new clothes if your luggage goes missing? A realistic travel budget will have extra built in to it to cover emergencies. Setting yourself a budget of about sixty-five dollars a day, if traveling alone, is a reasonable amount. If you are traveling as a family or in a group, this number will be vastly different. 

 

Also consider if you will be traveling and working. If this is the case, then you may not need as much to start with, just enough money to get you to your destination and a place to live while you look for work. (And enough money to buy you food until you begin earning a wage.)

 

Start making your travel plans with your budget in mind. Don’t exceed your budget, always keep a little in reserve so you can buy that fantastic Italian leather handbag or go jet-skiing in Hawaii if the desire takes you!

 

This article is brought to you by: Stuart S. Travel – Your Online Travel Guru

www.stuartstravel.com

Vietnam Golf Tours asked:


START YOUR DREAM VACATION WITH US

Salute Vietnam warmly welcomes you and your dreams of sunshine, food and friendly faces in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, and beyond to China and Thailand. Let us show you the sights – as well as the nooks and crannies – that will indulge your senses, open your mind and free your inhibitions!

 

What sets Salute Vietnam apart is our flexibility. This may be our neighbourhood, but we want you to see it your way and at your pace. If you are having fun somewhere we want you to stay. If you ‘get the itch’ to see something new we want you to be able to follow that itch before it wears off.

 

We offer an outstanding suite of services – call it your travel sketchpad – that allow you to design your dream trip through Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, or to any one of these countries in exciting detail. If your trip involves passing through Thailand or China, we have extensive services in those countries too. A tour of the beach towns in central Vietnam then a hop over to Siem Riep to see Angkor Wat? A customised tour of all there is to see in North Vietnam? Whatever suits you suits us.

 

In addition to custom tours, we offer several basic travel services, including domestic and international airline tickets, hotel and resort booking, Vietnamese tourist visas, car rental, and bus and train tickets, throughout Indochina and beyond. Our services are delivered through www.salutevietnam.com (our main webpage), (our online visa processing service), and our many agents and partners around the world.  

 

Salute Vietnam confidently offers you control over the entire trip planning process. This of course means you need to know what is on offer and where  – so we support you with custom searches and a rich library of information on what to see (as well as what not to see!), who to see it with and how to see it from the right angle. Your door to this library is this website, a few electronic windows you can use to peek through at the beautiful scenery, rich culture and amazing food that is Vietnam, Indochina and the region.

 

Salute Vietnam is proud of our reputation as an extremely reliable online tour operator and travel service. No matter what part of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, China or Thailand strikes your fancy, we will help you put together the trip that best suits your taste and price range. Call or email us today to find out how we can turn your travel dreams into a real itinerary.

 Vietnam Travel ,Vietnam GOLF TOURS

If you are also in the travel industry and committed to excellent customer service, we would invite you to form a business alliance and join our trusted list of strategic partners. Please contact us for further information on how we can work together to benefit each other and, most importantly of course, the traveller.

Easy Tour China asked:


Marvel at the world’s eighth wonder

Too see the world famous Terracotta Army, which collects over 8,000 life-size pottery warriors and horses. This spectacular archaeological discovery has been listed the top ten sites when tours in China, also regarded as the tourist icon of Xi’an.



Watch the fabulous Tang Dynasty Show & Taste the delicious dumplings

Watch the Tang Dynasty Music & Dance Show, one of the recommended night entertainments when traveling Xi’n, is really a spectacular show that combines music, singing, dancing, and costumes of Tang dynasty. The dumpling feast served at the same time are in very interesting shapes, Some were shaped as little birds, goldfish, flowers, as well as more expected dumpling shapes but they are still delicious. That would be an evening that never forgets. 

Cycling on the historical Xian City Wall

Xian ancient city wall is the world’s largest and best-preserved ancient fortress; on the top of wall, renting a bike and cycling on the wide stone-paved ground, see the whole city and have fun!

Stroll around Muslim Quarter and Great Mosque

The Muslim Quarters (or Huimin Street) features mix of Han & Hui cultures where Moslem snacks and restaurants available. There are also many stores and stands that sold kinds of fun local things, including replicas Terracotta Warriors! The huge, beautiful mosque, called the Xi’an Great Mosque also worth a visit.

Stun at the numerous historical relics at Shaanxi Provincial History Museum

There are thousands of bronze wares, pottery figurines, ceramic wares, gold, silver and jade wares, and ancient coins and so on; they are beautiful, showcasing the craftworks and culture of ancient time, while some of them are priceless! 

Climb the steep Mountain Huashan



Known as the most precipitous mountain on the earth, mountain Huashan attracts more and more mountain lovers every year. It is famed for its natural vistas of steep and narrow paths, precipitous crags, and a breathtaking mountain range. There is a proverb goes that in China: “From time immemorial the Mt. Huashan has been only one way to climb atop.” Travel to the Xian Huashan Mountain and start a one or two day trekking, as it is hard to describe the great scenery along the route.

Shop some unique Xian souvenirs

As the top destinations of China tours, Xian offers unique and various tourists products as well, like replicas of terracotta warriors of the Qin Dynasty, tri-colored glaze potter of the Tang Dynasty replicas of old paintings, hand scrolls and albums, four treasures of the study, metal of stone seals, paper cutting and vivid shadow puppet figures. Feast your eyes or collect some.

All the above-said are the never-miss sites and things when you plan a Xi’n China tour, it is a great city attracts worldwide visitors with its royal tombs, city walls, pagodas, towers, temples, mosques, stele forest, pools, museums, mountains, prehistoric village, cave dwellings, unique folk-customs, civilian workmanship and culture of the central plains of China.

Alden Jerry asked:


 

The travel books are a wonderful means of gaining information about travel, travel routes and other travel related information. These books really act as a virtual guide for people who are true aspirants of tour and travel. Travel books give a detailed information of the various routes available for visiting a place and the means to commute.

These books normally concentrate on a particular place or destination. However, there are also categories that give a broad coverage of destinations. Such coverage include a number of places in one region. But whenever the travel books give coverage to one place, it is detailed information about the tourist spots. So, the tourists are absolutely kept alert about the tour package for touring a place. This is absolutely convenient for people as they can now avail the right services for they are in full knowledge about the do’s and do not’s after reading the travel related books.

The travel books are meant to provide an itinerary to travelers aspiring to travel to several destinations of the world. The travel literature is a genre in itself. These books document the travel literature and store them as a knowledge pool for people to get the right kind of information. The books are incorporated with fascinating pictures of tourist destinations and places. These pictures give viewers a through understanding and the readers get a glimpse of a place before visiting it. The unique and informative content make tourists fall in love with a place. It is only then that they decide to visit the place during their vacations or holidays.

Some of the best examples of travel books are lonely Planet, Rick Steves, Moon Handbooks, Michelin, Eyewitness Guides and more. These books give complete information about a destination. Tour packages are compiled to help tourists choose the most suitable travel package keeping in mind the time in their hand. People find it very convenient for it acts as a capsule that gives complete information about tourist destinations on earth. So, it is recommended that tourists read such books before taking up tour to a place.

Tour asked:


Rajasthan Wildlife Tour is one of the most interesting tours to Rajasthan as this Indian state is able with many treasures- desert in one side and greeneries on the other face. The rich lands and hills of Rajasthan house two national parks-Ranthambore National Park and Sariska Tiger Reserve and one bird sanctuary that is Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary or Keoladeo Ghana National park. well-made Rajasthan tours always include the wildlife sanctuaries of the state.

Rajasthan hosts three national parts and more than a dozen sanctuaries. Some of them include Ranthambhor National Park, Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Sariska National Park, Darrah Sanctuary, Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Desert National Park and Mount Abu Sanctuary. These amazing destinations give the most attractive scenes from the wildlife world. Visitors can enjoy a ride through the deep jungles of Rajasthan by a jeep or on elephant safaris.

Ranthambore National Park located in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan is one of the most visited wildlife parks in India. Ranthambhor National Park is the most popular tiger reserve under Project Tiger. With its vast 392 sq km area of land. The main attractions of Ranthambore are Tigers, Leopards, Striped Hyenas, Chital, Nilgai, Sambar deer, Common langurs, Jackals, Caracals, Sloth bears, Indian Wild Boar, Chinkara. The best time to

visit is from November to April.

Sariska National Park located in the Aravalli Hills. It’s protected tigers under Project Tiger scheme. It provides home to leopards, sambhar, chinkara, Nilgai, Great Indian Horned Owl, Serpent eagle and many more. The best time to visit is November to June. Mount Abu Sanctuary is famous because the Guru Shikhar, the top of Aravalis. This 289 sq km sanctuary is home to sambhar, ordinary langaur, wild boar, and leopard.

Other famous wildlife sanctuaries in Rajasthan include Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Desert National Park, Kumbhalgarh Sanctuary, Darrah Sanctuary, Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary, and many others.