As a tour and activity business, you are a perfect target customer for the likes of Groupon, Living Social, or any one of hundreds of other daily deal websites popping up on the Internet everyday. But be warned, the daily deals business can be a real nightmare for your company …

In October at T4, I published, “Is the new, private-sale travel site business model the real deal? an in-depth look, into the new social e-commerce start-ups, their business model and how the deals get structured. As an active online travel business consultant in the new social e-commerce travel space (flash-travel …

For most small tour operators, the concept of creating a standardized set of XML messages for the distribution of tour and activity data probably sounds like gobbledegook.  For data geeks and standards enthusiasts like the team behind Rezgo, this is a huge milestone in the march towards making small businesses …

This is a series of 5 articles to help tours and activity entrepreneurs start a new business. I’ll post one new article each week here at T4.
Tip #1: Introduce yourself and your company’s services to the established travel business owners and tour/activity operators in the destination you plan on starting …

5 Tips to starting a successful tours and activity travel business. This is a series of 5 articles to help tours and activity entrepreneurs start a new business. I’ll post one new article each week here at T4.
Tip #2: Partner with other travel suppliers in your destination to create a …

5 Tips to starting a successful tours and activity travel business. This is Tip #3.
In the first two articles I wrote about how to partner and package to help your start up get business in the early stages. This third article is about implementing a simple distribution system so at …

This is article #4 in a 5 part Start up series for tour and activity travel businesses.
In working with travel start ups a consistent theme I come across is the lofty sales expectations the founders place on themselves and their start up at launch. I believe this to be a …

Have you travelled overseas lately and been paranoid about turning on roaming data on your mobile device for fear of coming home to a ridiculous bill?  Well TripButler, a start-up out of Austria is hoping that their portable wifi devices will give technology addicted travelers a reprieve for high roaming …

I recently received a copy of an e-book from Doug Motel called “101 Marketing Tips for Tourism”.  As someone who is always trying to find ways to help tour and activity operators make their businesses better, I was intrigued to see whether Doug’s recommendations fall in line with the recommendations …

As the founder of the Travel Business Academy, a professional program that teaches entrepreneurs globally how to start a travel business, I am always searching for stories about successful travel entrepreneurs that I can share with our members. Travelzoo is in the news lately, with rumors surrounding an impending sale …