As the business idea to start from home, you could do a lot worse than plan to become a travel agent at home. There was a study not long ago by one of the Ivy League colleges that tried to rank jobs on a happiness index. The job of a travel agent, they found, consistently came in on the top 10.
The thing is, ever since everything in travel came to be done on the Internet, you just don't need any kind of special equipment these days to hang out a shingle and declare yourself a travel agent. You just need to decide for yourself what kind of travel you would like to specialize in, and dive in.
While you could become a travel agent for more than one kind of travel – cruises, honeymoon vacations, adventure travel, regular business travel – you'd find that in the beginning, it would be a good idea to pick one area to learn well and concentrate on that. There's so much to learn that you'll find it's far less stressful to know that you have just the one thing to concentrate on. You want to be known at first for being really good at your niche.
The thing is, ever since everything in travel came to be done on the Internet, you just don't need any kind of special equipment these days to hang out a shingle and declare yourself a travel agent. You just need to decide for yourself what kind of travel you would like to specialize in, and dive in.
While you could become a travel agent for more than one kind of travel – cruises, honeymoon vacations, adventure travel, regular business travel – you'd find that in the beginning, it would be a good idea to pick one area to learn well and concentrate on that. There's so much to learn that you'll find it's far less stressful to know that you have just the one thing to concentrate on. You want to be known at first for being really good at your niche.