If you’ve ever planned a vacation, you know that the information and choices you have can be overwhelming. Some people know precisely what they want and can confidently buy those things themselves. Others use travel agents to curate custom packages. Many others piece things together and rely on online reviews to find the best excursions,…
My official title is General Manager; the company I work for is a Tour Operator and Destination Management Company (DMC). When someone asks what you do for work, there’s often an easy answer. Some jobs require a little more explanation, but overall, most people have a basic understanding of what most job titles mean. You…
If you travel a lot, you may have some experience with the term “walking”. Walking a guest means that the hotel is over-sold, like many airlines do, and needs to re-accommodate some of the guests. In general, a hotel will not move someone who has already checked in, although it does happen. They will opt to move…
One of the first things I learned when I started in the travel industry was how to talk like a travel agent. There are lots of industry-specific terms and acronyms, as with any industry, that make it easy to tell the legit from the posers and throughout this blog, I use them all. Rather than…
I have absolutely no training in the travel and tourism industry yet here I am, posting as a “travel professional”. I felt it might be relevant to share how I got here and basically justify to my readers that I do, in fact, qualify as a travel professional. I wound up in the travel industry…
Five Figure Lifestyle was created to be an inside look at the travel industry from a professional Tour Operator, Travel Agent and Travel Manager. Like most travel bloggers, I do travel for free, however, when I arrive on property, I get immediately to work to make everyone else’s vacation as smooth as possible. I often…