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March 29, 2023 42 mins
Roslyn Ranse is a travel advisor, business strategist, educator, and mentor who runs a thriving travel business specializing in large international groups and corporate clients. She passionately shares her knowledge with other travel consultants, teaching them how to run and grow a successful travel business.

In this episode, you’ll hear how Roslyn took her sales and marketing background, her international travel experience, and her passion for travel, and launched her own travel advisory business.

After a rewarding career with a hospitality company that took her all over the world to incredible destinations, Roslyn decided she wanted to be home more and started her own business as a travel advisor. She talks about how she had to get smart on the business side of travel through self-learning, her advice on how to choose what to learn and filter out what you don’t need, and how she differentiates herself by capitalizing on her strengths.

Roslyn discusses the emergence of niched travel businesses, three ways travel advisors can niche their businesses, and the unique opportunities available today to specialize as a travel advisor to stand out in the market. 

Roslyn reveals the impact the pandemic had on travel advisors, the need she saw for support and mentoring for her peers, and how she created a community based on her philosophy of collaboration over competition, where she teaches other advisors how to grow their businesses.

Lastly, Roslyn shares her strategies for managing multiple businesses, how to be intentional with your time, and how to know when to hire help in your business.

Skip to Topic:

5:15 - Channeling her world travel experience into her own travel business
7:06 - Getting smart on business through self-learning
9:48 - Using her strengths in her work with clients
10:18 - Getting smart on the business side of travel
17:00 - The impact of the pandemic on the travel advisory business
17:44 - Promoting collaboration over competition in the travel industry
20:10 - The emergence of niched travel
21:41 - 3 ways to niche your travel advisory business
26:13 - How to choose where to focus your professional development while filtering out the rest
30:52 - How Roslyn is able to manage multiple businesses
33:31 - Managing your work time to make space for other things you enjoy
34:35 - How to know when it’s time to hire help

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