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In this article we will see which are the best tools available for free to cover the main needs of the travel agent. Normally in these posts we talk about CRMs, the use of Canva to create graphic content, which websites to use, etc. but this time we will go into a little more detail, highlighting not so well known solutions that will surely bring you a lot of value.
We will also recommend a solution that covers practically all the mentioned needs in case you prefer to centralize your work and avoid jumping from one tool to another ;)
Thelife of a travel agent is so busy that there is rarely time to stop by and organize all the information. That's why it's important to use the tool that already does that job for you. In this sense, we highlight notion. Through it you can centralize all your trips, being able to organize it by list, calendar, responsible, etc.
Advantage: it is very flexible and can be adapted to businesses of all kinds, from agencies, receptive, operators, etc.
Disadvantage: it is not so intuitive to use at first and not being adapted for tourism or travel management you have to spend some time to configure it.
Artificial Intelligence can be a great time saver to quickly consulate practical information such as visas, vaccinations, rules of conduct. For example, you could include in your travel quotes a summary literally copied and pasted from Open AI.
Advantage: You offer a value difference to your potential customers without having to waste time or learn every detail of each country.
Disadvantage: To be really useful you need to know how to ask. Tip: specify the language and the length of the text, for example.
How many times have we wanted to add a visual image to our budget and we have gone crazy searching on google? If it's pixelated, if it has a watermark, if it's from another agency, etc. That's why we recommend this image bank because its content is provided by photographers from the destinations and they are very powerful.
Advantage: You can download them with a click, you don't have to register or anything.
Disadvantage: The photos are of high quality and are a bit heavy. Compress them through a compressor if necessary to reduce the size.
How long does it take you to generate the combined contract with all the details and then collect the signatures of all the travelers? The administrative work involved in such a hellish process, we know! We recommend using a tool like Jotform that allows you to add the corresponding fields (ID, address, signature, etc.) for the customer to fill in and sign the contract without hassle.
Advantage: you will see the added value in the first contract you generate. You set it up once and that's it, just share the link with your customers.
Disadvantage: the free plan only accepts x number of responses. Keep this in mind!
Weglot is a tool that I always encourage to include on websites because it automatically translates your website to the languages you need. It works perfectly for Wordpress or any platform you use.
Advantage: very easy to install, it is a great time saver. You always have to check the texts later, but generally it works very well.
Disadvantage: includes a free plan but if your website has many pages you may exceed the number of free words. I advise you to exclude all the pages with legal texts: cookies, privacy, etc. So that it does not compute in the calculation.
Landbot has become one of the most common online chat applications in the industry. It has a free plan with a lot of functionality.
Advantage: Unlike other options on the market, it allows you to offer a more interactive customer experience and analyze web visits, customize the widget, offline messages, online supervisor, automatic messages...
Disadvantage: To take full advantage of it requires a minimum of configuration.
Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, etc. We often ignore social networks because of the work it takes to keep them up to date, but we are also aware of how important they are as a sales channel. Therefore, the best thing to do is to use a platform like Metricool that allows you to connect all your accounts, plan the content, and leave it programmed to be published on its own.
Advantage: The good thing about Metricool is that it also has the connection with LinkedIn and other not so common platforms.
Disadvantage: Connecting all your accounts should take you a while but don't worry, you'll get a lot out of it later!
From MOGU, we have taken into account many of these needs and that is why we have covered them from a single tool. It is a platform with which to manage the entire relationship with the client, from the request, to the presentation of the budget, the payment and all the associated documentation. For example, a honeymoon trip to Costa Rica would look like this or to Japan
LikeNotion, you will have a table to properly organize all your requests; we have the GPT Chat bot integrated so you can ask it questions in real time and add it to the trip proposal; you can integrate your chat widget; generate the travel contracts quickly and easily; and also share everything via social networks.
And soooo much more! Here is an interactive demo, do you want to try it? Try it for free from HERE and start multiplying your sales.
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