As Travel Advising Ranks Among America's Fastest-Growing Careers, Nexion Travel Group Shows How to Build a Six-Figure Business

Free Guide Helps Aspiring and Established Travel Advisors Turn Growing Demand for the Profession into a Sustainable Business

NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Travel advising has emerged as one of America's fastest-growing careers, appearing on LinkedIn's annual Jobs on the Rise list for two consecutive years. Now, Nexion Travel Group is helping aspiring and established travel advisors answer the next question: How do you turn that career opportunity into a profitable business?

Nexion Travel Group, the industry's leading host agency, has released Make Six Figures as a Travel Agent, a free e-booklet that breaks down the business strategies behind reaching $100,000 in annual earnings. The guide is available to travel advisors across the industry, regardless of affiliation.

Interest in the profession is showing up within Nexion as well. The company reported a 20% increase in people interested in becoming travel advisors in 2026, as more people explore a career that can offer entrepreneurship, flexibility and the opportunity to build a business around travel.

"More people are discovering travel advising as a career, but loving travel and knowing how to plan an incredible trip are only part of the equation," said Jackie Friedman, CTC, VTA, President, Nexion Travel Group. "To make a real living at this, you have to think like a business owner. We created this guide to help advisors understand what it actually takes to build a business that can support both their financial goals and the life they want."

Make Six Figures as a Travel Agent focuses on the shift from simply booking more trips to intentionally building a profitable, scalable business. It draws on principles Nexion shares with its own members and gives advisors a framework for evaluating how they position their expertise, price their services and make decisions about growth.

Among the guide's key strategies are finding a specialization and clearly defining an advisor's value; charging professional fees that reflect that value; increasing average booking value rather than relying solely on volume; balancing referrals with new business; and learning when to say no to work that does not support the advisor's goals.

The guide also tackles the math behind the six-figure milestone. Lower average booking values require advisors to complete more transactions to reach the same income target, bringing more emails, revisions and administrative work with them. Increasing average booking value, consistently charging professional fees and offering travel insurance can help advisors generate more revenue without simply adding more bookings.

That distinction can be particularly important for newer advisors who may equate a full calendar with a successful business.

"Being busy and being profitable are not the same thing," Friedman said. "Building a six-figure travel business isn't about chasing every lead or working around the clock. It's about designing a business model around your expertise, your value and the clients you are best positioned to serve. Once advisors understand that, the first $100,000 becomes a much more tangible goal and a foundation they can build on."

Anyone interested in learning how they can become a travel advisor with six-figure earnings, can download the booklet here.

Those interested in learning more about becoming a professional travel advisor and building a business with the support and resources of Nexion Travel Group can call 800-747-6813 or email [email protected].

About Nexion Travel Group
Nexion Travel Group is a fully accredited host agency, offering membership to independent travel professionals since 1995. As part of Internova Travel Group, Nexion Travel Group provides ticketing, operations and fulfillment support to independent travel professionals coupled with best-in-class tools, technology, marketing, education and support. Nexion Travel Group is the complete host agency for multi-agent agencies, corporate agencies, experienced agents and those new to the industry.

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