Trade Secrets Podcast
Episodes
Who hosts this thing, anyway?
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the season three finale of Trade Secrets! This episode, hosts Jamie Biesiada and Emma Weissmann are flipping the tables a bit and interview...
How can I find my travel industry mentor?
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Patterson, the founder of Wanderfully Planned, attributes a lot of her success in the travel industry to her mentor, Whitney Shindelar, the owne...
Selling the Mouse: Disney Parks pricing, more Mario to come and Travelmation’s Adam Duckworth on creating and growing the agency’s brand
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is Travelmation? Well, it’s a travel agency for starters, but its name is actually a combination of “travel” and “animation.” In this e...
What are the do's and don'ts of working with a BDM?
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The travel advisor-business development manager (BDM) relationship can be critical to an advisor’s growth with supplier partners. So, how can adviso...
Travel advisors, stop using these phrases right now
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Trade Secrets, friend of the podcast Jenn Lee of Travel Planners International returns to talk about the kind of language travel advisors...
Selling the Mouse: Disney100, Universal’s new kid-friendly theme park, and Sara Butruff on charging service fees — even for theme park vacations
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Butruff, the owner of Travel Leaders - Galaxy Travel in Apple Valley, Minn., does something a little differently than a lot of agency owners: her...
When is it time to leave your host agency and join a consortium?
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many travel advisors get their start in the industry by affiliating with a host agency as an independent contractor. But what happens when they outgro...
Lessons learned from acquisitions and setting expectations, plus your listener questions
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Trade Secrets, we go inside Epperly Travel’s 2021 acquisition of Jetset World Travel, and subsequent rebranding to Jetset, with founder...
Encore: Why can the travel advisor-supplier relationship be so fraught?
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trade Secrets is on a brief hiatus for the holidays, but we'll be back with brand new episodes in January. In the mean time, enjoy this encore episode...