THE FOUNDATION

The Travel Network program from franchised travel agencies is based on a number of fundamental principles:

1.    The sophistication and complexity of many businesses in today's world makes it far more difficult for the average individual to go into business independently.

2.    Particularly today, the travel agency business requires such a wide range of organizational capabilities and facilities that the wise, aspiring travel agency owner will choose to associate with the facilities and background of a strong existing organization.

3.    The public equates size with dependability - thus a new travel agency that is part of a franchise network is more acceptable to prospective customers.

4.    The current situation in the travel industry resulting from airline and other deregulation makes it advisable for the individual travel agency to be part of a sizeable group for buying power.

5.    The Travel Network franchise is designed to enable the average individual, with a  desire to learn and to use his or her own initiative, to be successful in the travel agency business.  Travel Network's objective is to be a national and international network of individually owned travel agencies, providing  personnel, training and the most modern facilities to serve their individual communities profitably.

6.    The Travel Network franchise assures you:

• A common identity that will be widely advertised and recognized.
• A training program in the basics of day-to-day operations, finances, sales and marketing.
• Assistance in locating and training competent personnel.
• Ongoing training and informational services to keep the franchises up-to-date as to requirements and opportunities in the travel business.
• An ongoing marketing/advertising campaign to bring customers into your Travel Network Agency.
• Materials and plans for effective local marketing, advertising and sales.
• State-of-the-art computerized equipment to provide your customers with instant information, reservations, tickets, etc.

Substantially higher commissions, not normally available to other individual travel agencies, are immediately available to Travel Network franchisees.

Travel Network believes that these fundamentals position the Travel Network franchise agency to be competitively superior - with a far better than average opportunity to become successful and profitable.

This outline provides you with basic information.  It answers many questions, and after reading it you will not only know some of the answers you are seeking, but also know which questions to ask to be sure that the Travel Network franchise is suitable to your personal needs and desires.