March 2006

In this issue...

OSSN Home
Destination: India
by James Langford
President's Message
by Gary Fee
Small Fish Big Splash
by Anita Balamane
I Had Money to Spend
by Penney Rudicil
“IBRAND” Tune-up
by Gary Sain
Twin Bill
by Martin Deutsch
Managing Your Travel Business
by John Hawkes
Selling Cruises
by John Hawkes
Selling Travel 101
by John Hawkes
Can this Trip be Saved
by John Hawkes
Travel Niches
by John Hawkes
Protection and Profits
by Cynthia Perry
Changing the Rules
by Carl Meadows
Fams & Seminars

CHAPTER CHATS

Boulder
Barbados
Staten Island
Rhapsody of the Seas



President's Message
Like most good inventions that survive the test of time, it began as a solution to an aggravating problem.

It’s Five Years and Counting for the TRUE System!
By Gary M. Fee, OSSN President

Like most good inventions that survive the test of time, it began as a solution to an aggravating problem.

In the late 1990s, being a home-based travel agent wasn't exactly a popular choice. Many leading lights in the travel industry looked down their noses at agents who worked from home, because you weren't seen as being serious enough about your business to pay the overhead expenses to open a storefront agency. (Since then, of course, the world has changed dramatically, and it seems ridiculous that so many "serious" storefront agency owners didn't cut their losses earlier and move their operations home.)

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OSSN Home  |  Destination: India |  President's Message  |  Small Fish Big Splash
I Had Money to Spend |  “IBRAND” Tune-up |  Twin Bill |  Managing Your Travel Business
Selling Cruises  |  Selling Travel 101  |  Can this Trip be Saved  |  Travel Niches
Protection and Profits  |  Changing the Rules | Fams & Seminars  |  Chapter News