Membership Programs

Cheap Travel and MLM? A Unlikely CoupleRight now there is so much hype on the internet about making money in travel. The travel deals are touting that it’s an $8 TRILLION per year industry – whether this is true, I don’t know, but I doubt it – if you just get the tiny-est slice of this pie, you’ll be rich.

The problem is, most of the travel deals are not selling travel – they are just pretending to be. There is nothing wrong with selling travel packages and getting paid a commission. If you can selling a luxury holiday package and save your customers 60% if they had have arranged that package themselves, then more power to ya. But that’s not where the travel deals are making their money.

There may be a few legitimate online travel deals using a multilevel marketing pay plan, but they are few and far between. They can’t make money selling travel. They just can’t, the profit margins are too low. The industry is too competitive. You can find many great, competitively priced travel deals just by asking Google. The travel MLM’s are making their money on selling memberships. Here’s how they work… [click to continue…]

{ 2 comments }