New York Power Broker Trades in Power Suit for Beachwear
Working in a Fortune 500 company, you are often married to your job and may have to make personal sacrifices. As a woman executive, there is an ongoing debate on whether or not it is...
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Carol Nunnery: From Selling Kitchen Appliances to Selling Travel in a Travel Agency Franchise
Multi-level marketing maven Carol Nunnery decided to make her passion her career when she opened her travel agency franchise. Name: Carol Nunnery Year Joined Franchise: 2015 Prior Occupation: Direct Sales MLM (Pampered Chef) How did...
From Selling Ads to Selling Travel
Selling travel and being an entrepreneur as a travel franchise owner is way more fun than selling advertising space, according to Rhonda Day. Name: Rhonda Day Year Joined Franchise: 2013 Prior Occupation: Advertising Sales Manager...
Merging an Existing Business with a Travel Agency Franchise – An Event Planner’s Story
For the past 20 years, Eddie Diaz, CSEP, ACC has owned a corporate event planning firm. As a certified event planner, he travels extensively with clients so having a travel agency franchise as a secondary...
A Side Hustle Becomes a Full-Time, Work From Home Career
Thirty-something Liz Dominguez opened her travel agency franchise in Jacksonville as a side hustle to her full-time job working in Emergency Management and Homeland Security doing disaster capacity building for Midwestern states and some consulting...
Navy Veteran Enjoys Travel and Owning a Travel Agency Franchise During Retirement
Navy Veteran and 2012 Operation Vetrepreneur winner Isaac Ingram has been enjoying his retirement as a travel franchise owner. Name: Isaac Ingram Year Joined Franchise: 2012 Years in Military: 29 Branch of Military: U.S. Navy...
Joy Teet: Take it Slow and Steady When Becoming a Travel Agency Franchise Owner
Joy Teet previously was a retail manager before joining her husband Ray and becoming travel agency business partners in 2013. Joy took her time in transitioning to being a travel agent. In fact, her husband...
From Retail To Vacation Franchise Owner: The Best Way to be in Business for Yourself
Karen Quinn-Panzer opened her Dream Vacations travel agency franchise in 2013 inside her upscale boutique consignment store. Many of Karen’s first vacation clients were actually boutique clientele. Karen and her husband Frank ran both businesses...
Mike Hanlon, Franchise Owner since 2015, Wilmington NC
“After retiring from the U.S. Army I was in search of a second career. I am a stay-at-home dad and wanted something that would allow me to maintain my time with my daughters and support...
Monica Calenda, Franchise Owner since 2014, Larkspur, CO
Switching to Dream Vacations was the best business decision I ever made, I have been receiving so many calls since I started posting about our transition. I knew this was going to happen, people needed...
