Your website is your storefront in today’s travel market, and you need a professional website that engages your customers and positions you as the travel expert. Whether you sell groups, river cruises or special-needs travel, your agency website should include dynamic content that provides the information travel consumers are looking for. Your website also has to be portable and accessible anywhere — a web presence that represents your business 24/7.

Best Affordable Solution

Agent Studio offers travel agents the best of an affordable solution with the maximum value, and one that boasts automatically refreshing content such as destination guides, videos, up-to-the-minute travel news and supplier deals.

Agent Studio was created by the publishers of this magazine and TravelPulse.com, not to mention the same company that brings you free and beneficial travel agent products, including Travel Agent Academy, HotelRewards and TravelTribe.com.

Built so travel agents like you could have an accessible and professional Internet presence, Agent Studio integrates the content and features that make for an effective website, so that you can devote more time to selling travel and less on website maintenance.

Deals are Displayed

That means that when there is a new deal from one of your preferred suppliers, Agent Studio displays it on your site. And when an offer expires, it’s automatically taken down. When travel news breaks, it’s on your website as it happens, and when the Agent Studio production team travels to a new destination, those videos appear on your website, too.

Think about what Agent Studio offers and what your current website gives you. Maybe your website is a static page displaying travel deals that your website provider passes off as “content.” Maybe you use a free website provided by your host agency or consortia.

There’s nothing wrong with that, but does it distinguish you as an experienced travel professional?

And often, those “free” websites come with start-up costs, or there are fees built into your consortia or host agency dues to cover those costs. Want to see your preferred deals showing up directly on your website? Contact your host agency or consortia and let them know you’d like to see that happen.

At Agent Studio, we believe all travel agents should have a website for themselves, and for as little as $99 a year (that’s 26 cents a day!), you can have a professional website that complements your business and lets you spend more time selling travel.

Your clients know and trust you — not your affiliations — so why not have a website that reflects you and your business? Agent Studio provides the content that your customers are looking for to make informed decisions about their travel plans.

In addition to dynamic content and special offers, Agent Studio’s other features include a consumer-friendly hotel booking engine that lets you earn commission, customized design for your web pages, a blog, quote request forms and lead-generator referral functions.

New enhancements

As we go into the New Year, Agent Studio will be traveling forward with new enhancements such as a mobile-friendly app, additional booking engines, video tutorials and a marketing center.

If a website is not in your 2014 business plan, it’s time to rethink it. These days you can get a website just about anywhere. Setting up your Agent Studio website is simple and doesn’t require an advanced degree in computer science. But if you need help, we have a tech support team ready to step in.

Sign up today for an Agent Studio website and lock your 2013 prices in before it’s too late. For a free, seven-day trial, visit www.agentstudio.com.