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Becoming a TICO Certified Travel Counsellor or Supervisor/Manager in Ontario
Thinking about a career as a travel professional? There is significant demand and opportunity for travel professionals across the industry, with travel agencies, online booking websites, and tour operators. You can also become a home-based travel advisor, or open your own business. All individuals wishing to sell travel services in Ontario must meet TICO’s Education…
Updates to TICO’s Education Standards Program
TICO has launched an updated study manual for both the Travel Counsellor and Supervisor/Manager certifications. Effective Monday, February 28, 2022, TICO exams are based on the newly revised study manual. Are the Travel Counsellor and Supervisor/Manager exams a new requirement? No, these exams are not a new requirement. If you have already completed your Travel…
What Happens When a Major Travel Company Goes out of Business?
In 2019, we saw news coverage out of the United Kingdom detailing the collapse of iconic airline and tour operator Thomas Cook. The company shut its doors, impacting the travel plans of 600,000 people and left 150,000 passengers stranded in destinations around Europe, the Caribbean and the U.S. The U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority undertook the…
6 Tips to Find the Best Travel Agent
Want a holiday trip that’s sensational, instead of just so-so? Sure you can spend the time and do it yourself … or you can save yourself the hassle and get a really great travel agent to help you plan and book trips that deliver the experiences you’re looking for. But how do you know if…
3 Steps to Become a Travel Agent in Ontario!
Being a travel agent is a rewarding and exciting career. Generally, travel agents either work from home or from a travel agency office. Whether you choose to be a home-based or agency-based agent, there are important certification requirements that you need to be aware of if you want to work and legally sell travel services…
What Makes a FantasTICO Travel Agent?
Today is Travel Agent Day and we are celebrating FantasTICO travel agents! A FantasTICO travel agent will take your trip from dramatic to DramaTICO, from exotic to ExoTICO, from romantic to RomanTICO, and will make everything FanTASTICO! FantasTICO Travel Agents are TICO Registered All travel agencies in Ontario are regulated by TICO. Registered TICO agencies…