Courses

Travel Sales and Trends	OLC754	$99
Expected as well as surprising sales techniques and new approaches are explored and practiced in this introductory course. This includes telephone business manners and listening skills as required by any sales person. You will explore successful sales steps for telephone reservations agents as well as for the travel professional working with clients one on one.
Air Reservations - U.S. Domestic	OLC753	$99
This course covers the product knowledge and skills (with the exception of automated reservations) needed to research, plan, and book air travel. You will learn the terminology, the policies and procedures of airline travel, and airline reservations.
Air Fares - U.S. Domestic	OLC752	$99
Learn the air fare terms and fare construction principles rules necessary to find, interpret, and apply the lowest applicable fare to your client's air itinerary.
ARC Documents - U.S. Domestic	OLC751	$99
The airline tickets used for air travel in the United States are issued, controlled, and processed through an Area Settlement Plan administered by the Airline Reporting Corporation (ARC). This course covers the ticketing types, forms, policies and procedures per the ARC as well as forms of payment, refunds, and exchanges.
Ground Transportation	OLC750	$99
Car Rentals are a relatively simple product to sell and book and commissions are reasonable. Some 70% of North Americans travel by car while vacationing. Learn the basics of the product, policies, procedures, codes, pricing, and distribution. Rail Travel recaptures the image of a different time and appeals to many leisure travelers. This study focuses on Amtrak, ViaRail, Britrail, and Eurail, the types of train accommodations, services, and fare structure.
Hotels and Lodging Formerly Hospitality	OLC748	$99
Hotel accommodations offer good commissions. Learn the basics of the hotel product, rate structure, property and room classifications, codes, published and automated resources, and non-automated reservations procedures. Identify your guest's preferences, learn the variables that affect prices, select the right hotel for any given client.
Automated Air Reservations	OLC746	$99
Learn to book air reservations using RTS©, a hands-on CRS simulation of Sabre® in conjunction with the online tutorial. Exercises and drills will improve your proficiency and speed. Learn to master the skills necessary to make, maintain, change, and cancel automated travel reservations.
Automated Air Fares and Tickets	OLC745	$99
Learn to find the lowest applicable fare for your client as you utilize the Computer Reservation System (CRS) Sabre® to display fares between city pairs and the Sabre® pricing system to calculate the total fare, including fees and taxes for the simplest and most complex domestic air itineraries. Exercises and drills will improve your proficiency and speed. Learn to master the skills necessary to make, maintain, change, and cancel automated travel reservations.
Automated Car Rental and Hotel Accommodations	OLC744	$99
Learn to research, select, and book car rentals and hotel rooms using RTS© a hands-on CRS simulation of Sabre® in conjunction with the online tutorial. Exercises and drills will improve your proficiency and speed. Learn to master the skills necessary to make, maintain, change, and cancel automated travel reservations.
Taking Off In Travel	OLC845	$99
This course provides an overview of the basics of the travel industry and career opportunities available. Enjoy a fun, realistic presentation of: air travel, car rentals, hotel accommodations, rail travel, tours, and cruises. Group travel, incentive travel, meetings and conventions, in-bound tourism, international travel and niche travel are also discussed. There will be opportunities for learning activities as well as exercises and thought-provoking case studies to aid in applying the principles presented.
Developing Specialty Vacation Packages Specialist Course	OLC846	$99
This specialist course will help you, the travel professional, in putting together the components of a sellable niche market vacation package. Think about the possibilities when you can provide your clients with a specially developed product that will help them live out their dreams and restore their mind, body and spirit. Think about how much fun designing a vacation package can be, especially when you have a passion for the destination. This course will provide you with the information and tools you need to grow your business as you develop your own vacation packages.
Fares and Tickets International	OLC847	$99
International air travel has expanded exponentially in the past decade and promises to continue to grow. This course will provide you with the skills required to meet the needs of your international air travelers. These skills include an understanding of the two basic international faring systems, mileage and routing as well as currency procedures, including the use of the fictitious currency, Neutral Units of Construction. You will learn to interpret all the data found in the faring and pricing information in the CRSs and as printed on international tickets. This includes international fare basis codes, base fares, taxes, surcharges, currency codes and mile age principle coding as applicable.
Selling Vacation Packages and Tours	OLC848	$99
Earn great commissions by booking vacation packages and tours, one of the fastest growing segments of the travel industry. Learn the basics of the tour product, components of tours, tour destinations, types of vacation packages and tours, print and electronic resources and non-automated tour booking procedures. Understand the function of tour operators and wholesalers. Identify your client's needs and preferences, and book the right vacation package for any given client.
Small Group Tour Leadership Specialist Course	OLC849	$99
Have you always dreamed of traveling the world and getting paid to do it? Or do you have specific knowledge or interests you can share with others? Put your dreams and interests to work for you! This timely course is designed to assist you, the travel professional, in becoming a small group tour leader. Determine if you have the skills, knowledge, abilities and traits you need to be an effective tour leader. Study tour leader roles and responsibilities. Learn conflict-resolution skills and prepare to manage a tour group. See how to polish your resume and market yourself to find a tour leader position within the industry and become a "Leader of the Pack."
The Cruise Market	OLC850	$99
Earn great commissions by booking cruises, one of the fastest growing segments of the travel industry. Learn the basics of the cruise product, cruise classifications, destinations, types of cruises, print resources and non-automated reservations procedures. Identify your clients' needs and preferences, learn the variables that are available in cruising and select and book the right cruise for any given client.