How to start and grow your own sustainable travel business
For people that dream of creating a profitable business that is also good for society and nature
Position yourself for the future of tourism
Running a travel business used to be easy. You needed to be placed in a popular spot and just wait. Nowadays people plan their trips online, often months before they go. The internet is crowded and getting attention is hard for small destinations and companies.
How can you stand out from the crowd?
It is all about understanding the travelers and understanding the systems. Through many years in the industry, supplying tens of thousands of travelers and working with thousands of top companies, we started to see a pattern on what separates the successful from the less successful.
When we started investigating this further, we wanted to learn more. We asked ourselves: what would happen if we combined the best practices from these patterns with scientific research? And not to forget the hands-on experience we've achieved from growing our own adventure business? The company have grown from its origin in a small fjord in Norway and now have more than 3000+ partners in 110 countries.
During our amazing journey we've gotten to know amazing travel entrepreneurs that have shared their stories with us. Along the way we have also built a network of highly skilled industry experts that have helped us develop this course.
It's a step by step formula that works, and now we want to share it!
We want to change tourism forever, so what can possibly be better than sharing the secrets to success with you! We want a green and sustainable wave of new travel companies to be the leading stars and the future of tourism.
The course material has also been fine-tuned by real clients, and we are all really excited to help you kick start your travel business.
We have extracted the information you need into short and understandable lessons, followed with a handy step-by-step handbook. You can actually use this to develop your business while studying.
(PS: This training presumes that you're ready to create a company or tourism product so you can leverage your time and make a healthy multiple of what you're making now. If you're not ready, you should wait)
We have learned that there are far more clients than services to help them, and if you follow our proven methods you will have an far easier road to start your business than we did.
People learn from mistakes, but it is much better to dodge a few of them :)
This is the time to take position.
Are you ready?
This is a result based course with learning content backed by science, combined with hands-on experience and skill sets from the tourism industry.
40 short video lessons and 40+ pages of text.
E-book with content, to-do-lists and templates
6 Quizzes to test your progress
100+ links to useful online resources
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step
FREE PREVIEWHow to start a travel business step by step (handbook)-2
What is tourism?
FREE PREVIEWThe impact of tourism
FREE PREVIEWWhere do I start?
The value chain of tourism
What kind of impact do YOU want to make?
Sustainability in tourism
Be ahead of the curve
10 travel trends you should know
Test yourself
Are you ready?
Make your passion for travel a profitable business
FREE PREVIEWFollow your passion
Passion + a need in the market = success!
How to pick your niche market
FREE PREVIEWSo you have decided what to do, but are anyone willing to buy from you?
How to do market research
How will you make money?
Business model template
How to create a business model
The point of no return
How to formalize the business
Do you know what you want to build?
How to scale a small business
How to get more hands and heads
9 steps to building a strong team
Pull in the same direction.
Easy steps to make your business more eco-friendly
Test yourself
Get your ship rolling.
Service vs experience
FREE PREVIEWThe experience economy
FREE PREVIEWHow to create experiences that last
Experience design theory
The first steps to creating world class products
Connect your products with the visitors emotions
Remember when in business, you need to make business
How to price your products
Finding the perfect balance
How to package tourism products
Failing to plan is planning to fail
How to build itineraries like Hollywood movies
Removing dead weight
Make your experience product scalable
Test yourself
Get ready to tell the world
Those who tell the stories rule the world
FREE PREVIEWHow to create customer personas
Always deliver what you promise, but never promise more than you can deliver
Branding basics
Nobody reads ads. People read what interests them. Sometimes, it’s an ad.
3 steps to creating a marketing story
Keep it simple, stupid
How to write like a journalist
Where will you deliver your content?
Paid, owned and earned media
Doing good, is good for your reputation
Sustainability is the new luxury
Content is King
How to use content marketing strategically
Test yourself
Get ready to welcome new customers
Sales for non-salespeople
FREE PREVIEWBasic sales strategy
Understanding contact points
The customer journey
Who's the boss?
Understanding sales funnels
Getting traffic to your website.
Search Engine Optimization
Understanding paid search campaigns
Liberate your time. Automate your processes
Marketing automation
Offline strategies and partnerships
How to sell experiences via partnerships
Test yourself
A new world is opening up for you
The digital revolution
FREE PREVIEWIntroduction to technology in tourism
How technology can help your business
How to implement new technology
What technology should my company start with?
Your new journey starts now
See what our previous students say
I really loved doing this- I've learn so much, and it's engaging at the same time. Thank you very much!
I really loved doing this- I've learn so much, and it's engaging at the same time. Thank you very much!
Read LessI have been thinking of opening a Travel agency this year and i really learned a lot from this course. Thank you for keeping it simple and making it easier to understand. Thank you for your hard work. :) 5 star rating for this course.
I have been thinking of opening a Travel agency this year and i really learned a lot from this course. Thank you for keeping it simple and making it easier to understand. Thank you for your hard work. :) 5 star rating for this course.
Read LessThe course was amazing, I never felt bored while learning. This will be surely handy to many startups. Thank you for this opportunity.
The course was amazing, I never felt bored while learning. This will be surely handy to many startups. Thank you for this opportunity.
Read LessWe are a tour operator company based in Albania and we arrange private tours for foreign tourists who want to visit and know our country. We are in the early years of business and being young in the market we have not always made the right decisio...
Read MoreWe are a tour operator company based in Albania and we arrange private tours for foreign tourists who want to visit and know our country. We are in the early years of business and being young in the market we have not always made the right decisions or always acted correctly. So we needed to learn and focus more on our work. We've tried many online courses that didn't work and were a waste of time and money, but the same did not happen with Travelopment. I totally recommend this course for any travel business that is in the first steps and want to grow a healthy, successful and long-lasting business from the beginning. The Travelopment Course covers all stages in 360 degree, from theoretical concepts, business plan, product development, marketing, sales and technology, making it very easy to learn, through short and non-tiring texts, and videos with very practical examples. In my opinion it's a total must!
Read LessI've learned so much from this and will most definitely put it to gud use
I've learned so much from this and will most definitely put it to gud use
Read LessSimple and straight forward but very educative and life changing at the same time. Does not include unnecessary bulk and jargon that hinder understanding of lessons. Also very practical and easy to follow and implement. Very good I must say.
Simple and straight forward but very educative and life changing at the same time. Does not include unnecessary bulk and jargon that hinder understanding of lessons. Also very practical and easy to follow and implement. Very good I must say.
Read LessI’m a young entrepreneur looking to venture into the tourism industry This course was very informative Half of the things that were highlighted I never even put into consideration Came here half clueless left informed👍🏽
I’m a young entrepreneur looking to venture into the tourism industry This course was very informative Half of the things that were highlighted I never even put into consideration Came here half clueless left informed👍🏽
Read LessVery easy step by step insight to travel and tourism. Im very glad i came across this course!
Very easy step by step insight to travel and tourism. Im very glad i came across this course!
Read LessWe are a tour operator company based in Albania and we arrange private tours for foreign tourists who want to visit and know our country. We are in the early years of business and being young in the market we have not always made the right decisio...
Read MoreWe are a tour operator company based in Albania and we arrange private tours for foreign tourists who want to visit and know our country. We are in the early years of business and being young in the market we have not always made the right decisions or always acted correctly. So we needed to learn and focus more on our work. We've tried many online courses that didn't work and were a waste of time and money, but the same did not happen with Travelopment. I totally recommend this course for any travel business that is in the first steps and want to grow a healthy, successful and long-lasting business from the beginning. The Travelopment Course covers all stages in 360 degree, from theoretical concepts, business plan, product development, marketing, sales and technology, making it very easy to learn, through short and non-tiring texts, and videos with very practical examples. In my opinion it's a total must!
Read LessActually you can enroll at any time. When your payment is finalized you are ready to start.
To read the content and watch the videos would only take a couple of hours. But if you want to implement the lessons learned into your business, you should use the included step by step handbook and do it properly. This could take a few days and it can take weeks. How much time you spend on this course depends on your level of commitment your ambitions and the needs of your business.
The course is designed to provide you with important knowledge, tips and tools you will need to start and grow a travel business. If you complete the full course and follow the steps in the handbook your odds for success will increase dramatically. If you actually will be successful will depend on your commitment and persistence to work hard over time. If you do that and are able to gain new knowledge on the road, you are heading in the right direction. It is up to you!
You can enroll our courses from any destination. In fact our students come from more than 172 different countries.
Yes, after you have completed the course, you’ll receive a completion certificate.
We've asked thousands of entrepreneurs about their painpoints in todays travel industry
These are their main struggles
These issues creates a knowledge gap. The big get bigger while local companies are left behind.