When Things Change Every Day, Travel Advisors Want Something Simple, Solid and Smart

To say the past couple of years has been a roller coaster ride is an understatement, particularly for travel professionals. Which makes it even more important than ever to book with tour operators that keep everything simple, have reputations and financials that are solid, and offer resources, tools, expertise, support, and product breadth that make working with them smart.

And for all three, there’s only one organization: ALG Vacations®.

Travel is often complicated. There are a lot of moving pieces, enhancements, safeguards, and details travel advisors are responsible for managing. That’s why ALG Vacations® believes that booking it shouldn’t be.

ALG Vacations® is comprised of six agent-facing brands: Apple Vacations, Travel Impressions, Funjet Vacations, Southwest Vacations®, Blue Sky Tours, and United Vacations®. Even with this diverse set of brands, they’re all equally easy to book with VAX VacationAccess.

Through this single platform, advisors have the ability to book both FIT and group travel across all ALGV brands. This means a single sign-in and one interface to learn. Even learning its ins and outs is a cool Caribbean breeze, what with its intuitive features and self-service capabilities—all of which are designed to save time. Same with its ability to allow you to shop flexibly via filters such as brand, schedule, multiple destinations, bundles, points of interest, recent searches, offset dates, or even travel credit.

The travel industry has been rocked by uncertainty like never before. That’s why a solid, stable partner is not a luxury—it’s a necessity. It’s also why ALG Vacations® remains one of the most popular tour operators in the industry. The greater organization is backed by some of the biggest players in the space, under names advisors and consumers are familiar with, including Apple Vacations, Travel Impressions, Funjet Vacations, Southwest Vacations®, Blue Sky Tours, and United Vacations®.

They’re also the largest provider of charter flights and vacation packages in the U.S. to Mexico, DR, Jamaica, and the Caribbean, and also a distributor for top hotels like Hyatt, AMR™ Collection, Riu, Iberostar, AIC Hotel Group, Karisma, and many more. As a vertically integrated company, ALGV has a unique level of control over the quality of service our affiliated brands and products offer … and what your customers experience.

This pursuit of excellent service extends to travel advisor customers, too. The field sales team is not only award-winning but the largest and most robust in the entire industry. That’s not even including over 100 dedicated experts working exclusively and synchronously on groups, and a force of 24/7 customer care specialists.

On top of all of this, all six agent-facing brands, have shown individual and collective company longevity, stable financials, an exemplary reputation, proven industry leadership, and a product list that spans the globe.

Everyone knows you get farther faster with the right partner. Because success isn’t just about luck—it’s about strategy, and that means aligning with the partner who has always put travel advisors first. One that thinks about your business growth and how to speed it up, and centers their own business around yours. It’s this philosophy of partnership that guides ALG Vacations®.

They bring it to life through exclusive programs designed to help advisors earn more. Like Get Paid to Upgrade, where you can earn 2% more on the entire hotel portion of an eligible booking; WAVES®, which awards hundreds of points for nearly every booking, plus bonuses; and Elite Accounts, a benefits program for top performers that offers rewards that span from VIP customer service access and insider info to recognition trips and air seats.

Finally, ALG Vacations® believes the sky’s the limit on travel advisor expertise. Their Know. Grow. Go! educational webinars are accessible and easy to fit into anyone’s schedule; the Ascend learning conference is a highlight to attendees every year, and Travelogue and TravelBlogue provide exceptional shareable content for advisors and their customers. Plus, they help advisors share their knowledge and expertise with ALGV360⁰. This free tool has “every degree of marketing” covered, with ready-to-go and customizable sales and advertising materials ranging from images and videos to social posts and flyers.

Simple. Solid. Smart.

As we said, only one tour operator is all three. And that’s ALG Vacations®. Learn more at algvacations.com/simplesolidsmart.