Launch and Scale a Better Travel Agency Looking for a high-potential business idea? Have you considered building a travel agency? It’s a hot business idea. And the luxury market is just one niche you could focus on. Today, that might only mean hiring a small team, offering some equity, and leveraging their joy of travel…
How to Surmount the Major, Current Travel Business Challenges Small travel company owners and managers today face a marketing landscape that’s more fragmented and demanding than ever. Your travel audience isn’t a single audience anymore — they’re seniors, empty nesters, Gen X planners, multigenerational families, solo travelers, luxury buyers, affinity groups, and experience-hungry Millennials and…
✈️ 20 Travel Startup Ideas (Low-to-Mid Budget) I discussed the many business opportunities in travel for VC investors and entrepreneurs and want to expand with some practical possibilities that you might find very interesting (and profitable). It’s a billion-dollar industry of course, and has a bright future despite current geopolitical, migration, and recessionary issues. People…
Travel Business Opportunity: The Right Plan for VC’s and Entrepreneurs Travel remains a growth sector with amazing possibilities, even when there are lulls in consumer or business-related bookings. If this is that lull, then the sector must be promising for the years ahead. The US and global economy is expected to improve, and any easing…
😇Travel Angel Investing: A Goldmine if you Choose Well Like the rest of the globe, US travel is changing dramatically, drawn back to a domestic focus which I explored in the US domestic travel market report. As an angel investor, you have plenty of industries to invest in, however, as mentioned in the travel startup…
🤖 MindTrip.ai Personalized Travel Planner It’s 2025, full of amazing marketing and sales opportunity for travel companies. A good deal of this big potential is evolving from new AI chatbot-powered trip itinerary planners. As you’ll see below, these amazing AI-powered software solutions can do a lot of work, in a fashion that is satisfying for travel…
Looking Forward to Great Opportunities in the Post Tariff USA The future looks very bright for US investors and entrepreneurs. In April, it’s a whole new view, like a brand new country being born. It’s exciting, even for those on the wrong side of the US import tariffs. President Trump’s tariffs are causing some pain…
Small Business Outlook 2025 According to the US Chamber of Commerce, 33 million small companies in the USA employ nearly half of the American workforce and represent 43.5% of America’s GDP. They’re a major economic force, hampered in the last ten years via free trade, high interest rates, and high taxes — government-induced setbacks. Times…
Why Aren’t You Starting Your Travel Startup? There are always more reasons not to take action than there are to leap forward to your dream travel startup. I guess it keeps us feeling safe in our comfort zone, so we don’t have to face the challenge. But that’s likely not what it is. Any entrepreneur…
Who’s Launching Startup Travel Businesses? With an economic revival likely for the coming 5 years, entrepreneurs are intrigued about investing in and launching a travel startup. And the people jumping all over this opportunity are millionaires and people like you and me. Starter Story’s recent post on “How profitable is a travel agency?” suggests this…
Duckduckgo, Real Time Search Engine We’re all used to using Google Search to conduct our information searches. But perhaps another search engine offers a better experience? This post is about Duckduckgo a search engine that is growing in popularity. The comprehensiveness of Google’s searches is great and the quality is okay. It’s the backbone of all online…