The Travel Zone was formed over 9 years ago, born from a small "mom & pop" retail travel agency. The world wide web began to flourish and travel agents started experimenting with working from home. The company decided to develop a home based travel agency program bundled with an advanced technology solution.  As a result, The Travel Zone quickly become one of the nations leading host agencies; home to over 250 travel agents by the year 2004.   After years of managing and supporting hundreds of agents, our company has developed a time tested and proven system for operating a successful host agency.  In early 2005, The Travel Zone made a strategic decision to re-focus the company efforts on what it does best.

Today The Travel Zone is an exciting, growing, cutting-edge technology company.  

In July 2006,  The Travel Zone officially launched the first and only enterprise level host agency technology platform.  Nine years of experience, knowledge and development have been bundled into a web based technology platform that will revolutionize the way agencies work with their outside sales agents. The platform is simply called Agent RC (resource center). 

The technology platform offers any sized travel agency a complete system to manage a successful host/fulfillment operation, all at an affordable cost. The platform automates virtually every aspect of running a host agency while providing the outside sales force with the advanced tools they need to be competitive in today’s marketplace. Agent RC will provide the infrastructure for any successful host program. The enterprise level platform offers robust features for the largest host agencies while still offering a simple interface for even the smallest travel agencies to utilize.

By the early 1990s, the trend of agents moving home was underway and competition for independents was increasing. Host agencies were springing up everywhere, and while still considered controversial, home-based travel agents were becoming recognized.  

Not too many years ago home-based travel agents were thought to be somehow less than their storefront counterparts. Today, they are the most sought after segment of the travel industry by suppliers that recognize the dramatic change that has occurred over the past decade.

A recent 2005 report by Credit Suisse/First Boston on the emerging home-based travel agency model estimates there are between 15,000-20,000 professional home-based travel agents in America. This number is expected to grow to over 30,000 by 2007 and 50,000 by 2010. These professional agents, who have left their traditional storefront travel agencies to operate a home-based agency, represent an estimated $7.6 billion in travel sales.  View Report

Other reports estimate that there are over 300,000 additional people in the United States selling travel out of their homes.  Changes in the workplace, technology and family life have led to a dramatic surge in the number of home based businesses.