Ama-agent okuhamba anezinketho eziningi zokuhlanganiswa komoya ukuze athole izindiza ezincane kumakhasimende abo. Abanye banganikeza izindiza ezingcono kunezinye, kodwa ezinye izinkampani zingaphansi kokuhlonishwa. Ama-agent wokuhamba anezihlanganisi ezithile eziziwayo ukuthi zithembekile futhi zinikeza izindiza ezincane. Izihlalo eziningi zomhlaba ezihamba ngezindiza zizohamba zingenwa yi-unsold uma kungenjalo ngama-travel agent athengisa izihlalo ezingaphezu kwezingathengiswa ngabahlanganisi ngamazinga aphansi kakhulu.
Njengoba izindiza zamazwe ngamazwe zilawulwa yi-International Air Transport Association (i-IATA), kuneziqondiso ezihlukile kunamathikithi asekhaya. I-United States Air Consolidator Association (USACA) ithengisa amathikithi okuhlanganisa kuphela ngama-agent ehamba ngezinyawo. Lona izithunywa zokuhamba eziqinisekisiwe zingabheka ukuqinisekisa ukuthi zithengisa ezinkampanini ezinokwethenjelwa, ezihambisana nemithethonqubo futhi zithweswa icala ngenxa yezenzo zabo zebhizinisi.
Izidingo ezintathu ukuba yilungu le-USACA:
- Ilungu ngalinye kumele lidlulise okungenani u-$ 20 million njalo ngonyaka ekuhlanganiseni emoyeni nezindiza ezihleliwe.
- I-consolidator kumele ifakwe e-United States okungenani iminyaka emibili.
- Le nkampani ayikaze iqale ukufaka imali noma iqede ukusebenza.
Izihlanganisi zezindiza zihlelwe nge-USACA:
- Isevisi Yokuhamba yaseBrazil
- C noH International
- Centrav Inc.
- Isevisi Yokuhamba Ngezizwe Ezihlukahlukene
- I-DFW Tours
- Faresforagents.com
- Amaholidi Omkhulu
- I-GTT / GTT Global
- I-Hari World Travel, Inc.
- I-International Air Consolidators
- I-Sky Bird Travel
- I-Trans Am Ukuhamba
Ngaphandle kwalokhu, ama-ejensi okuhamba anezinhlu zabahlanganisi babo abazethembayo abawasebenzise esikhathini esidlule nemiphumela emihle. Ukuba nezihlanganisi eziningana zokukhetha ukuvumela ukuthi i-ejenti ikwazi ukuthenga i-airfare engcono kakhulu kanye ne-schedule schedule, kanye nekhomishana engcono kakhulu noma ukubeka amandla.
I-USACA inikeza ifomu lama agent okuhamba ukuhambisa inthanethi kubahlanganisi abaningana ngesikhathi esisodwa ukuthenga izindiza. I-USACA iphinde ixhasane ne-Air Consolidators Specialist Course for agents ehambayo, itholakale kuwebhusayithi yabo.
Abanye abahlanganisi banezinkontileka eziningana ezindizeni zezindiza, kanti ezinye zinenkontileka eziningana zezindiza. Ezinye izihlanganisi zikhethekile ezindaweni ezahlukene zomhlaba. Uma i-ejenti ekhethekile e-Asia ehamba, isibonelo, kungaba usizo ukujwayelana nezimboni ezimbalwa ezihlanganisiwe kule ndawo yomhlaba. Kukhona abashayeli abahamba ngezinyawo abadayisa umoya kuphela njenge-consolidator, noma banikeze izindiza ezincane ngokuthenga iphakethe lehhotela noma imoto.
Kungani kufanele ama-travel agent asebenzise abahlanganisi?
- I-agent ingabeka uphawu lwezindiza.
- Lokhu kunikeza ikhono lokudlulisela imali enkulu kumakhasimende.
- Izindiza ezisezantsi zingatholakala ngokuphindaphindiwe zokuhamba ngomzuzu wokugcina kumakhasimende, uma izindiza ezishicilelwe zivame ukuphakama ngaphandle kokuthenga okuthuthukisiwe.
- Ngezinye izikhathi ubude bokuhlala bungaba bude netikiti zokuhlanganiswa.
- Amathikithi ebhizinisi namakilasi okuqala atholakalayo emazingeni aphansi kakhulu kunamazinga ashicilelwe, enikeza iklayenti ithuba lokuhamba ngesihlalo esithuthukisiwe ngemali encane kakhulu.
Izinkinga zokusebenzisa i-consolidators zingaba:
- Ngokuvamile kukhona izinhlawulo ezinkulu zokuguqula futhi ezingabuyiselwa imali, nakuba izindiza eziningi ezinyathelisiwe nazo.
- I-Consolidator ethengiwe amathikithi ayengezwe kwimali ethile yezindiza ye-ejensi, okungenzeka ibe ne-GDS ingxenye yokudayisa, noma ukuhwebelana kwezindiza phakathi kwezindiza kanye ne-ejensi yokuhamba.
- Ngezinye izikhathi amakhasimende akakwazi ukuthola ama-flyer miles njalo uma usebenzisa amathikithi e-consolidator.
- Ama-agent angase angakwazi ukukhetha ukuhlala okuqondile noma ukubuza imibuzo ethile yezindiza, ngoba i-consolidator inokulawula ukubhuka, kunokuba imishini ekhishwe yashicilelwe ejensi lokuhamba.
- Kungase kube nemali eyengeziwe yokusetshenziswa kwekhadi lesikweletu sokukhokha.
Ukusebenzisa ama-consolidators kungaba yindlela enhle yokugcizelela amaklayenti ngezindiza ezincane, ikakhulukazi ezindizeni zamazwe ngamazwe.
Lokhu kungase kube yithuluzi elinenzuzo yama-travel agent, okwenza isimo esiphumelele kumakhasimende nama-ejenti okuhamba.