Nodland Travel Enterprises has offered a wide range of travel-related services and resources over the years to help travel agents expand their expertise as adventure travel specialists. These services include:
Adventure & Exotic Travel Educational Seminars
A series of half-day presentations to introduce and update travel consultants on the exciting sales and marketing opportunities available through top adventurous travel companies. This popular seminar series, now in its 9th season, is part of The Travel Institute's continuing education program. Qualified travel consultants receive 8 1/2 units of continuing education credits for attending an A&ET seminar.
Travel Specialist Retreats
Helen's forum for in-depth, specialized learning. This series of multi-day programs provides experiential and classroom learning workshops focused around a single, specialized subject area, such as Walking Vacations or Active Travel. The retreats include small group "power sessions" with leading adventure travel companies; daily guided activity-specific excursions; presentations/activities focused on building, selling and promoting your specialization, clothing, boots & gear for various types of travel, work/life balance, and more. Also part of The Travel Institute's continuing education curriculum.
Try It You'll Like It Weekends
A&ET's newest in-the-field educational experiences. This series of five mini-FAM trips, following specific A&ET seminars around the country, feature the styles, destinations, activities, and leadership of the best that travel has to offer. As Helen says, "try it you'll like it, and if you like it, you'll sell it!.
Private travel agency training sessions
Helen conducts private training sessions with agencies around the country focusing on effectively selling adventure travel, developing strong alliances with preferred tour operators, marketing adventure travel to existing and new clients, and more.
Presentations for preferred clientele and general travel consumer events
Agencies have the opportunity to host dynamic, fun travel events for their clients and prospective travelers, with Helen as the featured speaker.
Travel industry keynote speaker, panelist, expert
Helen has spoken at numerous travel industry meetings, symposiums and annual events. Schedule her as a speaker or panelist for your travel organization's next function.
The Adventure & Exotic Travel Newsletter
A travel consultants' source for the latest news on adventure and exotic travel. Distributed complimentary to all past and current participants of the A&ET seminars, retreats, and Try It weekends.
www.adventureandexotictravel.com
Our web site contains everything you need to know about the A&ET seminars, retreats, Try It weekends, fabulous adventure travel companies (with links to their sites), Helen's speaking engagements, additional Nodland Travel Enterprises programs and services, and other adventure travel news and events.