Remote travel advisors plan and book trips for clients entirely online. The work covers the same scope as traditional or in-office travel planning: client consultations, destination and supplier research, managing itinerary details, and staying available for questions and changes before and during travel. Unlike traditional travel advisors who work from a physical office, remote advisors operate from wherever they choose. The day-to-day of the job looks different depending on where you are in building your business.
What does a typical day look like as a remote travel agent?
Remote travel advisors split their days between four main buckets of tasks: supporting clients, marketing their services, managing their business, and ongoing education and destination research.
Every advisor manages their schedule differently depending on where they want to build their business and their availability, but each day involves some or all of the below. For example, newer advisors may spend more time on marketing and outreach, while established ones devote a bulk of their day to managing active client trips.
Core client tasks
Once you have a few clients in rotation, most of your day as a remote advisor involves understanding their needs, researching and booking itineraries, and managing their trips. The full client service lifecycle includes:
Conducting discovery calls to understand travel preferences, budget, and past trips
Researching destinations, properties, and itinerary options
Building and revising trip proposals
Making reservations across hotels, cruises, tours, experiences, and add-ons
Coordinating client requests and amenities with suppliers
Creating and sending pre-trip briefings
Checking in with clients during their trip and managing mid-trip changes
Following up after trips to maintain the relationship and encourage future bookings and referrals
Fora’s booking platform offers access to more than 180,000 travel suppliers globally, with over 5,000 preferred partners in Fora Reserve, giving clients priority to receive perks like room upgrades, daily breakfast, and hotel credits that aren’t available when they book directly. To aid in research and planning, advisors can tap into peer reviews, a community Forum, and internal AI assistants to format and gather destination or client details.
Sales and marketing
As an independent travel advisor, you’re responsible for building your client base. The advisors who grow their business the fastest consistently market their services, leaning heavily on relationship-building through tactics like:
Regularly reaching out to their existing network and past clients
Asking for and responding to referral inquiries
Striking up conversations online or in-person when travel comes up
Maintaining a social media presence highlighting their expertise and travels
Creating content like destination guides or travel recommendations
Host agencies like Fora often offer marketing tools to support you, though the exact materials and costs differ. Fora advisors get customizable social media and email templates, a personal booking landing page, and monthly sales kits—alongside training on how to market your travel business and a Client Leads Program for advisors who clear certain booking thresholds.
Read our full guide to how travel advisors get clients
Business management
Beyond working with clients and gaining new ones, you’ll need to stay on top of your admin tasks—everything from supplier invoicing to call scheduling. Some tasks happen more often than others, but generally for remote travel advisors, these include:
Tracking active and upcoming bookings
Validating and responding to new trip inquiries
Coordinating client calls
Organizing supplier meetings and site visits
Sending supplier or client invoices and tracking deadlines
Reconciling commission payments and following up on outstanding invoices
Managing client records and trip documentation
Filing taxes annually or quarterly
Look for a host agency that helps to streamline some of this work. For example, Fora handles supplier invoicing and commission tracking on your behalf, removing one of the more time-consuming administrative tasks from your to-do list.
Ongoing education
The best remote travel advisors devote time to honing their skills and keeping up with news within their specialty. Regularly set aside time for:
Attending virtual supplier webinars and destination trainings
Following industry trends, trip types, and travel advising best practices
Staying on top of travel news and international travel requirements
Attending in-person supplier or advisor networking events to build professional connections
Joining Fam trips and site inspections to build firsthand product knowledge
Fora offers live and on-demand training to help you stay up to date on destinations and suppliers, as well as Fams and local in-person opportunities throughout the year. Fora’s Forum is another place where you can ask questions and tap into the collective experience of the advisor network. With peers sharing firsthand experiences and insights, Forum is a practical time-saver for remote travel advisors working independently.
How to organize your schedule as a remote travel agent
Remote travel advising doesn’t have a built-in structure, which means you create your own. Batch similar tasks, like client calls in the morning and administrative work in the afternoon, to protect focused time for research and marketing.
A few approaches that work well for remote advisors include:
Blocking dedicated hours for travel advising, especially if you’re building your business part-time
Setting clear response time expectations with clients so you’re not pulled into reactive mode throughout the day
Using slower periods to get ahead on research, templates, and destination knowledge
Setting goals to learn specific skills or reach professional milestones by certain dates
A typical week for an advisor might include daily monitoring of active client trips and new or ongoing inquiries, two afternoons dedicated to administrative tasks and marketing, and one day dedicated to ongoing education, for example. The balance often shifts weekly or at certain times of year.
Many Fora advisors use these methods to balance an advising career on top of a full-time job. For example, batching work around her medical schedule helped Elizabeth Kaczka build a seven-figure travel business while working in pediatric cardiothoracic medicine. Mindy Bockewitz handles advising work in parallel with a flexible remote position as an executive assistant. Ryan Ali made a successful career transition by setting daily learning goals to build his expertise.
Frequently asked questions
Is a remote travel agent the same thing as a virtual travel agent?
Yes. In travel advising, remote and virtual are interchangeable. The distinction between the two comes down to personal preference, and neither carries a different meaning in the industry.
Are remote travel agents in demand?
Yes. Demand for travel advisors has grown consistently as more travelers seek personalized experiences over online booking platforms. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects travel advisor employment to grow 2% from 2024 to 2034, but this largely applies to traditional, W-2 positions—the shift toward remote work and host agency models has made the role more accessible.
How much do remote travel agents make?
A Host Agency Reviews survey from 2025 reported average part-time travel advisor income of $23,615 and average full-time income of $68,310. Top Fora advisors earn more than $100,000 per year. Your personal earnings will depend on booking volume, niche, and how much time you invest.
Is it worth it to become a remote travel agent?
Yes, for advisors who treat it as a serious business rather than a casual pursuit. The role offers income potential with no fixed ceiling, the flexibility to set your own schedule, and the ability to work from anywhere. Advisors who focus on building their expertise and serving clients tend to see it pay off, especially as they reinvest in marketing.
Can I become a remote travel agent part time?
Yes. Many advisors start part time and grow their business while maintaining a career and other commitments. Fora supports part-time advisors with no required hours, booking minimums, or sales quotas. You decide how much time to invest in travel advising based on your goals.
Are there different types of remote travel agents?
Yes. Many advisors specialize in a specific niche, such as luxury, cruises, Disney vacations, destination weddings, corporate travel, or region-specific travel. Specializing in a niche helps you attract more targeted clients and build deeper supplier relationships.
Is being a remote travel agent stressful?
Like any client-facing business, remote travel advising has demanding moments—managing last-minute changes, navigating supplier issues, and juggling multiple active trips at once. Most advisors find that the stress is manageable and decreases as they build experience and systems. The flexibility of working remotely, setting your own hours, and building around travel can offset the challenging parts for those who stick with it.
