Hear real success stories from your colleagues at the general session panel – How I Earn $100,000 (or more) as a Home Based Agent. The panel will focus on the strategies these agents use to achieve financial success and how you too can increase your income.

Join Travel Weekly April 14-17 at CruiseWorld 2010 and the Home Based Travel Agent Show and Conference in Ft. Lauderdale and learn how you too can increase your income.

Jason Beukema, Owner, Whet Travel
Whet Travel, a cruise and travel company for young professionals, specializes in destination weddings, honeymoons, corporate incentive travel, cruises and large groups. Beukema has received the following designations: a BAA Entrepreneurship, Certified by International Management Institute, CLIA Master Cruise Counselor and is a certified specialist for numerous destinations.
Kim Caudill, Founder & President, K&S Travel – Ft. Wayne, IN, A Nexion Agency
Kim Caudill is northeast Indiana’s premier honeymoon specialist and is a Certified Sandals Gold Agent and a Preferred Sandals Specialist. Caudill has a B.S. in Business Administration and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tri-State University. She was voted BEST TRAVEL AGENT in Ft. Wayne in both 2008 and 2009. Caudill joined the Nexion host agency in 2001 to accelerate her success. She has achieved the Nexion Circle of Excellence Award for the last three years and currently serves on the Nexion Member Advisory Board.
Mara Hargarther, Co-Founder, CruiseOne
Mara Hargarther joined Cruises Inc. in 1994 and was the first agent to reach $1 million in sales in her first year. She was appointed to the founding Advisory Board and served as a member for eight years. Hargarther was also a member of the founding Cruises Inc-CruiseOne Advisory Board. In 2006 she joined CruiseOne as franchisee Mara Hargarther & Associates, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Each year her sales have exceeded $1 million annually.
David Locke, Co-Owner, Cindave Inc.,
an Independent Affiliate of America’s Vacation Center/Avoya Travel
David Locke left his position as a business manager at an online law school to help escalate his wife’s travel agency business. The two have mastered the art of closing the Live Leads™ they receive from America’s Vacation Center/Avoya Travel. David and Cindy specialize in luxury cruises, have a fondness for The Yachts of Seabourn and Oceania Cruises, and are both Crystal Cruises certified.
Geoff Millar, Co-Owner, Ultimate All-Inclusive Travel Inc.
Geoff Millar joined his wife in her travel agency business after 25 years at a software company. Millar makes all-inclusive sales his specialty and since joining his wife in 2003, they have grown their business to $3 million in sales a year through the internet, referrals and repeat clients.