By Andi McClure-Mysza
President-IC Division

Montrose Travel, a $110-million travel management company, a Top 5 Host Agency, and one of the Top 50 travel companies in America, offers exclusive Home Based and local Independent Contractor programs. MTravel.com is the Host Agency Division of Montrose Travel. With MTravel.com, independent agents will retain their own identity, minimize overhead, maximize time with clients and maintain a secure client list. With your own private labeled consumer Web site, you will now be able to compete online, immediately.

Our competitive advantages...
1. We are an established (51 years), family-owned and operated business with a track record of satisfied Independent Contractors. We deliver excellent service and support. We get to know our agents so it’s more of a personal working relationship. Some agents have been with us for 20-plus years, which speaks volumes.
2. We are a high volume company (Top 50 Travel Company nationwide) — not just a Host Agency. This means we are much more in touch with changing markets, consumer demand, supplier partnerships and pricing, and know exactly what it takes to succeed in the leisure, corporate, honeymoon, incentive, meetings and group markets. This is evidenced by our growth from $6 million in 1990 to $110 million today. Our Independent Contractors have access to the tools we have used to drive our growth.
3. MTravel.com offers a robust technology platform that features a private label booking site that agents can personalize and use as their consumer site. At no extra cost, the site has air, car, hotel, cruise and dynamic packaging booking capabilities, as well as a honeymoon registry. This site automatically interfaces with our back end accounting system to enable online commission tracking. (See our demo site at www.99999.MTravel.com) Enhancements this year include improved air search functionality. In addition, Montrose Travel has built direct connections to non-GDS carriers and third-party consolidators and released improved car content, functionality and pricing.
Also included in your affiliation is the exclusive Agent Web site with procedures, online commission reports, supplier booking resources, a library of training links, Passport Online promotional E-mail tools, Weissmann’s Travel Reports, Star Service Online (hotel reviews), iBank corporate reports and Cornerstone QC. Galileo/Apollo GDS is optional for experienced agents.
4. We have bundled the services you need most and made them available at one low annual fee to keep it affordable and simple. There are no required monthly fees.
MTravel.com offers strong commissions with no minimums, as well as top tier preferred supplier commissions, access to significant airline contracts for Apollo users, consistent support, E&O coverage, and IATAN/CLIA cards when earned. You’ll receive extensive supportive educational opportunities, including fams, teleconferences and supplier product updates. Affiliations include Ensemble Travel, ARC, IATAN, CLIA, PATH (Professional Association of Host Agencies), NACTA, OSSN and ASTA.
Independents can choose the program that best fits your needs. If you’re in the Los Angeles area and have a client following, you’re encouraged to visit our Montrose offices to determine if you’d be interested in acquiring space at no cost.
Montrose Travel has been working quite successfully with Independent Contractors in a Host Agency capacity since 1973. Annual production from each of our current Independent Contractors ranges from $20,000 to more than $6 million. Many have qualified for our prestigious President’s Club for top producers.
The programs are designed for serious travel professionals, as well as inexperienced people with the desire to learn and grow a business. Established in 1956, Montrose Travel was purchased by the McClure family in 1972. Growth has been solely out of the reinvestment of profit and positive cash flow. The company has never had any debt.
For more information, please contact us at (800) 870-5799 or andi@montrosetravel.com or review the entire program online at www.MTravel.com.

(a Division of Montrose Travel)
2349 Honolulu Avenue, Montrose, CA 91020
(800) 870-5799 • Fax: (626) 355-2479
E-mail: andi@montrosetravel.com
www.MTravel.com —Home Based Agent Program
www.MontroseTravel.com —Company Web site

Andi McClure-Mysza, President, Independent Contractor Division

National Host Agency
Year Organization Started: 1956
Years in Business: 51
Estimated 2006 Sales: $110 million
Number of Members: 190
Fees: Experienced Local Agencies/Agents with a client following: No fee, office space available; New Home Based Agent
Fee: $299/year, $259/year renewal; Experienced Home Based Agent Fee: $399/year,
$359/year renewal
Consortium: Ensemble Travel

Special services for members:
Montrose Travel, Top 50 nationally ranked travel agency in the U.S., has worked successfully with Independent Contractors of all types since 1973. Experienced local agencies/agents with a client following, as well as Home Based agents with and without experience are encouraged to join us and currently account for approximately 25% of our overall business. Included in the Home Based Agent annual fee are top tier commissions; no minimums; agent-only Web site with online commission reporting; private labeled Web site, including online booking capabilities for you/customers with new enhancements; full accounting support; E&O insurance; leisure/honeymoon, corporate and group products; access to significant airline contracts (Apollo users); training; Passport Online; Cornerstone QC; iBank corporate reporting; Weissman’s Travel Reports; earned IATAN/CLIA cards and travel benefits; fams. Options available are turnkey marketing programs, Apollo/Galileo GDS, Thor24 24/7 emergency service. Affiliations include Ensemble Travel, ARC, IATAN, CLIA, PATH (Professional Association of Travel Hosts), NACTA, OSSN and ASTA. Interested serious travel professionals (agents and agencies) as well as new agents with the desire to learn and grow a business. We are an established, financially stable, family-owned and operated business and are “More Than A Host Agency...Your Complete Travel Partner Solution.”

Goals for members:
To provide Independent Contractors with a “home” that allows them to maximize profit, enjoy the benefits of affiliating with a company with an all-inclusive program and love the travel business.