Volunteer Travel Consultant

  • Volunteer Travel Consultant

    Posted by Patty on July 22, 2025 at 2:51 am

    I’d like to volunteer to be a travel consultant and try to find accessible places for people with disabilities to visit and stay. Is anyone interested in giving me a tryout?

    David Peterson Travel replied 6 days, 23 hours ago 5 Members · 4 Replies
  • 4 Replies
  • Carlos

    Carlos

    Member
    July 22, 2025 at 7:43 pm

    There are many websites that already do that. You don’t pay extra for the assistance. That’s what a travel agent does.

    Why not get paid to do it? There’s a growing market for travel agents that specialize in that.

  • Josh Grisdale

    Josh Grisdale

    Member
    July 23, 2025 at 9:34 am

    Hi Patty!

    That is awesome 👍 Be sure to join the tabifolk groups for places you would help with. (If there are ones you feel very strongly about, let me know and I can boost you to a concierge.)

    But as Carlos mentioned, maybe you could charge and make a career from it! It doesn’t need to be immediate, but perhaps after volunteering here (or other places), you could gradually switch over?

    • David Peterson Travel

      David Peterson Travel

      Member
      August 8, 2025 at 9:58 am

      Travel agents and travel advisors typically do not charge, because they get commission from the vendor. Sometimes, however, a person wants the advisor’s expertise for a trip with few, if any, commissions. Then a planning fee can be charged. The advisor charging a planning fee better be really expert on the destination.

  • WheelTribe

    WheelTribe

    Member
    July 30, 2025 at 4:09 pm

    Hello Patty – if you would like to, you could work on an accessible mini guide for a destination of your choice (a country in Europe, for the moment not going out of the continent for WheelTribe) or design a weekend tour and at the same time promote your activity as trip planner on wheeltribe.eu. (the promotion of your activity as trip planner is free- we have a free partners program: https://www.wheeltribe.eu/partnersprogram)
    Let me know if you want to discuss this!

    have a great day

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