We’re building one where we still know everyone’s name
Where asking a question doesn’t mean submitting a ticket into the abyss. Where you're given the tools to actually build a business — not just a login to book travel. And where your host cares about what you're building, not just what you booked last month.
Modern Travel is a Canadian host agency for travel advisors who want to build something of their own, without having to figure every part of it out alone.
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We’re not trying to build Canada’s biggest host agency.
One where you're treated like a business owner, not a booking number.
Where education goes beyond destination training.
Where you're taught how to build workflows, generate leads, price your services, create a client experience, understand your numbers and become known for what you do.
Where there's always something new to learn, use or implement — but nobody is telling you that your business has to look exactly like everyone else's.
And where you have people to ask when you inevitably think, wait... how the hell do I do this?
Modern Travel gives you the infrastructure and support of an established agency, with room to build a business that still feels like yours.
We built the kind of host agency we would want to join.
You decide what you want to build with it.
Being an independent travel advisor shouldn't mean starting from zero.
When you join Modern Travel, you're stepping into an ecosystem we've spent years building — and continue to build as the industry, technology and our advisors evolve.
Business education. Systems. Technology. Supplier relationships. Templates. Marketing support. Community. Resources. People who actually understand what you're talking about when you say the transfer company still hasn't confirmed the pickup time.
It's all there.
Your Business - With A Whole Lot Behind It
Knowing how to book an incredible trip is only one part of becoming a successful travel advisor.
You also need clients.
You need systems.
You need to understand what you're charging and why.
You need a client experience people want to come back to.
You need to know where your leads are coming from, what your time is worth, what you're becoming known for and eventually, how to build something that doesn't require you to reinvent the wheel every Monday morning.
That's why so much of the education inside Modern Travel focuses on business, not just travel.
We’re helping you build a business.
WE’RE NOT JUST TEACHING YOU HOW TO BOOK TRAVEL.
Our signature 12-week business-building program goes much deeper than how to become a travel advisor.
We get into positioning, mindset, money, pricing, lead generation, sales, niche development, client experience, supplier relationships, referrals, systems, scaling and the million little things that come with turning this into an actual business.
The goal isn't just to get you booking.
It's to help you become the advisor — and business owner — you pictured when you decided to do this in the first place.
Beyond Booked
And yes, we keep adding to it.
Running a travel business comes with an alarming number of things to create.
Websites. Emails. Client guides. Workflows. Scripts. Marketing content. Terms + conditions. Lead magnets. Tracking sheets. And approximately 500 other things you don't realize you need until you suddenly need them.
So, whenever we can, we build them for you.
Our Template Vault is a growing library of the actual tools, templates and resources designed to make running your business easier.
Take them. Customize them. Make them yours. Get back to building the business.
Please Stop Reinventing The Wheel
WE ALREADY MADE IT.
How do I charge a service fee?
When does my commission actually get paid?
How should I qualify a new client?
What happens with a chargeback?
How should I set up my workflows?
What am I supposed to track every month?
There are approximately 900 questions nobody thinks to ask until they're staring you in the face.
You shouldn’t have to Google your way through running a travel business.
We'd rather you not learn everything the hard way.
Our SOP + Process Library maps out how things actually work inside the agency, with step-by-step guidance and resources you can come back to when you need them.
Because “I think someone mentioned this in a training eight months ago” isn't particularly helpful when you have a client waiting for an answer.
Modern Travel runs on Tern, giving our advisors one place to manage leads, trips, workflows, client communication and the million little details happening behind the scenes.
But we don't just hand you a login and wish you luck.
We teach you how we use it, share workflows that make your business easier to run and help you get more out of the technology as your business grows.
Because paying for powerful technology and using 20% of it feels a little pointless.
Good technology is only good if you actually know how to use it.
Figuring out what to say about your business every week can somehow become a full-time job of its own, so don't worry - we help with that.
Inside Modern Travel, you'll find ongoing content ideas, social media prompts, engagement strategies, campaigns and marketing resources created specifically for travel advisors.
Not canned captions for everyone to copy and paste.
Not a feed full of identical Modern Travel graphics.
Ideas you can take, make your own and actually use to market your business.
Because the goal isn't to make every advisor sound like us. It's to help you get better at sounding like you.
Because “just post consistently” isn’t a marketing strategy.
Our CEO Era is where we make space for the second one.
You'll find journal prompts, workflows, resources and conversations designed to get you out of the weeds for a minute and actually look at the business you're building.
What's working?
What keeps feeling harder than it should?
Where are you becoming the bottleneck?
What needs to change?
What are the numbers telling you?
Because building a better business doesn't always mean doing more. Sometimes it means finally looking at the thing you've been avoiding.
Sometimes you need to work on the business.
There's the advisor part of your job. And then there's the CEO part.
The travel industry comes with an absolutely unreasonable amount of information.
Supplier updates. Booking links. Contacts. Agent guides. Group forms. Promotions. Training. Policies. Toolkits. Portals. PDFs you'll desperately need six months after someone sends them.
So we organize it.
Our supplier hubs bring the information and resources our advisors actually need into one place, alongside ongoing supplier education and industry updates.
Less hunting. More knowing exactly where to look.
Because “I know I saw that somewhere…” isn’t a filing system.
Ask the question in our group chat
Share the win with the club
Drop the weird supplier situation into Slack
Ask if anyone has stayed at the resort you're considering for your clients
Talk through the client request you're not quite sure how to handle
Share the booking nobody outside the travel industry would understand why you're ridiculously excited about
Learn from someone who's two steps ahead of you — and eventually realize you're now the person answering the question for someone else
Modern Travel is intentionally building a smaller, connected community where advisors can actually know one another - and where we know you, too
Independent doesn’t have to mean alone.
And what you need when you're trying to book your first clients isn't necessarily what you'll need when you're trying to grow beyond them.
Between ongoing education, monthly team trainings, supplier learning, business resources and whatever we're currently nerding out about, there is always an opportunity to get better at what you do.
Because we don't expect you to know everything.
We do expect you to keep learning.
Training doesn’t end after onboarding.
The industry changes
Technology changes
Your business changes
We don't believe education is something you complete once and then forget about.
Ongoing content support, marketing resources, business-development tools and ideas you can actually put to work.
MARKETING + GROWTH
Tern, documented agency processes, workflows and the infrastructure behind running your business.
SYSTEMS + TECHNOLOGY
Beyond Booked, ongoing training and resources designed to help you become a better business owner — not just a better booker.
BUSINESS EDUCATION
THERE’S A LOT IN HERE.
A deliberately smaller advisor community where you can ask the question, share the win and actually know the people you're building alongside.
COMMUNITY + SUPPORT
Supplier relationships, dedicated resource hubs, education, updates and connections that help you navigate the industry.
INDUSTRY + SUPPLIERS
Our growing Template Vault, SOP library, client resources, business tools and the things we've already built so you don't have to.
TEMPLATES + RESOURCES
You're building your business under Modern Travel — but what you build within it is entirely up to you.
Your niche
Your clients
Your marketing
Your goals
Your style
The kind of travel you want to become known for.
You can build your business under the Modern Travel brand, or eligible advisors can register an approved sub-brand of their own.
Either way, we're not interested in creating a team of identical advisors selling identical trips with identical Instagram feeds.
We want to give you the infrastructure, education and support to figure out what works for you — and then help you get really good at it.
Your business doesn’t have to look like everyone else’s.
You want to build a business, not just book trips.
You care deeply about the experience your clients have.
You're curious. You ask questions. You actually want to keep getting better.
You're willing to learn, experiment and implement rather than waiting for someone else to build your business for you.
You want independence, but you also really like having smart people in your corner.
You want a host agency that's actively evolving — not one that's doing things a certain way because that's how they've been done for the last 20 years.
You'd rather be part of a smaller community where people know your name than disappear into a sea of hundreds or thousands of advisors.
And you're looking for somewhere you can grow with, not somewhere you'll outgrow.
You might be a Modern Travel person if...
If you're looking for someone to hand you leads, tell you exactly what to post and build the business for you, we're probably not the right fit.
If you're looking for the tools, education, community and support to build something of your own?
Hi, it's nice to meet you 👋
One thing led to another, advisors started joining us, and somewhere along the way I became completely obsessed with building the kind of agency I wished existed.
I've spent 15+ years in travel and events, but at my core, I'm also an entrepreneur.
So when I'm thinking about what our advisors need, I'm not only thinking about booking platforms, supplier access and destination training.
I'm thinking about...
- Sales
- Marketing
- Systems
- Profitability
- Positioning
- Client experience
- Capacity
- What happens when you get busy
- What happens when you're not busy
- And what you need to build a business that still feels really good to own a few years from now
You'll see me inside the community. You'll hear from me in trainings. And there's a pretty good chance I'll drop something into Slack because I learned it that morning and immediately decided everyone else needed to know too. 😂
Modern Travel is intentionally founder-led. Because I don't want to build an agency filled with advisor numbers.
Hi, I’m Lauren
I want to know the people building businesses here.
Your host agency should make sense for your business — including financially.
Modern Travel operates on a monthly agency fee and commission structure designed to support advisors as they build and grow.
We'll walk you through exactly how our fees, commissions, payouts and agency structure work before you make any decisions.
No mystery math.
No discovering three conversations later that there's another fee nobody mentioned.
No pressure to join before you actually understand what you're joining.
Yes, let’s talk about the business stuff.
Because we're deciding if we're a fit for each other — you should be interviewing us, too.
We don't promise overnight success.
We don't promise six figures because you completed a course.
And we definitely don't believe signing up with a host agency magically makes someone a successful travel advisor.
You still have to build it.
You have to show up.
You have to talk about what you do.
You have to follow up.
You have to learn.
You have to make mistakes, get better and keep going.
This is still your business.
We'll give you the infrastructure.
We'll share what we know.
We'll keep building resources.
We'll introduce you to the industry.
We'll challenge you to think bigger about your business.
We'll celebrate the wins with you.
And we'll be there for the inevitable WTF do I do here? moments, too.
What you build from there is up to you.
Our job is to make sure you don't have to figure all of that out without support.
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