Typical host agencies charge a start-up fee, monthly association fees AND take a cut of your commission checks. Stop giving away your hard earned commissions! That is why we founded Unique Travel Agents. A host agency that provides basic needs and services while giving the travel agent 100% of their commission.

The best part is - No Start-Up Costs, No Monthly Fees, and No Commission Splits. 

Hi, my name is Melanie Haber and I have been a travel agent for over 12 years. I started working in the travel industry at the young age of 19. While attending college, I got a job as an Administrative Assistant at a local travel agency. From there, i worked by way up, becoming a full-time travel agent before graduating in 2010. Soon after, I decided to start my own agency called Unique Travel. Here, I began growing my own book of business planning travel for family and friends. At the time, I knew joining a host agency was the quickest and easiest way to start booking travel and making commission. Being a young entrepreneaur, it was nice not having to worry about accredititation requirements and financial responsibilities. Fast forward to 2020 when we were all faced with significant depleated business due to the pandemic. I found myself struggling to keep my business afloat which forced me back into the corporate workforce, still working for travel companies, but never really finding true satisfaction like I had when operating my own company. Fast forward to today, when travel is finally back to normal and my clients are ready to start traveling once again, as many of you are probably experiencing as well. 

At the beginning of my journey, working along side a host agency was definitely the right decision. However, now that I am a seasoned veteran and have been doing this for awhile, I realized how much money I was throwing away each month because I was associated with them. And I wasn't using their resources such as trainings and FAM trips and how-to-tutorials like I once was. To be honest, the only tool that I was using on a monthly basis was their invoicing tool and that was just to collect a paycheck. I wasn't using anything else, but yet I continued to pay my monthly dues and conceded to my 80/20 commission split.

There began my research. I tried to find another host agency that I could join that would offer low monthly fees and 100% commission. Much to my surprise, I didn't find anything that suited my needs. That is when I knew I probably wasn't the only agent out there facing this same issue. Not to mention, I was tired of paying for something that I really wasn't using. Since day one, I also fought the fact that I was having to give up 20% of everything I made.The more work I did and the more money I made, the more money they made. And for what? Giving me a IATA number to book off of? Giving me an invoicing tool to monitor my commissions? I thought there, has to be a better way! 

Enter Unique Travel Agents. The idea behind the business is really just to make it simplier and easier for agents to book travel and receive their commission. So many of us have worked in this industry long enough to know what the heck we're doing. For 95% of my clients, I book using 1 or 2 supplier sites. I know where to go, what to do, and how to do it. I understand the need for host agencies who provide incredible resources like videos and trainings, but those host agencies are just no longer the right fit for me. I wanted to make more money doing what I already do, and I was determined to make it happen. And I wanted to share that option with travel agents who want and need the same thing.

Who are Unique Travel Agents? It's simple. Agents who are experienced and want to make more money.