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Home-Based Travel Agents Are Happy and Successful in Canada

Richard D’Ambrosio, Travel Market Report

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More Canadians are moving their travel agencies into their homes, or starting their business there, leading to a greater work/life balance, and helping them earn an income that satisfies them, a new study says.

Nearly 90 percent of home-based agents believe they have a better work/life balance than when they worked in an agency, up five percentage points from last year, according to a recent nationwide survey of home-based agents funded by host agency The Travel Agent Next Door and conducted by an independent research company.

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