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“Being a TASK agent has completely changed my business for the better.

For the few months that I have been with TASK I have remodeled my business plan and I am already seeing the benefits from it.  I was shocked when Tammy called me directly before I even signed up for TASK.  She put me and my business in check within minutes helped me see the bigger picture on how to be more successful with my business.  Watch the training videos until they make sense and implement them!  Shut up, take notes and listen to what she tells you!  I really appreciate all that she has helped me with so far and the crazy thing is I am only getting started!”

~ Alan Eskelsen / Travel Professional ~
Kalilei Vacations

Q & A with TASK Live 2 agents

Elicia Slatten Serenitea Travel

Would you say that your time at TASK has been valuable to you?

My time at TASK has been amazing. There’s so much that you learn. There’s so many ways to grow as an agency owner or an employee of an agency. There’s a … The value that you pay to come to a TASK Live, you get way more than that. No matter, whatever you pay, it’s like, you get probably close to $100 thousand worth of value in what you’re learning in your class.

So TASK you would say, is definitely worth it?

Oh, yes. I would definitely … This is my second TASK, and if she has a third, fourth, fifth, or sixth, I will be at every single one of those.

If somebody was on the fence about coming to a task, what would you say to them?

Actually there were a couple people that were on the fence and they’re actually here at TASK Live 2 and I convinced them to go to TASK Live 1.  I’m part of an organization that Tammy was a keynote speaker and because I’d already been to a TASK Live 1, she had mentioned, as the keynote speaker, about her TASK program, and so a couple other people, they were “I’m not sure. Bla, bla, bla.” Basically what I did was … They came to me and they asked me. They asked me about the value and they asked me, what did you learn from it and did you really see a difference in what she taught you? And I said, “Yes.” I said, “I went from maybe having about $50 thousand in sales to going up to $250 thousand in sales just from that one TASK Live that I did in June of 2015.”  SO there is a lot of value and it’s worth every penny that you get when you come here.

“Why don’t you tell us about Tammy as a speaker?”

Tammy is amazing. The first time I met Tammy … I actually met her at an event in Baltimore and she was a keynote speaker at a Gogo Showcase. I had only been in the business probably about six or seven years, I wanna say. When I heard her story and I heard how she was like, “You know, you can always email me.” She has an open door policy. You can always talk to her, it really made me say, “Okay. This is someone that I can look up to. I can have a mentor”

So I remember, literally, I told her – I think it was a Wednesday that I met her – and I said, “Now, I know you’re gonna be back home at 3 pm Thursday at such and such a time. I will be emailing you at 3:30 the next day so that I can get involved with TASK and to start learning from you.” Literally, I emailed her, I gave her my number, and I think she had just … Either she was going to the airport or she got home from the airport and I remember she called me and we talked and that’s where my journey started. Ever since then, I know that if I need to call Tammy, if I need to text Tammy, if I need to email her, she’s always available. She always makes herself … I mean, sometimes … I’ll email her late at night, because I’m doing something up late at night and she’ll email me right back and I’ll be like, “What are you doing up? Go to bed!” But that’s just how she is. She makes herself available.

As far as a keynote speaker, she inspires you. If you really look at her story of everything that she’s been through and the things even after I first met her that she’s been through, she’s so resilient. She’s always, always, always gonna sit there and support you. She’s always gonna sit there and if she can help you, she’ll help you. She’s not like some of the people here that say they’re gonna help and she doesn’t help. She literally will help. If she gotta get on a plane to come to you, she will come and help you. She is a remarkable person and I’m so glad she’s in my life. I’m grateful. I think God every day for her. I love me some Tammy Levent.


Q & A with TASK Live 2 agents

Diana Thompson Diana’s Dream Vacations
When did you attend your first TASK Live?

I attended Task live in April of 2017 in Jamaica. It was a wonderful event. It was an awesome venue and we learned a lot about how to increase our commissions.

Where are we at Today? 

Today, we’re in Tampa, Florida, and this is TASK Live 2, and we’re going to pick up where we left off at TASK Live 1 and we’re going to learn some additional things. This time we have the opportunity of interacting with some of the suppliers that we were taught to work with at TASK Live 1. We now get to learn from them face-to-face.

What is Task?

Task is the travel agent success kit, and it equips us to increase our commission, increase our lead generation so that we’re selling more travel.

Tell us about the value. Is this a valuable tool for you?

It is a valuable tool. Again, as you increase … We were able to increase our commissions.

Are you guys here to gain knowledge? 

Yeah. Because Tammy’s been in the business many years, she has a lot of tricks of the trade that she’s teaching us how to do. I’ve been able to use the package of working with charities in order to reach charities and earn business from charities as well as increasing the destinations that I sell. I used to be focused strictly on the Caribbean and now I’m selling Europe as well.

Give us a take-away.

Obviously, the one big takeaway is the increased commissions. The ability to make 30-40 percent commission on something that I typically would only make 10-18 percent from the supplier. She has a proven way of increasing those commissions so that you make more commissions, and she also has other ways to increase your ability to sell. For instance, with the charities. Selling to charities.

What would you tell someone who is on the fence about coming to a TASK event?

If you’re on the fence about coming to TASK Live, I would say just jump in and do it. Even if you’ve been in the business for a while, there’s always gonna be something new that you learn here. Something that you didn’t know before, or something that you thought about trying and that’s just gonna give you the push to try it. If you have any doubt, just go ahead and do it. If you need to make a phone call before you do that, call me.


Q & A with TASK Live 2 agents

Patti Wyman Leisure Travel Specialist Elite Travel

Tell us about what’s going on today, just kind of set up what we’re doing here.

Okay. Today we are at TASK 2 Live. I was an attendee for TASK 1 two years ago, learned a lot in that session. Came back again to TASK 2 Live this weekend. What we’re learning is all about the industry, how to blog, how to connect with millennials and sell millennials because they are the future in travel. We are also learning about Google and how to really utilize Google. She’s teaching us all about different strategic partnerships. And also sales, lots of sales, sales, sales because in travel, dealing with different types of people, you really have to know who you’re dealing with in order and what sales approach to give them. So today, we’re learning all about sales approach and just having a lot of fun stuff and knowing what’s coming, what’s trending in the industry.

Tell me a little bit about TASK and how it’s worth it in terms of what you get out of it.

The value that I get through TASK is unbelievable knowledge, first and foremost. It really keeps you on top. Where else are you going to find what’s up and coming in travel? You don’t want to be behind the eight ball.and with TASK Live, especially coming to an event like this, it really keeps you with like minded people and really know what you’re targeting, how to make that … You know, we’re all in business to make money, at the end of the day. So by attending a TASK Live event, it really increases my bottom line, which is my paycheck, which is my value of life, which is why we do what we do.

Tell me something about Tammy and how she helped you to learn and how her way of teaching comes in.

Tammy helps me to learn and her style of teaching is crack the whip type of personality, which I really like. That type A that says very, very motivational, “You can do it. This is how you’re going to do it. I’m going to give you the tools to do it and I’m going to teach you how to do it. And then I’m going to make sure you do it.” So her style is very supportive, very loving, but very tough as well. And there’s no excuses. There’s no excuses why you’re not doing what you’re supposed to be doing.

So that’s what attending this type of event is all about. It’s connecting, and it’s really having somebody there that you know, that you trust, and that can help get the job done. At the end of the day, that’s what it’s about. It’s about doing the best job we can for our clients.

If somebody was on the fence about attending a TASK Live event, what would tell them?

If you’re on the fence about attending a TASK Live event, I would definitely highly suggest that you call Tammy Levent yourself, have that conversation with her. She is going to go ahead and give you a couple of the attendees that have come, and you can contact them and you can ask them, learn firsthand from the people who have already taken it if it’s worth the investment. And trust me, from someone who has taken it, now this is my second, TASK 2, I’m telling you, it’s worth every dime.

But reach out to Tammy. If you’re on the fence, don’t just say no, reach out to her.


Q & A with TASK Live 2 agents

Jordan Levent. District Manger for Vivint Solar. I work for Vivint Solar

So tell us your involvement with the TASK Live event.

My involvement with the TASK event today is to do kind of a sales training, get people caught up to speed on modern sales techniques and just really try to help people engage customers more.

Tell us what you know about TASK.

From what I know about TASK, it’s just a program for agents to make their business or their agency more successful. From what I’ve found, it helps people a lot. I’ve heard a lot of really good success stories and really industry driven training that helps people.

Tell us about Tammy. I mean, obviously she’s your mom, so include that, and then include what you know about her, obviously from the side of her being a speaker, a teacher, and a motivator.

Right. Tammy is mom. I’ve had the opportunity to know her my whole life, obviously. But she is really driven, and a leader in the industry. She does really well teaching people, leading by example. And everything she says is said for a reason, and she has a rhyme or reason to what she does.

What are you speaking about today? 

I’m really excited today to present, just on a couple different things, the main thing being question based selling and really how to engage your customers and create a dialogue that progresses the sale a lot smoother than just telling people where they should go or what they should do.Cool. What would you say to someone who was thinking about coming to the TASK event? What would you say to them?

For anybody thinking about coming to TASK, I highly recommend it. For the amount of value that you get for what you put into it, it’s unparalleled. I can’t say anything bad about it and I suggest it to everybody in the field.


Q & A with TASK Live 2 agents

Cindy Lorenz – Infinite Journeys Travel 
Why did you come to TASK Live?

For me, I needed some direction. I decided to go out on my own about nine years ago, and I really needed some direction on how to achieve the goals that I wanted to achieve.

Would you say that TASK is worth it? Do you get more out of it than you put in?

Yes, I know when I attended TASAK the first time, I kind of came away and my head was spinning, and there was so much information that was provided, valuable information on how to grow your business and different steps, different avenues to use and utilize depending on your personality. You know, and everybody’s business model is different, so definitely there was something for everybody there.

Tell me a little bit about Tammy. Do you feel like the way that she uses information is good? Is she a good teacher?

She’s very energetic. She keeps the pace going. I really love her. I love that she is down to earth, she is very real and transparent, so it’s not kind of like more corporate and staunch and that she is very relatable. She is approachable. She is not somebody that kind of is a standoffish person at all. So yeah, everything about the way she presents is really easy to learn.

 If somebody was on the fence about coming to a TASK event, what would you say to them?

You really have to evaluate your goals and what your next step is in your business. If you’re looking to get over that hump, I mean it’s absolutely worth it. So many people think that they know everything, but we always can learn. So I mean, I think it’s a great investment into your business, and you personally because Tammy invests in her people that she works with. So I mean, it’s not only just a one time deal and, “Hey, see yeah, bye. Went to a conference. No big deal.” You’ve now entered into a relationship with her and she’s always there for you. Like she talks about like, I text her, I call her, and we schedule appointments, and she answers my texts. It’s a relationship that you started, so yeah, it’s really good.

This event, what is the fun factor like? Like with you guys, there’s a lot of different things you’re doing versus other events. Is this kind of like your every day event that you would go to?

I think these events are more engaging. I like that it’s kind of like on a smaller level, like small group rather than two, three hundred people. It’s more intimate, and I really enjoy that aspect of it because we have fun. We all get to share fun things, fun examples. It’s just really a good time. Very relaxing and just fun, but yet you’re learning a lot.


“I signed up for TASK Live to understand how to not just to be a travel agency but a successful business owner.  Being with a Host agency and after making several bookings, I knew there had to be a better way to be profitable and learn more about the travel industry.  I’ve searched and had attended several seminars and online training courses on building your business, but deep down something was missing.  The workshops have great concepts for building a business, but I was having trouble implementing them into my travel agency.  TASK Live not only gave me the answer it went beyond that.  During the workshop, I receive personal training from the top leader in the industry (Tammy Levent).  Her passion for the industry and your business success is a genuine concern for her.  I learned much more.  TASK teaches you the business model for the travel industry and how to receive 100% of your commission.  It also explains how important your company’s’ “brand” is to your success (“Your brand is your business lifeline“).  I learned how to set myself apart from other agencies by creating travel packages to offer “off the beaten path” travel destinations for my clientele, and how to leverage those travel packages to work with nonprofits and destination weddings groups.

I look forward to implementing all that I have learned during my TASK Live session and can’t wait for my next TASK Live 2 event.

THE SKYS THE LIMIT WITH TASK LIVE”

Terre`e Williams, CEO
Blu Eyes Travel

A year ago…I was in a rut. I was at a conference in Cancun, Mexico and who was our guest speaker…my mentor Tammy Levent. I had the ability to hang out, talk things over with her and learn from her. She re-sparked my fire to grow my business and to open my mind on the possibilities to explore the world.

We are now giving our clients more options to explore the world by starting selling more oversea (Europe, Asia, Africa and South America) packages/tours instead just selling to the Caribbean. We have advanced in technology for our clients not only to present quotes to them but to allow them to have an itinerary app that automatically update when their itinerary changes.

We have specialized in destination weddings and vow renewals. We were hired in the end of September, 2017 to plan an African/Indian/Christian inspired wedding in Baltimore MD and this couple has rehired us to do the same wedding in July of 2018 in Zanzibar, Tanzania.

We have specialized in group travel…We have more group travel business and referrals for group travel. We plan groups in any sizes from as small as 10 people to as big as you want.

· We have a couple of groups to the Caribbean.

· We have a group asking to go to Barcelona Spain for a week. I asked the group leader if they wanted to stay in Barcelona for the full 7 days or would like to do a few nights in Barcelona and a few nights to Madrid. I mean you are already in Spain. Upon researching 3 nights in Barcelona and 3 nights to Madrid the group decided to go with this option.

· We were contacted about a group for next fall to do a Mediterranean cruise and we are in the process of planning this for them.

· We are going to host an open to all group to Dubai and Abu-Dhabi for November of 2018. For more details just contact us.

· We started working more with non-profit organizations/charities and presenting fundraising travel opportunities and silent auction items.

We have grown a great referral business program for our clients that put $$ in their pockets.

We thank Tammy for all she has done and continue to support us.

Thank you,

Serenitea Travel & Events


Dear Tammy,
I wanted to take a moment to personally say thank you. I value your partnership and business with GOGO Vacations very much. It’s refreshing to see your involvement and passion visible and alive in our industry.

Your commitment to helping Travel Agents learn, grow and understand the business of selling travel combined with your true entrepreneurial spirit is infectious. This is clear through the growth of your T.A.S.K program (helping Travel Agents learn how to be travel business entrepreneurs) and also by your active involvement with GOGO in events across the county. I’ve also been impressed with your travel segment on ABC’s Tampa Bay Morning Blend – helping showcase the importance of our industry – highlighting the relevancy and role of the Travel Agent, as well as the significance of being a travel entrepreneur today.

Everyone at GOGO Vacations wishes you much continued success in your endeavors and once again thank you for your partnership with GOGO and your commitment to our industry.

Sincerely,
John van den Heuvel
President, GOGO Vacations

 

Hello Tammy

I want to thank you for sharing your passion for helping other travel agents who want to thrive in building their bottom line as a business owners. I found you via the internet late one night as I was researching how to succeed as an Independent Travel Agent.

I was just getting ready to sign up with a host agency when I saw your video- I believe it was divine intervention : ) I am a career changer and I am very serious about building a successful, profitable travel business.

After watching a few of your videos, I made a decision that I would not sign up with a Host. I am building my business structure so I can keep 100% profit.

As I mentioned, I am just getting started but I am planning to attend one of your TASK Live events in the future. I am making progress daily…secured my business entity, business checking, E& O insurance and I am looking to develop a relationship with Go Go Vacations after I obtain my CLIA credential.

Again, thank you for sharing your passion for encouraging others to succeed by being a stellar example!

Wishing you continued success and blessings overflowing,

LaShun F


After I paid in full for TASK and some other things came up, I thought about canceling my booking. Tammy assured me things would work out and that she was there for me. It was comforting to hear, but I still wasn’t sure if this investment in my business would pay off. TASK was an eye opener to me. I knew it had to be more ways to make a nice living that others were not telling. Tammy showed us that in TASK. Only being home for less than 30 days I made additional $895.51 on one booking then I made additional $1K on a second booking. Well I will say the investment was well worth the trip. Just image how much more my business will grow. I am so glad Tammy encouraged me to come and the investment would be well worth it. Toni A.

Well TASK is paid in full and I still have tools so I will make more commission. Thanks again Tammy. I would like to attend the reunion with other TASK members.

Toni Anderson, MCC
Group Travel Consultant


I have been in the travel industry from I was 17 years old!
Tammy came recommended to me from my old boss Mike Norton who is now at Sandals Resorts!
I have not regret the weekend I did TASK live at Secrets in MBJ!
All I can say if you want to take your business to the next level and I mean the next level where you will make money, attend Task!
Tammy will teach you all the tricks of the trade BUT most importantly make you accountable for all that you need to do to become successful.
You will reap the reward from your investment in task but you have to the work that she guides you to do!
All the best to you!

Andrea Williams


My name is Jody Yetti, of Jody’s Travel Inc. I too was a child Prodigy (lol) Started early teens with Family run organization, took over and ran a healthy moderately successful agency. I intuitively knew I needed a kick, so found an ad for TASK online at 3am, I called the number regarding the next class hoping to leave a message so she would have it first thing in the morning and Tammy answered!
We spoke all of half an hour and she got me in! I have never looked back and it was the single most intelligent thing I did for myself and my Business. I am not going to lie to you, it requires dedication and discipline, she will provide the discipline and if your willing to do the time you WILL reap the rewards.
I was in the Industry over 25 years at that point and learned like I was in grade school. resources are everything and her reach and contacts in addition to behind the scenes know how makes this a no brainer.
You have nothing to lose and all to gain in my humble opinion.My sales, my Habits. My website, Blogs Etc have all been upgraded and improved and the manner in which I work is smarter and more productive, and I would not hesitate for you to join us on our journey to Success. We have great support Network and Tammy makes herself available to you always.
This is not for the faint of heart, if you are a serious about growing your business, you have to dedicate yourself for optimum results and you will have them.
All the best with your decision, this is not a paid endorsement, LOL. This comes from the heart having developed a relationship with a Powerhouse in the industry.
Cheers!!
Jody Yetti


I can honestly say that Tammy has made a difference in how I run my business I found TASK to be an intense couple of days but so worth it in the end, Its not easy let me warn you but if you do the work, you will see the difference.
How I leverage strategic partnerships and many more things that I do in my business today are as a direct result of TASK.
Best Wishes and I hope you take the plunge.

Suzette Finlayson
Island Expert Travel


I started by business with a host agency in 2007 while working a very demanding full time job and my thoughts at the time were to slowly build the business so I had something to do in my retirement years. Life threw me some curve balls and my plans changed and here I am today. Before I started working with Tammy I had been with 7 different host agencies over the years and she showed me how I needed to break away from them and then she helped me do that. I now own my own agency.

I met Tammy while searching the internet trying to find someone who could help me with a business client I had wanting to do an incentive trip. I was floored with the help she gave me!!! Before Tammy I had worked with other mentors who I had spent $10’s of thousands of dollars with and they always had their hand out for money with every piece of advice they gave you and my business was no further ahead. Tammy did not ask for anything other than to tell me about what she had to offer with her trainings. She was their every step of the way helping and guiding me with this booking. When I was doing the research on this booking I figured I would make $900 after my host took their cut. Tammy booked this for me under her business taking a small percentage and turned my commission into $3200 with Tammy making an additional $600 and my client paying the same $14,000 I had found. That one booking paid for the cost of her training and she now has a student for life.

Since then she has introduced me to the wedding and honeymoon market and showed me how to brand my business. This year is my break out year with 9 different shows my business will be a part of and I am already starting to book shows for next year. The email list I am marketing to has grown from 60 at the start of 2017 to over 4,000 thanks to Tammy and it is still growing. I can not promise you the same results but she has been a major influence on my business. Through her counseling and training I now get phone calls and emails with people wanting to book. Before Tammy it was just friends, coworkers and referrals from clients.

As I mentioned there are no promises but I can tell you if you are open to change, willing to listen and do as she asks you should be very successful. Remember she has a very successful business and is sharing her knowledge without you having to go through the learning process on your own. Tammy has helped me in more ways than what I have mentioned here and has been a real inspiration. Having Tammy as my mentor was the best decision I ever made for my business! I highly suggest taking the leap of faith and following Tammy, she is well worth the time, money and effort to turn your business around and make it very profitable.

B. Collier


I just want to tell you that I admire you so much with your achievements and your inspiration . You have gone through so much with your personal life and of what you have accomplished .You are an inspiration with your travel industry background. I love doing travel and most of us, cannot stop loving a career in travel, no matter at any age.

Sheryl Austin


Thanks to Tammy, I not only was able to turn the wedding from hell to a one that I am profiting nicely from (was even able to have 90% of the wedding book excursions and transfers which before they declined), I was able to get free travel to attend the wedding (client really wants me there for some reason), and got new clients (some of the wedding guests) who who want me to book outside trips (some of which have already booked those trips with me). Other client trips have not been this stressful but, Tammy knows how stressful this one was for me because I expressed it to her during T.A.S.K. As the wedding approaches in less than two weeks, it has gotten easier and easier because of Tammy’s advice. I don’t know why I waited 2 years to go to T.A.S.K. but thank God I went! I am a firm believer in give props and thanks when due.
Thanks so much Tammy!!!

CKs Travel


TASK will make you a travel agent rock star

I meet Tammy at an industry event in Baltimore in August of 2014 where she was the keynote speaker. I was blown away by her testimony and I was encourage with her resilience. We had a round robin session to talk to vendors which was only 5 minutes. In this limited amount of time I was intrigued with her TASK program. I knew I needed to have an opportunity to talk to her about her TASK KIT, TASK mentoring program and TASK Live. I took her card and I told her that I would call her the very next day. Yes I called Tammy the very next day around 3:30 pm and I remember saying to her. “Hello Tammy…This is Valencia. I meet you yesterday in Baltimore and I told you that I would call you today.”

Needless to say, I started mentoring with Tammy and went to her TASK Live in June of 2015. Since becoming a TASK student, Tammy has showed me how to close more sales, how to increase my clientele and to grow my business. She gives you all the tools to increase your commissions, to be able to develop and grow long standing strategic partnerships with others inside and outside of the travel industry and is an amazing mentor. She is always there for you but please note if you get off track, she will “Whip” you back into shape. Believe me know and she recently re-ignited the fire in my business but most of all in me. She really cares about your growth personally, this industry and your growth of your business…No strings attached. I am so grateful that she is in my life and she has really shown me how to be a travel entrepreneur/agent rock star. Thank you for all that you do.

Best Regards,

Elicia “Valencia” Slatten

Serenitea Travel & Events


I came across Tammy Levent just by chance. I had an Incentive Travel group that I was having problems trying to book and searched the internet for someone who trains in Incentive Travel and came across Tammy’s name. I called her and she offered to help me with no strings attached. After speaking to her I purchased her online course which I have since completed.

In trying to book my group I was only able to find one supplier willing to book my group with a $900 commission after my host agency’s cut and $50 per name change if needed. Tammy was able to book it for me with 2 free name changes and a $3100 commission with Tammy getting $600 on top of my $3100. Since then she has helped with other bookings always increasing the commission I would have gotten through my host. As a result I have signed up for her TASK Live training in April 2016.

Starting in January of 2016 I will be leaving my host agencies and going independent. Tammy has set me up with a writer, printer, and a web designer while walking me through the steps to set up my new business. I don’t know how she has enough time in the day to help everyone and run her own business, but she does. She has personally answered every question I have had be it by phone or email.
If you are thinking about taking the leap of faith and following Tammy, she is well worth the time, money, and effort to turn your business around and make it very profitable!

Bruce Collier


Hi Tammy,

I hope this email finds you well. I attended the Travel Industry Exchange event this past week. I also attended your session and truly enjoyed all the information given. I have your flyer that you gave out at the trade show with the Offer for your Travel Agent Success Kit. How do I go about ordering that?

Renee Sutton, CTA, ECC, LCS
Owner / Independent Vacation Specialist


Hello Tammy!

I absolutely loved your session at the Travel Industry Exchange! It was one of the most informative classes I have ever taken.

I would love to have the Travel Agent Success Kit so I can learn more about strategic partnerships, and be as successful as you have been in this industry.

Best regards,

Anna
Anna’s Travel Shop


Hi Tammy,

Thank you for a wonderful class. It was very enlightening! You said to send you an email to get a promo code for travel agent kit. I can’t wait! Thank you so much. It is greatly appreciated. Just started your book I got at the exchange and love it!

Sarah James


Hi Tammy,

I thoroughly enjoyed your session at TIX. I look forward to receiving your task kit! Please let me know if there is further info you need from me.

Well Wishes & Wanderlust

Laura F. Pankow


Hi! Tammy,

It was a pleasure to meet you at the Travel Industry Exchange last week at Disney World.

The information you gave us was not only interesting, but more useful than anything I have ever heard before and I hope to put it into use to increase my business.

Thank you so much!

I would like my success kit for attending your training.
I look forward to learning from you.

Regards,

JoAnne
SeaDreams Travel

Q & A with TASK Live 2 agents

Douglas Burns Culturally Creative Travel

Tell us about the first task event.

The first TASK event I attended was fantastic and I learned a lot. OF course, Tammy always leaves the best for last and as skeptical as I was going into it, I was that enthusiastic coming out of it. Since then I have more than doubled my income and on track to even triple it from where I was a year ago. Definitely well worth the investment.

How would you describe TASK who didn’t know what it was?

TASK Live is that training that we just don’t get within the industry. Supplier training is easy to come by, but business training is something that so many travel agents need. The marketing, the research, the lead generation and how to actually earn money. It’s more than just that straight commission that you get from the cruise lines. There’s such a better way to make a living in this industry and Tammy is a key part of that.

Does it provide value for you?

TASK has changed the way I do my business for the better and I couldn’t be happier being a part of it.

What would you say to someone who was thinking about coming to a TASK event?

If you are on the fence at all, I would encourage you to take that leap. Go ahead and invest in yourself and take advantage of TASK. Take advantage of Tammy. Her knowledge is very, very deep. Her enthusiasm is infectious. It keeps you energized, keeps you going.

What is the agenda like at TASK ? What to expect?

A lot of the speakers that Tammy’s bringing in to the second part of Task, is there are speakers and vendors that you may not be aware of and that you need to be aware of, especially if you’re interested in earning a living and making money in this industry.


Q & A with TASK Live 2 agents

Holly Matthews  Director of Travel Agency Marketing. CCRA Travel Commerce Network

How are you involved with TASK ?

I am involved with TASK Live through Tammy Levent, obviously. I met Tammy about two years ago. She is fantastic in the industry. She is out there trying her best and being very successful in changing the industry and bringing up energized people who want to work in the industry for all the right reasons. They’re passionate and very successful people.

CCRA is very happy to be part of Tammy with TASK. It’s wonderful to come out here and meet all the agents that she has on her team. It’s a great opportunity for us to get to know these professional agents a lot better and do some really great networking.

What are you most excited about?

What am I most excited about here at TASK? I’ll tell you. Just coming to Tampa and meeting all of the agents who are associated in Tammy’s program is super exciting. Being around Tammy is exciting in itself. She is so energized and such a positive person. She’s a great influencer to all of these agents in her program.  I’m super excited to really build some good relationships with these agents. It’s a great opportunity as a supplier to engage with these agents. The setting is very intimate, so I get an opportunity to talk a lot to the agents here and really get to know them. So yeah, I’m super excited about the relationships that I’m going to build with Tammy’s TASK agents.

What do you say to agents not sure if they should attend TASK?

You know, if you’re thinking out there, “Should I come to TASK or should I not?” I’m going to say, take the plunge and do it. It’ll be well worth it. I’ve been in the industry a little over 25 years, and I’ve seen what Tammy does and how she really builds successful agents. It’s a lot of fun, but it’s not easy. She really works you because the investment that you’re putting into this, she wants you to leave ready for success. So come on and give it a try, I think you’d love it. You’re going to have an opportunity to meet other agents that are in your field. You can collaborate with one another. But the learnings that you’re going to get from Tammy, it’s going to be really, really great.

 


Q & A with TASK Live 2 agents

Tammy Levent Founder TASK & CEO Elite Travel Management Group, Inc

What is TASK Live?

TASK is a program that was developed in 2014 basically to help struggling travel agents to grow their business, to get them to another level, but not the normal means of just vendor relationships and product relationships. It was mostly to teach them how to do lead generation, branding, marketing, a really how to build your company. I decided to do it on very unorthodox ways of really being hands on with agents. That’s how I developed the entire TASK Kit Program, which is a video series, and then get over into the TASK Live Series, of TASK Live 1.

Because of the demand, we are now here at TASK Live 2.

Do you feel there is a need for Travel Agents to attend TASK Live?

There’s a need in the market for travel agents. We don’t have any kind of a book. We don’t have a school we can go to to learn about travel. You could learn about travel in going online and doing everything with your vendor relations, but at the end of the day, you need to know how to build the relationships with your clients, you need to know what you’re talking about, and you need to know how to leverage yourself in the industry. Because of that, I felt like I was the one to be able to step forward and to make that introduction into the industry. Now it’s come full circle, where I’m doing these events and I’m also speaking nationally, around the country, with other suppliers and other vendors that also see the benefit, because it brings them longevity with their vendors, with client relations, and it also gives more sales. So it’s actually broadened the field in my industry overall.

What are some things agents can expect to learn at TASK Live 2 ? 

Some of the topics that we’ll be going over today are going to be learning how to sell to upscale clients, not leveraging yourself in the industry to sell those upscale clients. We’re going to be going over some marketing, some lead generation, how to get sustainable and great leads and then have them for future and referring business. We’re going to be going over social media, especially where our millennials are on Instagram. We are going to be going over what a millennial means, where they came from, where they are now, and how we’re going to overcome this. Because 2020, half of our population will be millennials, and to keep selling and to keep growing as travel agents. We’re definitely going to be going over Google, how to learn more about Google, because of course that’s where everybody is to find you. And we have some special guest speakers. We have somebody speaking in sales doing millions of dollars worth of business. We have vendor relations and people here from vendors as well.

What is the Best part of TASK? 

The best part about TASK is that we become one big family. We don’t have member fees that you pay every month. It’s a one time that you do it. All of your meals are included, your hotel is included. It’s almost like an all inclusive outlet to train travel agents. But the best part is that the value that you obtain is invaluable because we’re the only ones that are teaching this in our industry. I am the only one teaching TASK, and no one has anything like this type of program out there. It is very well needed, and very well respected, which is a great way to put it, where people do want to come and learn because they’re learning something that they’re competitor or somebody else, and this way gives them more leverage in the industry.

Everyone loves TASK. They just seem to think that it’s an amazing training tool. The reason the TASK is so successful is our attendees love TASK. They love working together in TASK. They love building their relationship together in TASK. So TASK becomes a really happy family. And all of the attendees that have come to TASK have also grown together in TASK through the years.

What would you say to someone who is thinking about attending an event like this but maybe isn’t to sure?

If you’re on the fence whether or not you should be doing a TASK or TASK Live session, don’t be. The money that you’re going to invest will return to you tenfold, seriously, in the first hour that you attend TASAK. If you’re still not sure, make sure you just look at our video testimonials, you can call me, you can call on our references. But at the end of the day, this is something that you need to be doing if you’re serious about your business in travel and you really want to step one step further out of the box and to learn how to work with others and get more clientele, more business.


Q & A with TASK Live 2 agents

Jim Tedesco
Vice President of Sales for International Markets for the Back Roads Touring Company and Topdeck Travel

How Long have you been working with Tammy and TASK?
I’ve been working with Tammy for a couple of years now from my previous job working in wholesale, but now in the touring side, helping her educate agents on touring, on marketing themselves, and helping get them the tools that they need to be successful in the industry.
Give us a little background about TASK and give me some of the information that you were talking about, like what Tammy was saying outside about how you got involved, what you guys are doing.

Awesome. I actually got involved in TASK probably about four or so years ago. I was working for a wholesaler that Tammy uses quite frequently. I was the marketing director at the time and I was looking to create a program actually quite similar to what Tammy was creating, where the overall goal was really just to give travel agents the tools that they need to be successful, embrace that home-based market that might not have the tools and resources readily available to them and were looking for places at a cost effective measure to gain those resources into their business.

So through different events and whatnot, Tammy and I had met up, started talking, and I loved what she was proposing, so we sort of aligned our ideas and she ran with it. All these years later, she’s still doing it and doing a great job. I’m happy to still support her at events like the TASK events and provide any knowledge that I may have onto the agents that look to her for help as well.

Tell me how you would describe TASK to someone who wasn’t aware of what it was.

Yeah. TASK is a great organization to sort of either get your feet wet on the marketing side, the knowledge base of the travel industry in itself, or you sort of maybe have been in the industry for a while but feel maybe you’ve reached your plateau and need help getting to that next level. Knowledge is power, so at the end of the day, you’re going to walk away with some knowledge on social media, on the travel industry in general, on how to upsell, different partners and wholesalers to work with. But overall, you’re going to leave with more knowledge than you probably came with, and it’s up to you to then use those tools within your business. But it certainly provides the tools necessary to continue to grow.

Have you gotten any feedback from attendees?

Yeah. I’ve heard from a few agents that have said that they heard me speak at one of Tammy’s events or at an event that both Tammy and I spoke at, me being as a partner to that event and her being an education partner, so to speak, as well, or presenter at the event, and everyone’s been fairly positive in terms of the information you receive. Just like with anything, we can provide as much tools and information as necessary, but it’s up to the agents to then go and really implement them into their business. So those that want to be successful and want to take the information and implement it into their business always find positive results.

Tell me about the benefits of having a smaller class size and more intimate setting, and there’s a lot more engagement between attendees.

Yeah. I work for an escorted touring company now that actually focuses specifically on small group tours, so when looking at the group size of what TASAK provides, obviously I think it’s quite beneficial that everything is on smaller scale. When you’re touring on a small group scale or whether you’re learning in a small group environment, you’re going to get much more access to the facilitators, you’re going to be able to get all your questions answered. You’re going to very easily be able to hear the questions that others ask, and the answers then to those as well. And from an information sharing perspective, it’s a much more manageable environment to learn and grow.

Tell me about Tammy.

Tammy is great. She is a one of a kind personality. You won’t meet many people like her. She’s a go getter. She believes in the industry, and I think that’s probably one of her best qualities is that she believes in the travel agent, she believes in working hard, and she wants to see other people succeed. And that’s a great thing to see.


Thank you so very much – always good getting a little push from you. I am happy to report that I am a changed agent since TASK.

  1. CCRA – signed up and now have my TRUE number!
  2. Website – did not go with Julie, but am expecting my “built” website from TRUEsites in a couple of days. I will be using mostly my own photos from my travels, so that should help to make it somewhat different from the rest.
  3. Business Facebook page – I did not have one, and now I do. It is not published yet because I am waiting on the website so as to link them.
  4. Travefy – signed up, still learning, and setting up my upcoming February southeast trip in it to send to the travelers
  5. I also signed up for, and am learning Vacation CRM – as I was not using one.
  6. My Morocco trip in March 2019 is all set up – thanks again – and I am sending it out with a end-year note that will go to my list.
  7. Without giving away the store, I have been bragging to my friend, Sandra Smith, SassC Galleria of Travel, about how much we learned at TASK. I think she had signed up for Jamaica in October but could not make it.
  8. I will be reaching out to Gabi for information on trips to Ireland, safari, and a couple others.

I certainly plan to be watching my intrepid teacher on TV – look forward to it.

Thanks again for all, Tammy – I am really glad I did Jamaica TASK – am setting up systems to do everything more efficiently in 2018 thanks to all I learned from you.

With best regards,

Oonagh Greaves
OONA GLOBAL TRAVEL


Hi Tammy,

It was great to meet you and hear you speak at the Luxury Partnering session of the Travel Industry Exchange.

When you have a moment, please email your TASK code, so I can find out more about your TA Success kit.

Thanks!

Dora
Destination Travel LLC


Hello Tammy,

I had the pleasure of seeing your presentation about strategic partnerships at the Travel Industry Exchange! I stopped by your booth and received a flyer where you requested that we send you an e-mail for a promo code to access the Travel Agent Success Kit.

I cannot thank you enough for your generosity, and I am so excited to learn all that I can from you. And thank you for sharing your inspirational story with us all.

Hope you had safe travels home!

Sincerely,

Tracie Baker


Hi there Tammy,

Thanks so much, not only for your VERY generous offer for your T.A.S.K. program
but for your vision and insight! Just what I was needing to super charge and revision my
agency….I’ve been just riding along on the crest and didn’t realize that the wave had
broken and I was landing on the beach, at least, until recently.

I look forward to the log in information and to JUMPING in with both feet and all
of my energy as soon as I have this data!

Bless you and I am truly grateful for this opportunity from you.

With gratitude,

Lisa
Silvestri Travel LLC


Good morning Tammy !

I took your class yesterday, and you asked for me to email you so I can receive my code.
I congratulate you again on a wonderful class !

I am the travel agent in Miami that also belongs to the Travel Industry Association of Florida as a member of the board of directors.
www.tiaflorida.org

Let us keep in touch, it would be great if we could schedule a Saturday morning half day seminar for our members.

Regards,

Liliana Lahoz
Travel Professional


Hi Tammy:

I attended your seminar today at the Travel Industry Exchange event, and was extremely impressed by all that you had to say! Thank you for sharing your story and your enthusiasm.

I was not following any of the specific certification programs, mostly because there were so many interesting sessions from several different categories. During your session, you stated that if we sent you an email request we could receive a code of TASK. I would really love to get it and look forward to implementing your ideas and suggestions. Thank you so much for presenting at the conference!

Connie Miller


Tammy,

I just wanted to thank you for an amazing few days while attending T.A.S.K LIVE in Jamaica, I thoroughly enjoyed our time together and really embraced a lot of Kick Ass information ~ I am a graduate!

I think everyone was positively affected by the group and their dynamic, it was very enlightening getting to know everyone individually as well.

Travel sales is a business of resources and without having good resources and the partners we need to execute them, we are like everyone else. Thank you for training us to make that distinction and how to excel and break from Mom and Pop agencies to Nationwide and World experts as sellers of travel.

Warmest Regards,

Jody Yetti
Jody’s Travel & Concierge
2015 TASK live


In October 2014 I went out on a limb and made the investment to attend the first ever TASK in Montego, Jamaica. It was the best move I could have made as a travel professional as the material was relevant to my every day job and Tammy pushed me to take chances and build the infrastructure of my company that will serve as the foundation for success in the future. I could not have made a better investment in myself and the future of my travel consultancy. I highly encourage anyone serious about taking their travel business to the next level to trust Tammy Levent and attend TASK!!

Scott Ludlum
Panama Travel Consultants


The first time I heard the name Tammy Levent, was at a sales event in Baltimore, Maryland in September of 2014. She spoke to a large group of Travel Agents and told us we needed to work smarter if we were going to survive in this business. I was immediately drawn to her enthusiasm and passion for the Travel Industry. At that Baltimore Event, I was given a flyer which had information regarding participating in the T.A.S.K. Live Seminar In October of 2014.   Less than 24 hours later, I had enthusiastically signed up for the first T.A.S.K. Live Seminar hosted by Tammy Levent of Elite Travel Management Group at Secrets Wild Orchid in Jamaica. The event was far more than I could have ever hoped for and the partnership that I now have with Tammy has changed my business in more ways than I could have ever imagined. The most important information I walked away from these 3 days was simply this… I learned that the answer to my lack of growth was not money!   That was an eye opener for me, as the words “if only I had enough money” would play over and over in my head at night.

Although I have been in business for over 20 years, I knew that if I was going to survive in this industry that I loved so much, that I was going to need to change the way I did things. I was given a composition book and was told that this would become my “bible”. A notebook that I would use to write down everything that I was to begin to work on. During the 3 days I spend with Tammy, I would keep copious notes in this notebook. I came home with a list that seemed like only superman would be able to keep up with. I began to think to myself, “Can I do this?” I found out very quickly that not only could I do this, but I did! As I look back at this notebook today, less than 6 months later, here is a list of what I have accomplished:

  • Completed a 138 questionnaire in preparation for T.A.S.K. Live
  • Watched hours of video by Tammy Levent in preparation for T.A.S.K. Live
  • Fired my Advertising Agency
  • Created a new web site
  • Created new business cards for myself and my staff exactly like web site (working on building my brand)
  • Had a 8’X8’ banner made to look exactly like my website and business cards…working on my brand (to be used at Bridal and Trade Shows)
  • Purchased a pole for my banner
  • Joined a weekly Networking Group
  • Created a yearly Giveaway for clients
  • Sponsored gift baskets for two local charity events
  • Created Testimonials page for website from clients
  • Had client write a testimonial blog for my social media sites
  • Created a Twitter Account
  • Created a Business Instagram Account
  • Created a Google Plus Account
  • Improved on my Linked-In Account by joining lots of groups and updating my profile
  • Hired a blogger who writes weekly blogs from my list of suggestions
    • Blogs get posted weekly to my Website, Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In and Google Plus
  • Hired a writer
    • Wrote a biography which was then uploaded to Website, FB, Twitter, Linked-In and Google Plus
    •   She also created my banner
  • Formed strategic partnerships with Hair Salons in my area
  • Became drop off location for “itsmybag.cool” Campaign
  • Created a Mailchimp Account
  • Created a TRO Account
  • Verified my business listing with Google
  • Signed up with Ad Words Express through Google to build more business
  • Worked a Bridal show
  • Working with AM Resorts on Bridal Shows for Breast Cancer for Brides in my area
  • Attended NYC Travel Show with Tammy Levent
  • Attended Travvy Awards in NYC with Tammy Levent

Ann M. Johnson
TravelMakersMD
Feel free to contact me at: amjtravel@aol.com


Tammy,This is so long overdue….I want to say “THANK YOU” for creating TASK!

I want to thank you for offering the TASK program to travel agents who needed help running their business. This program was well overdue to the travel agent community and you DID it!
We do not know everything and you took the time out of your schedule to share your company’s insight and knowledge and secrets with complete strangers.Since our training in October 2014 in Jamaica, our agency has grown in operational knowledge and not to mention our business has increase by a 25% growth so far!! Thanks to you and your wonderful team – I am trying to keep up!Thanks for offering to share your company’s strategies, insights and secrets with us, to ensure we are covered 3600 in all aspect of our business operations. Thank you for offering your entire team to assist us with our marketing efforts all round – from your web designer to your graphic designer to your writer. I do not know of any other travel agent who would share this and more with anyone like you did and keep on doing.
Thank you for offering your bridal shows in my area to create more business and generate more leads for our agency.You are confident at what you do and who are and this is what makes you an AMAZING travel agent, entrepreneur and consultant!I love you for all you stand for and ALL that you do!
You are APPRECIATED!
I am happy I took the time at TASK!

Andrea Williams
President
Exquisite Vacations Inc


-Hi Tammy,
“Tammy is one of the best mentors in the industry. Her entrepreneurial spirit shines through in all that she does. Whether you are an experienced travel consultant or a new agent looking to grow your business, Tammy will challenge you to think outside the box and push the envelope a little further than you ever thought imaginable. She is strong-willed; she is driven; she is creative; she is intense; and she is successful.

The T.A.S.K – Travel Agent Success Kit that Tammy created is a perfect program for those who are looking for a few more ideas to drive their business a little further in 2015. I joined T.A.S.K. over a year ago, and while I already had a thriving agency in West Texas, I implemented some of the strategies on which Tammy focuses. From 2013 to 2014, my business experienced 192% growth. Can I guarantee that kind of growth if you sign up for T.A.S.K.? The answer is no, and I am not sure Tammy will make those claims either. What I can tell you is the obvious. An open-mind, hard work, and dedication will get you where you want to be, and having a mentor and friend in Tammy Levent has made the ride that much more enjoyable!

Travel on, friends!

Best Regards,
Lindsay Foerster
President/CEO
Foerster Travel, Inc.

I have worked with most industries, however travel was not one of them. So, I went in search of a forward thinker in this industry and found you! So thank you!!


After reading your 6 tips on open jaw this morning, I just wanted to thank you for your timely advice. In April of 2012, I underwent shoulder surgery, nine days later, my 21 year old daughter passed suddenly.
The past three years have been a struggle, there are days that I do not want to get out of bed, but I do. I know that my Baby is with me, pushing all the time.
In 2013, when some of the fog had lifted, I was no longer able to perform my job and was faced with the reality that I would have to create a new life.
I thought to myself, what have you always wanted to do, the answer has always been, be a travel agent.
I bought a package to be an Expedia Cruise Specialist. The reality of low commission, led me to pursue my other dream of being an event coordinator, to subsidize my income. The fog has invaded many times over the past 34 months, making it difficult to focus on my training.
A series of small steps have led me back to my dream. I started immersing myself in my training a few weeks ago and am very pleased to say that I am ready for this exciting challenge.
Yesterday, I did my first booking. Okay, it was for my sister and myself, but now I know I can do it.
Sorry this was meant to be a short thank you, on a morning that I woke up feeling motivated.
So thank you.
Christine


I had the pleasure of only recently getting to know Tammy and attend a TASK seminar which she had presented in Jamaica. I believe Tammy’s professionalism, depth of knowledge and insight in the travel industry has made her an invaluable asset and resource to my business. Tammy’s interpersonal and teaching/coaching competencies are helping my business get to “the next level” and beyond. Tammy is an excellent model of how an individual can be successful despite the hardships and challenges that business and life present to us. I highly recommend TASK and the opportunity to work with Ms. Levent

-AnnaMarie Perrotti, Sand Dollar Travel LLC, New York


Your course is fantastic. You have put it together beautifully. Yes, you gave me what I needed quickly, which was the leveraging part of the travel business.

-Karissa Lewis, The Business Transformation Queen, Australia


I am choosing to spend my day working on the amazing videos that are part of the TASK Force Travel Agent Success Kit from Tammy Levent, one of the biggest names in the Travel Industry. Whether you are starting out as a Travel Agent, or a seasoned veteran, Tammy can show you how to take your business to the next level. She’s an amazing resource that I am happy to call a key strategic partner with my business, and I look forward to see what kind of role she will play in taking Your Travel and Cruise Concierge to the next level in 2014! Thank you Tammy for coming into my life – you are a blessing.

– Susan Jacobs Leonidas, Your Travel and Cruise Concierge, Tampa, Florida


As a travel professional since 1985, I read your story thoroughly. You are a wonderful example of a travel agent who sticks with the client until they are safely back at home. Under these circumstances of the complimentary trip, you were between too many obstacles to do anything other than their insurance. I pray he makes a full and speedy recovery and AZAMARA pays for their transportation back home.

-Mannette Raines, Travel With Mannette as part of Travel Alliance Network


The Travel Industry has always been an industry built on relationships. All of our successes are built around it. Whether it’s the relationship a travel agent has with their preferred wholesaler, their client, or the myriad of other relationships you build everyday, it’s important we all build them and respect them. At GoGo, our longstanding relationship with Travel Agents have helped us mutually prosper. We respect that relationship and are continuously looking for new creative ways to grow them. The biggest tool to have in business are your ears. While it sounds simple, the act of listening and understanding will lead to some of the most profitable partnerships you could have.

-Jim, GoGo Worldwide Vacations


If you are a travel agent or a person that is just considering becoming a travel agent, you simply MUST get Tammy Levent Travel Agent Success Kit course. It is AMAZING!!!! Seriously! I’m not even a travel agent and even I’m learning things that will help me in my business. It’s just on awesome course! Get it today!!!

-Famous Ashley Grant


Tammy –

This is Norm, Marie and I spoke with you last week, Thank You Thank You for the opportunity to work with you, so I’m going to take you up on it, I need your help.

Okay, several of your videos focused on writing for a magazine/paper. Well I took that suggestion and damn, it worked like a charm.

Well it worked tooooooo well, since we are new to travel industry and I’m a computer geek, not a writer, what do I do NOW?? LOL

Sorry for being clueless…I personally didn’t think it would move this quickly.

-Norm

Tammy I would like to Thank you for being here for us travel agents.  I must say that I admire you so very much and you have been so helpful to me from the second I started talking to you.  You are a rome model and I’m so eager and can’t wait for TASK!!!  I’m so ready to hit the gas peddle and take my business to the next level.  TASK here I come!

Kenza Dunn
Weatherly Travel

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