Travel Agent Specialist with Professional Bookkeeping

Category: 
Hospitality & Travel
Combined Hours: 
630
Course Type: 
Mentor Supported
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Turn your love of travel into a career with our Travel Agent Specialist with Bookkeeping Training. 

Travel Agent and Tourism

Are you interested in learning more about a travel agent career? Would you like to better understand travel and tourism jobs? Our Travel Agent and Tourism course can help you learn more about the daily life of a travel agent and take the first step in getting quality training.
Travel agent career professionals consistently help people plan family vacations, corporate trips, cruises, international travel, and specialty tours such as adventure vacations. Travel agents generally have access to important information regarding fares and discounts, and are knowledgeable about particular geographic locations. Overall, a travel agent career professional can help consumers plan the most appropriate travel arrangements for their needs.

Our travel agent course provides training on the essentials of travel and tourism, from air transportation to the cruise industry and more. Let our course be your first step in getting one of many interesting travel and tourism jobs such as working for a corporation, online travel agency, or even working from home!

Prerequisite(s): None

Travel Agent Geography

A professional travel agent must match the traveler with the right destination and service. Our Travel Agent Geography course helps you learn how to do that exact thing. Travel Agent Geography approaches geography from the travel industry perspective and is designed not just for travel agents but for all travel professionals. Among the highlights are detailed information on attractions, climate, lodging, and cultural patterns.

Prerequisite(s): None

Professional Bookkeeping

Are you well organized? Do you like working with official papers and enjoy seeing a set of figures add up properly? If so, Professional Bookkeeping could be the career for you! Every business, no matter how large or small, must “keep books” and as organizations increase and financial regulations become stricter, there is a greater demand for Professional Bookkeepers. Our Professional Bookkeeping course will cover the multitude of areas that a bookkeeper may address during the work day - how to handle payroll, purchases, billings, cash, fixed assets, inventory, and create financial statements.

Prerequisite: None

 

** Course Subject to Change.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Type quickly and correctly
  • Identify the transcription format for civil litigation
  • Identify the transcription format for probates
  • Identify the transcription format for family law
  • Identify the transcription format for legal instruments

Travel Agent and Tourism

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Identify basics of the travel industry and how to deliver quality tourism services
  • Recall strategies for coordinating transportation
  • Recognize steps for coordinating and booking accommodations, attractions, and destinations
  • Define the elements of potential economic, political, environmental, and social impacts
  • Recall methods for communicating with clients and marketing and selling to the public

Travel Agent Geography

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Understand the basics of tourism and travel
  • Recognize features of Europe including Britian, Ireland, and Scandinavia
  • Recall features of Africa and the Middle East
  • Name features of Asia and the Pacific including South Asia, East Asia, and Australasia
  • List features of the Americas including North, South, and Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and Antarctica

 

Professional Bookkeeping

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Identify the daily tasks and procedures involved with bookkeeping
  • Define inventory systems and the steps needed to issue financial statements
  • Recall the methods for managing credits and collections
  • List the steps involved in accounts payable and recordkeeping
  • Describe the fundamentals of mastering internal controls and fraud prevention

Travel Agent and Tourism

Travel Agent and Tourism Module 1
The Travel Industry and Marketing

  • Services and Tourism
  • What is Tourism?
  • History of Travel and Tourism
  • Maps
  • Tourism’s Challenges and Opportunities
  • Foundations for Understanding Tourist Motivations
  • Specialized Tourist Segments
  • Delivering High Quality Service

Travel Agent and Tourism Module 2
Delivering Quality Tourism Services

  • Quality
  • Service Encounters
  • Quality and Customer Satisfaction
  • Anticipating and Meeting Guest Needs
  • Serving Traveler Needs
  • Why Use Intermediaries?
  • One-Level Distribution Channels
  • Two and Three Level Distribution Channels
  • Selling

Travel Agent and Tourism Module 3
Technology and Transportation

  • Improving Operating Efficiency and Effectiveness
  • Changing Communication and Distribution Channels
  • Improving Profitability
  • Point-of-Sale Systems
  • Management Information Systems
  • Surface Transportation
  • Scenic Railroads
  • Highways and Byways
  • Airlines

Travel Agent and Tourism Module 4
Accommodations and Food/Beverage

  • Lodging
  • Classifications and Rating Systems
  • Franchising
  • Management Contracts
  • Major Influences on the Development of Food and Beverage
  • Building a Culinary Heritage
  • Building Profitable Operations
  • Beverage Operations

Travel Agent and Tourism Module 5
Attractions and Destinations

  • Heritage Attractions
  • Commercial Attractions
  • Gaming
  • Shopping
  • Live Entertainment
  • Classifying Destinations
  • Sporting Activities
  • Year-Round Playgrounds

Travel Agent and Tourism Module 6
Economic, Political, Environmental, and Social Impacts

  • Economic Growth and Vitality
  • Multiplier Concept
  • Tourism and Politics
  • Public/Private Organizations
  • Tourism Planning
  • Social and Cultural Benefits of Tourism
  • Using Culture to Attract Tourisms
  • Unintended Consequences of Tourism

Travel Agent and Tourism Module 7
Sustaining Tourism’s Benefits

  • When is Tourism Too Much of a Good Thing?
  • What’s in a Name?
  • Establishing Standards
  • Going Green
  • Future of Sustainability
  • The Shape of Tourism Markets
  • Emerging Tourism Markets
  • Transportation Transformations
  • Service Enhancements
  • Tourism Research
    **Outlines are subject to change, as courses and materials are updated.**

Travel Agent Geography

Travel Agent Geography Module 1
Introduction

  • Leisure, Recreation, and Tourism
  • Geography and Tourism
  • Explaining and Measuring Tourist Flows
  • The Demand for Tourism: Concepts and Definitions
  • Economic and Population Factors

Travel Agent Geography Module 2
Resources, Climate, and Transport

  • The Characteristics and Management of Tourism Resources
  • Tourism Resources at the Global, National, and Local Scale
  • The World Climate Scene
  • Climate Elements and Tourism
  • Principles of Interaction

Travel Agent Geography Module 3
Europe

  • An Introduction to the Tourism Geography of Europe
  • An Introduction to the Tourism Geography of Britain
  • The Regional Geography of Tourism in Britain
  • The Tourism Geography of Ireland
  • The Tourism Geography of Scandinavia

Travel Agent Geography Module 4
Africa and the Middle East

  • The Tourism Geography of the Middle East
  • Cultural Features of the Middle East
  • Physical Features of the Middle East
  • The Tourism Geography of Africa
  • North Africa

Travel Agent Geography Module 5
Asia and the Pacific

  • The Tourism Geography of South Asia
  • Physical Features of South Asia
  • The Tourism Geography of East Asia
  • South-East Asia
  • The Tourism Geography of Australasia

Travel Agent Geography Module 6
The Americas

  • The Tourism Geography of North America
  • The Tourism Geography of the Caribbean Islands
  • The Tourism Geography of Central and South America
  • The Tourism Geography of Antarctica
  • Tourism Futures

**Outlines are subject to change, as courses and materials are updated.**

Professional Bookkeeping

Professional Bookkeeping Module 1
Setting Up Your Accounting System

  • Bookkeeping and Accounting Basics
  • Chart of Accounts
  • Debits vs. Credits
  • Double-Entry Accounting
  • Using Journal Entries and Ledgers
  • Choosing an Accounting Method
  • Cash and Accrual Basis

Professional Bookkeeping Module 2
Recording Accounting Transactions

  • Business Transactions
  • Managing Bookkeeping and Accounting System
  • End-of-Period Procedures
  • Tracking Purchases
  • Tracking Inventory
  • Collecting on Cash Sales
  • Processing Employee Payroll and Benefits
  • Taxing Payrolls

Professional Bookkeeping Module 3
Adjusting and Closing Entries

  • Depreciating Your Assets
  • Paying and Collecting Interest
  • Proving Out the Cash
  • Closing Cash Journals
  • Reconciling Accounts and Closing Journal Entries
  • Checking Your Accuracy
  • Working with Trial Balance
  • Developing a Financial Statement Worksheet
  • Adjusting the Books

Professional Bookkeeping Module 4
Preparing Income Statements and Balance Sheets

  • Origins of Accounting Standards
  • Understanding the Nature of Profit
  • Preparing Income Statements Related to Profit
  • Assessing the Balance Sheet’s Asset Section
  • Accounting for Liabilities
  • Keeping Current Liabilities Under Control
  • Capital Stock
  • Coupling the Income Statement and Balance Sheet

Professional Bookkeeping Module 5
Reporting on Financial Statements

  • Clarifying the Values of Assets in Balance Sheets
  • Introducing Business Valuation
  • Cash Flows and Changes in Equity
  • Difference Between Cash and Profit
  • Analyzing Financial Statements
  • Explanatory Notes and Disclosures
  • Reports to Shareholders

Professional Bookkeeping Module 6
Planning and Budgeting for Business

  • Incorporating Your Business
  • Choosing a Legal Structure for a Business
  • Outlining a Basic Business Plan
  • Budgeting Basics
  • Budgeting with Cash or Accrual Accounting
  • Long-Term Obligations

Professional Bookkeeping Module 7
Business Decisions

  • Estimating Costs with Job Costing
  • Performing Activity-Based Costing
  • Examining Contribution Margins
  • Accounting for Change with Variance Analysis
  • Smart Pricing Decisions
  • Financial Formulas

Professional Bookkeeping Module 8
Cash and Purchasing

  • Identifying Costs and Matching Costs with Revenue
  • Satisfying the Matching Principle
  • Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions
  • Inventory Types
  • Incremental and Opportunity Costs
  • Interpreting Financial Results
  • Reviewing Profit and Earnings
  • Maximizing Business Value

Professional Bookkeeping Module 9
Auditing and Detecting Financial Fraud

  • Sarbanes-Oxley Regulation
  • Preventing Cash Losses from Embezzlement and Fraud
  • Assessing Audit Risk
  • Collecting and Documenting Audit Evidence
  • Auditing a Client’s Internal Controls
  • Five Components of Internal Controls
  • Common Fraud Schemes
  • Financial Statement Fraud

**Outlines are subject to change, as courses and materials are updated.**

Ed4Online is committed to being both environmentally conscious and making it easier for you to study! We’re making your education mobile! All of our textbooks are now provided as eTextbooks*. You can access them on your laptop, tablet, or mobile device and can study anytime, anywhere.

The move away from physical books to eTextbooks means you get the latest, most up-to-date version available. This also makes your training more accessible, so you can study anywhere you have your phone or tablet. The best part is that all materials are included in your training cost so there are NO extra fees for books!**

*A few courses still have physical materials.
 

Travel Agent and Tourism

Upon successful completion of our Travel and Tourism course, students will be prepared for an entry-level position as a travel agent in a travel agency and will be prepared to take the National Travel Agent Proficiency (TAP) Test. The TAP Test is a basic competency test that measures the entry-level knowledge of travel professionals within all aspects of the travel industry. The test was developed by The Travel Institute and the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) to provide a national standard of entry-level proficiency for the travel industry.

Professional Bookkeeping

Upon successful completion of our Professional Bookkeeping course, students will be prepared, in part, to sit for the AIPB Certified Bookkeeper exam. Candidates must also submit proof of at least two years of full time or 3,000 hours of part-time work experience before or after taking the exam. Candidates have 3 years from the exam date to fulfill this requirement.

** Certification exams are not included in the cost of the course.**

Internet Connection

  • Broadband or High-Speed - DSL, Cable, and Wireless Connections

*Dial-Up internet connections will result in a diminished online experience. Classroom pages may load slowly and viewing large audio and video files may not be possible.

Hardware Requirements

  • Processor - 2GHz Processor or Higher
  • Memory - 1 GB RAM Minimum Recommended

 

PC Software Requirements

  • Operating Systems - Windows 7 or higher
  • Microsoft Office 2013 or higher. Also, you could use a general Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)
  • Internet Browsers - Google Chrome is highly recommended
    • Cookies MUST be enabled
    • Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
  • The Kindle Reader App or VitalSource Bookshelf App are needed for many of our courses (No special equipment needed. This can be downloaded for FREE onto your computer.)
  • PowerPoint Viewer (if you do not have PowerPoint)
  • Adobe PDF Reader
  • QuickTime, Windows Media Player &/or Real Player

 

MAC Software Requirements

  • Operating Systems - Mac OS x 10 or higher with Windows
  • Mac office programs or a Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)
  • Internet Browsers- Google Chrome is highly recommended
    • Cookies MUST be enabled
    • Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
  • The Kindle Reader App or VitalSource Bookshelf App are needed for many of our courses (No special equipment needed. This can be downloaded for FREE onto your computer.)
  • PowerPoint Viewer (if you do not have PowerPoint)
  • Adobe PDF Reader
  • Apple QuickTime Media Player

 


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14616 S. Shields Street
Fort Collins, CO 80526
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