What Are Travel Affiliate Programs?

There is no doubt that you have already heard about how it is to earn money being a travel affiliate. A lot of people possess the knowledge on how affiliate programs should be, but not all of them are earning big money as travel affiliates. It does not mean that these people are doing the wrong thing. Maybe these people lack a few things that will help boost their earnings as travel affiliates. Minor changes can turn one’s earnings into huge ones.

@indigomoth - The problem with that is that people tend to write out spammy internet content, or false reviews, hoping to get people to click on the link and buy something. You see it all over the internet and it gets irritating.

If a person says upfront that they are including a link to a web affiliate program and don't try to be biased about the product, I don't mind it so much. But when people try to hide it, or post it in forums or whatever, it's really annoying.

Google also doesn't like it when people do that kind of thing, so often those sorts of sites don't get much traffic. If you are going to do this, my suggestion is to be upfront and honest about it, and provide me with something worth reading, that's going to give me value, or I won't bother clicking on your link, let alone buying something from the site it leads to.

@umbra21 - I think the most common way for people to make money from internet travel affiliate programs is to put links inside their blogs.

Often, all it takes is someone to click on the link and buy something for you to make a small amount of money.

So, instead of trying to be their "travel agent" you can provide useful reviews or interesting facts about a destination that they are planning to go and see anyway, and then let them do the rest of the work.

You probably won't get rich off this unless you have a huge audience though, and even then I think most people just make a living, rather than a comfortable living. But, on the plus side, once you have written the original article, generally you don't need to do much else except sit back and wait for people to click.

Affiliate links are a really good way to make a few extra dollars, or if you are very dedicated and link up with the right programs you can make quite a bit.

Travel agent affiliate programs should be approached with caution, however. They often seem like a wonderful opportunity (and, of course, they can be!) but don't give up your day job. There are just so many people who would love to make it as a travel agent that you are competing in a very tight marketplace.

Made all the tighter because it's all to easy to book your own tickets online these days. In fact, I personally hardly ever even bother using an agent, because it's easier to just look for myself.

So, if you want to get people to use your affiliate program, you will have to give them some incentive.