{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F814b168d-db8b-4951-908c-1bb5e5bdeed7","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"$0 to 2.2M in 4 (pandemic) years. Surprise travel box w/goodies for clients. Meet Erica!","description":"A self-proclaimed perfectionist, Erica Carr stumbled into travel in 2019, booking a jaw-dropping 100 trips her first year \u2026 just in time for the worldwide pandemic. But ain\u2019t no pandemic stopping this lady. Nope, Erica and her team of three employees are on track to bring in $2.2M in sales for 2022!\n\nBookitbox TRAVEL is a luxury travel agency with a spin. Every client gets a box pre-departure with travel info and gifts personalized to their unique itinerary. As they say at Bookitbox, \u201cAll boxed up and TSA approved.\u201d Join us as we take a peek inside her boxes and Erica shares why she thinks the boxes have been so instrumental in helping her agency grow. \n\nOh, and copy cats. Most of us face them at one time or another. As you\u2019ll find out, Erica is entirely transparent in what she does with the boxes and how it\u2019s helped. So how does she deal with other businesses taking pages from her playbook? It might surprise you! \ud83d\ude0a \n\nWe\u2019ll chat with Erica on how she made the transition from never having really traveled in the high-end luxury space ended up opening a successful agency that has a $10k minimum spend for clients. She\u2019ll share with us her approach of \u2018loving on her clients\u2019 and how she surprises clients throughout their journey with small gifts and unexpected touchpoints. \n\nWe\u2019ll also touch on how she used the pandemic to systematize her agency so that coming out of the pandemic, she saw hockey stick growth in her sales. Through all this, she grew her team of employees throughout the US. If you\u2019re wondering how to manage a remote team and hire the right people for your agency without being able to be in the same office, Erica has some tips for you on that too. \n\nSettle in and get ready as we take a deep dive into yet another success agency owner\u2019s story!\n\n****** Special thanks to our sponsor, Levarte Travel: https://hostagencyreviews.com/hosts/levarte-travel ******\n\n ****** Transcript + Show Notes: https://har.news/vol24","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/febf4d7a-d25e-4c83-8a2b-f5f1a2c93562/artworks-twl1zfreshyds5z4-eu3i5q-t3000x3000.jpg"}