How to Start Your Own Travel Agency

Dreaming of running your own travel agency? It is more achievable than most people think — you do not need an IATA licence or your own airline deals to begin. This step-by-step guide shows how, and how Offline Booking gives you instant access to flights, hotels and holidays to sell.

Steps to start your own travel agency

1. Decide your niche and business model — leisure, corporate, group tours or a home-based agency.
2. Register your business and open a current account (sole proprietor, LLP or company).
3. Get the basics — GST registration, a brand name, logo and a simple website.
4. Choose a booking platform or partner instead of costly airline/GDS contracts.
5. Set your markups and payment methods, then start selling and marketing.

Making it your own

• Choose a brand name and niche you enjoy — holidays, honeymoons, Hajj/Umrah, corporate or group tours.
• Register the business and set up payments (UPI/cards/wallet).
• Plug into Offline Booking for wholesale fares and start selling the same day.
• Grow with reviews, referrals and social media.

Typical start-up costs

• Business registration & GST — low, often under ₹15,000
• Website/branding — optional to start; a partner portal can replace it
• Working capital — a wallet top-up to issue tickets
• No need for your own airline contracts, IATA licence or office when you start on a partner platform

How Offline Booking helps you start

Start with Offline Booking: join our B2B travel agent programme to get wholesale flight, hotel and holiday fares, a real-time wallet, instant ticketing and even your own white-label booking site — no inventory or airline contracts needed. Registration is free.