| If you want to create financial freedom in your life and | | | | experiences chronicled for your review. Consumers |
| at the same time create generational wealth, you will | | | | are now spending billions with online travel purchases. In |
| want to choose an industry that is in huge demand | | | | fact, a majority of leisure travel is now booked online. |
| now and for decades to come. One industry that | | | | Trend Two: Baby boomers. The baby-boomer |
| meets these criteria is the travel industry. In the U.S. | | | | generation has been a driving force ever since they |
| alone, $1.3 million are spent on travel each year. That's | | | | came onto the scene in the 1950s. They have shaped |
| about $2.5 million each minute. Nearly $7 million in travel | | | | the car industry, the home industry, and now the travel |
| is bought worldwide, much of that online. And that | | | | industry. There are over 79 million baby boomers in the |
| amount is going up. In the next few years, it will double | | | | U.S. alone and nearly 1 billion worldwide. They are now |
| because of the baby boomer generation now getting | | | | just starting to retire at the rate of one every eight |
| ready to retire. What do they want to do more of | | | | seconds for the next 20 years. |
| now that they have worked, retired, saved, and raised | | | | Trend Three: Home-based businesses. Millions of |
| their families? You guessed it, Travel! | | | | Americans now have a home-based business to |
| When you look at the travel industry now, you see | | | | either supplement their primary job, or eventually |
| many multi-billion dollar companies (mostly online | | | | replace it. With the large and mid-sized companies |
| companies) that did not even exist 10 years ago. | | | | downsizing and outsourcing abroad, corporate |
| Everyday, more and more companies try to edge in to | | | | America may not be your best path toward financial |
| get a slice of that large and profitable pie. Here are the | | | | security let alone financial freedom. Home-based |
| three trends that make travel one of the best choices | | | | business opportunities offer entrepreneurs a Plan B for |
| for the average person to get into the game of turning | | | | their financial future. In the travel industry, there is a |
| fun into fortune. | | | | remarkable potential to operate a full-blown online |
| Trend One: E-commerce on the Internet. In the past | | | | travel agency from the comfort of your home office. |
| decade, consumers have become very comfortable | | | | The tax advantages alone are a great benefit toward |
| and savvy with purchasing many of their needs on the | | | | building your net worth. |
| Internet. The Internet is also a wonderful place to | | | | Economists and entrepreneurs alike would agree that |
| research what you want to purchase even if you buy | | | | you want to be on the front end of long-term trends, |
| offline. The same capabilities of research are also | | | | not fads. Travel on the Internet driven by technology |
| becoming a favorite pastime for travelers. In the old | | | | available to the small business owner looks a lot like a |
| days, you might have depended on the travel agent's | | | | great opportunity. Do your research to find a reputable |
| personal experience for recommendations on where | | | | company that is capitalizing on this market shift. Then |
| to stay or where to recreate. Now, there are dozens | | | | join the savvy business owners who are traveling, |
| of websites where you can find other travelers' | | | | having fun and making money at the same time. |