📱 Best Platforms
Upwork (travel planning VA and executive assistant job listings), LinkedIn (search for small business owners and consultants who travel frequently and pitch travel management), Fiverr (travel research and itinerary planning gigs).
📖 The Hustle
Consultants, speakers, and founders who travel 2-4 times per month waste hours booking flights, hotels, and rental cars. You research the best options within their budget, book through their accounts, build a daily itinerary with addresses and confirmation numbers, and reconcile expense receipts afterward. Charge $20-30/hour or $300-600/month for ongoing travel management.
🚀 First Step
Research a hypothetical 3-day business trip to Chicago — find the best flight-hotel combo under a set budget, build an itinerary, and use it as your sample.
🔑 Keys to Success
- Learn Google Flights price tracking and set alerts for clients' frequent routes — saving them $200 on a flight pays for your entire monthly fee.
- Create a standard travel preferences form (window/aisle, hotel chain, dietary restrictions, TSA PreCheck number) to onboard clients systematically.
- Use TripIt (free) to auto-build itineraries from confirmation emails — it saves you data entry time and gives clients a polished trip view.
🛠 Tools & Resources: Google Flights, TripIt, Expensify, Google Sheets, Kayak