
Payments? Outreach? Using DMCs?
From Travel Agent Chatter | Friday 15 by Host Agency Reviews
May 15, 2026 · 22 min · Season 2 · Episode 255
About this episode
This episode features Samantha from Jus Adventures discussing group travel planning and payment processing for new agents.
This week’s Friday 15, we're welcoming Samantha from Jus Adventures! Let’s have some fun, plus some questions to discuss this Friday at 12 pm CST. Join us! Hi!! I am a new agent (8 months) working on planning my first group trip and I want to build a girls trip to New Orleans and offer a package price and then clients can sign up to go. I have checked with Traveljoy and it appears that I am able to take payment through Traveljoy, for them to hold and then I can pay each supplier with a virtual card instead of charging the client 10 different transactions. Traveljoy would then the merchant of record and I feel this is safe. I tried getting a quote from a DMC and it's just not working out how I want and I feel like I don't have much control, so I really would rather piece it together myself since it's domestic anyway. I just feel like this would be so much more seamless for the client. Is this okay to do? Any tips or advice would be very much appreciated. (Feel free to cut/paraphrase if you decide to air this!) Thanks so much! -Tiffany I feel like I always have a question for you but you are the best at answering them. Here is my latest question. I have a new client that is a…
People in this episode
Host: Host Agency Reviews
Guest: Samantha
Topics covered
- group travel
- payment processing
- DMCs
- client management
- travel planning
Keywords
- group trip
- New Orleans
- Traveljoy
- DMC
- client communication
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Traveljoy
Places: New Orleans
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