Reflections on My First Year as a Travel Agent
Written by: Allison Ali, KHM Travel Group Travel Agent Once an agent reaches the one year mark with with KHM Travel Group, we send them a congratulatory email and a survey to share their feedback with us. It also gives them the chance to tell us about their struggles, and their successes. One agent, Allison […]
KHM Travel Agent Spotlight: Debra Cooper
Sometimes it’s the simple things that stick with us. In 8th grade, Debra Cooper was assigned a travel-related project for school, and from that moment, she was hooked. In 1989, she attended travel school and then worked for an airline for a few years. She first became a travel agent in 1992, when travel […]
KHM Travel Agent Spotlight: Marcus Williams
Sometimes travel to new places leads to great transformation. For Marcus Williams, his destination wedding in Jamaica was a celebration of his marriage, and it was also the beginning of his journey as a travel agent. Marcus is based in Texas, and many of his friends and family that attended his destination wedding had […]
Announcing our 2017 Compass Photo Contest Winner: Callie Ritsema
Over the past two years, KHM Travel Group’s Show Us Your Compass Photo Contest has literally taken us across the globe. From snapshots in exotic destinations around the world to photos in our travel agents’ backyards, we’ve seen a variety of creative takes on how agents read The Compass Magazine. Last year’s winner featured […]
KHM Travel Agent Spotlight: Kristen DeAngelo
KHM Travel Agent Kristen DeAngelo loves checking destinations off her bucket list almost as much as she loves helping others do the same. She was drawn into the world of travel after a college professor handed out flyers for a two-week study abroad program in South Africa. Something clicked, and she knew she had […]
KHM Travel Agent and Delta Coordinate the Adventure of a Lifetime
When Jeannette Wood reached out to her friend Cheryl Ogle of Hey Wanna Go to plan a “Picnic in Paris” for her family, she never imagined the adventure that would soon follow. The Wood family is one of Cheryl’s most special clients, with a unique story of love and generosity. Jeanette Wood and her husband, […]
KHM Travel Agent Spotlight: Jean Borne
While being an independent travel agent certainly has its perks, the perks alone aren’t what make an agent successful. It takes a desire to learn, and a desire to teach others about the possibilities travel offers! Our Pinnacle Agent of the Month, Jean Borne, says she is often asked about the perks she gets […]
KHM Travel Agent Spotlight: Linda Anderson
KHM Travel Agent Linda Anderson started her travel business in 2013 because she wanted to be a positive part of others’ lives by helping them create happy memories. Appropriately, she decided to name her Michigan-based agency All Smiles Travel. Of course, the road to building a business is not exactly all smiles. In her […]
KHM Travel Agent Spotlight: Tasha Lynn Stahl
Our Pinnacle Agent of the Month, Tasha Lynn Stahl, is no stranger to obstacles. However, in her time as a travel agent, she’s become an expert at finding ways to overcome them. She actually hadn’t traveled on an airplane until she visited New York City in 2003, but she loved travel. Her travel addiction […]
KHM Travel Agent Spotlight: Tomaka Bennon
With a Bachelors and Masters degree in accounting, Tomaka Bennon knew she had a solid foundation in terms of the financial side of starting a business. And she absolutely loved travel! Tomaka traveled frequently before becoming an agent, and always helped her friends and family plan their vacations too. However, when she started her […]