Hire a Trip Expert
Your ideas, researched and crafted into a personalised itinerary, delivered and collaborated together online.
Trip Experts are also Travel Agents, after delivery, either book & pay for some or all of your trip items or go direct with suppliers yourself.
Specialist Knowledge
Global geography, tools, experience, skills and prices
Simple Communication
Itinerary, info & comm’s in purpose built App. No messy email, phone calls etc.
Time & Money Saving
Save hours/days of research and get access to special deals.
Trust
Trip Experts are acredited Travel agents. Also publicly rated and reviewed.Who Are Trip Experts
On the Lyfshort Marketplace you will find Trip Experts from all around the world with a great diversity of experience, skills, interests and travel destination specialisations. Before being listed on the marketplace each Trip Expert is verified as representing or working for an approved Partner Travel Business.
Travel Businesses can apply for Partnership and the opportunity to offer their Travel services here. Approval will only be granted following a financial and operational due dilligence process, ensuring high quality services are maintained for Marketplace customers.
Partner Travel Business details can be viewed at the bottom of each Trip Experts Sales page or in the Partners section.
Process
Pricing
TRIP EXPERT SERVICE
Trip Expert’s charge at least USD$10 to research, create, deliver and message around a personalised Trip Plan, however, since this is a marketplace, there are many different experts with various skills, capabilities and experience to choose from. Each customer also has unique trip planning needs to cater for (Destination, number of people, research requirements, travel logistics, budget levels, duration, support etc.).
For these reasons the first step is for customers to select an Expert with a profile and skills matching the type of trip they are planning (location, specialisations, interest etc.) then submit an online enquiry which also includes basic background on the type of trip they want planned.
Following the initial enquiry the Trip Expert will then provide a return quote for the Personalised Trip Planning service. Clarification questions may be asked using marketplace messaging prior to finalising a price.
This includes supplier research, trip design and delivery within an Interactive Itinerary format (Lyfshort Organiser App) followed by online collaboration and fine tuning together using messaging to get it finalised.
Trip Experts are also accredited Travel Agents, so at any time customers want to book suggested itinerary items they can (but don’t have to). This can be done by simply continuing to communicate through messaging within the Lyfshort Organiser App (similar to traditional Travel Agent email threads, phone calls or F2F meeting conversations, but all in 1 place online within the interactive itinerary for context instead).
Trip Expert service charges are allocated 70% - 90% to the Trip Expert, minus a small Travel Agency lead fee, with the remaining % contributing to marketplace operation, <a>more details here</a>.
OPTIONAL TRAVEL AGENT SERVICE
Following delivery of a SaaP and a good interaction, the Customer and Trip Expert can agree (or disagree) to extend their relationship to also include Travel Agent booking and support services for some or all of the Items within the Trips Itinerary (Flights, accommodation, activities etc.).
This provides simplicity for the customer, leveraging the existing Interactive Itinerary and direct messaging for communication and secure payment within the Organiser App (no need for phone calls, SMS's, email threads and attachments etc.) and continuity of the relationship that has been established with the Trip Expert extending to bookings and ongoing support as a Travel Agent.
On the flip side, for the Trip Expert, this provides the opportunity of a new customer and booking revenue as a Travel Agent.
All Travel Agent transactions, bookings and payments are negotiated and contracted directly between the Customer and the Travel Agent. Lyfshort is in no way involved in these direct Travel Agent transactions outside of providing a secure and efficient communication medium and the initial introductions created when the SaaP is purchased.
NOTE : Lyfshort take no responsibility, warrant, support or acknowledge any liability for Travel Agent offers, bookings, transactions or services that may occur while using it’s Organiser App or the Trip Expert Marketplace. It is the Customer's sole responsibility to work out whether the pricing, terms and conditions Partner Travel Businesses and associated Trip Experts may offer directly are right for you.
Benefits for Trip Experts and
Partner Travel Businesses
Do you work as a Travel Agent and love helping customers from all around the world create amazing Trips? Would you like to :
Get Paid for Creating Itineraries- Receive qualified Travel Agent leads
- Set your own service pricing
- Setup a profile quickly
- Focus on specialised areas you love
- Reach New International markets
- Use your existing IT Systems
- Use purpose built Travel App to communicate
- No up front costs
- Full travel booking commissions retained
- Small Fee on qualified leads
