A growing number of professionals have left jobs in finance, law and other white-collar industries to join the rapidly swelling ranks of travel agents.
Over the past three years, the number of people describing themselves as travel agents or advisers on LinkedIn increased by more than 50 per cent
Lisa Reich studied hard to become a forensic accountant. She worked in the field for eight years, and enjoyed interacting with her clients. But the divorce cases she often dealt with were becoming depressing.
One day, she wandered into a local travel agency looking to book a trip and got chatting – they offered her a role as an independent contractor that day.
Bloomberg
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