Traveler standing before a palace, the kind of trips Ember Travel Co. books

Deliveringbookingsfor travelagents

We help travel agents grow and scale with data-backed performance marketing, sales coaching and high-converting funnels.

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We train you to run your travel agency like a business.

Referrals and word-of-mouth are unpredictable. One month you’re slammed, the next you’re refreshing your inbox.

A real business needs a repeatable way to create demand on command.

Our mission

We teach travel advisors to run a business, one that creates its own demand and books strangers as well as friends and family.

Done-with-you
We build your system alongside you. You won't get a login and a stack of videos to figure out alone.
Field-tested systems
Systems and tactics we've tested and refined over time, built by agents for agents.
Proof before promises
We ran every method live on a real agency before we taught it.
Radical honesty
We tell you to cut our numbers in half before you project your own.

Proven growth systems for filling your calendar

Five pillars that run as one engine. We build, review, and launch every piece with you, so the machine is yours and you know how to drive it.

Paid Traffic Engine

Profitable Google and Facebook ad campaigns built for travel offers, so you attract your ideal travelers from well beyond your friends and family.

Conversion Funnels

High-converting landing pages and email sequences that turn clicks into consultations. We build and launch this lead machine with you.

Sales Mastery

Consultative selling for high-ticket travel. You submit real call recordings and get line-by-line feedback until selling premium trips stops feeling scary.

Travel-Specific SEO

SEO built specifically for the travel industry, so clients searching for your expertise find you on Google.

Coaching & Community

1-on-1 coaching, live group calls, and a private community where experienced agents give you direct mentorship, feedback, and accountability.

See if you’re ready

The numbers our agents are putting up, across every client.

These are averages across the campaigns we run, so one lucky month doesn’t skew them. Agents are booking qualified appointments for $29 to $60 and turning them into trips.

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average commission on every trip our agents book

0:1

return on ad spend, 5:1 to 10:1 depending on the agent

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average cost to acquire a new client

>$0K

booked at Ember Travel Co., our live case study

Live case study, from zero

Ember Travel Co.

A real agency our founder built live with the exact TTA system.

Meta Ads · Live build

Ad spend:
$600
Bookings:
$100K+
ROAS:
13:1
“Cut my numbers in half before you project your own. Even at half, run the math.”
Will Lee, Founder, The Travel Agents Academy

As seen in

  • Travel + Leisure
  • Business Insider
  • The Epoch Times
  • AARP
Our approach

The way we work

A four-week path from strangers to booked clients. We build it with you, and you see every step.

Week 1

Onboarding

We map your high-ticket niche and ideal client, then write a plan built for profit from day one.

  • Niche & USP locked
  • Ideal client profile
  • Profit targets set

Result: A written growth plan and the exact offer you take to market.

Week 2

Build

We build your engine with you: high-converting landing pages, funnels, and ad campaigns wired into your CRM.

  • Funnels built
  • Ad creative ready
  • CRM wired up

Result: A live lead machine, ready to switch on.

Week 3

Launch

Traffic goes live. Profitable Google and Facebook campaigns start filling your pipeline with qualified travelers.

  • Meta ads live
  • Traffic scaling
  • Qualified leads

Result: Qualified leads coming in from strangers, on top of friends and family.

Week 4

Convert & Scale

Consultative sales coaching turns leads into booked clients. Then we systematize the process so results build month after month.

  • Sales coaching
  • Booked calls
  • Systemized to scale

Result: Booked calls on the calendar and a process that repeats.

We turn every channel into booked clients

We build a multichannel system that wins new travelers and keeps them coming back.

Acquisition

Win travelers who've never heard your name.

Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Google, Facebook, Travel SEO

Retention

Turn one-time bookers into loyal, repeat clients.

Email, Content, Referrals

We weigh every channel for impact, cost, and fit, then build them into one roadmap: acquisition to win strangers and retention to keep clients loyal.

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We specialize

We build agents into the go-to expert in one high-commission niche, a lane that keeps paying off the longer you own it.

  • Highest demand

    River Cruises

    High-commission sailings on Europe's waterways, past the storybook towns clients already dream about.

    River Cruises
  • Premium fares

    Luxury Ocean

    Suites, world voyages, and expedition cruising to the ends of the earth. Premium product, sold to travelers who come back.

    Luxury Ocean
  • Sells itself

    Honeymoons & Romance

    Once-in-a-lifetime escapes where clients spend without blinking, and tell every friend who built it.

    Honeymoons & Romance
  • High-ticket

    Far East & Exotic

    Japan, Southeast Asia, and complex journeys travelers can't plan on their own.

    Far East & Exotic
  • Top commission

    Safari & Expedition

    Africa, the Galápagos, and other wild itineraries that command top fares and keep clients loyal.

    Safari & Expedition

Real agents, real outcomes

We don’t rent testimonials. These are members we work with, and what happened for them.

Featured in Travel + Leisure

Implemented advice from a single coaching call, and went on to earn a feature in Travel + Leisure.
KKara S.Ready Set Booked

Niche & SEO

Found her niche and a marketing message that finally clicked, backed by SEO training actually built for travel.
SSofia IbrahimBook With Sofia

Built for every stage

Brand new to travel

You've never worked in travel, but you're driven and ready to launch a flexible career. We guide you from day one.

Booking here and there

You're making sales, but not at the level you want. We build the systems that attract better clients and steady income.

Experienced, ready to scale

You've got the bookings and want more out of them. Advanced strategy and mentorship help you close higher-value trips and systematize.

Ready to go independent

You've worked in travel, maybe as a DMC rep, and you're ready to be your own boss. We turn that experience into a real business.

“We built the academy we wish we’d had when we started.”

Your mentors

Learn from people who’ve actually done it

Direct mentorship from advisors who book the trips, run the campaigns, and prove the system on their own business first.

Will Lee and Brian Chima, founders of The Travel Agents Academy

Will Lee & Brian ChimaFounders

Will Lee

Will Lee

Co-founder & Marketing Strategist

Travel agent turned growth strategist. Will built Ember Travel Co. from a standing start to $100K+ booked in 30 days using the exact system he teaches, and specializes in river cruises, luxury ocean and high-end European travel.

Performance marketing · Ember case study · River & luxury cruise

Brian Chima

Brian Chima

Co-founder & Mentor

Brian has traveled to 43 countries and built a niche in logistically complex international itineraries, especially Europe and Asia. He cares as much about mentoring agents as he does about planning the trips.

Complex itineraries · Europe & Asia · Advisor mentorship

FAQ

Got a question? Will reads these himself. Ask whether the Academy is a fit for where your agency is right now.

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How is this different from a course?

It's done-with-you. Our team builds your ads, funnels, and sales process alongside you. You don't get handed a login and a stack of videos and left to figure it out alone.

When will I actually see results?

It varies by agent, niche and effort. Will tells every member to cut his numbers in half before projecting their own, and even then, run the math. We're honest about that up front.

Do I need experience to start?

No. Whether you're brand new or already booking, we start where you are and build the same system with you.

What channels do you actually run?

Profitable Meta and Google ads, travel-specific SEO, high-converting funnels, email marketing to your own list, and social content, planned together in one roadmap.

Is it really done-with-you, not for you?

Yes. We build, review, and launch every piece with you, so the engine is yours and you know how to drive it once it's built.

Is this only for brand-new agents?

No. Established agents use it to break past the referral ceiling and move into high-commission niches like river cruises and luxury ocean.

Stop dreaming, start building.

Book a free strategy call and tell us where your agency is today. A real person reviews it, and if the fit isn’t there, we’ll say so on the call.

Free · No pressure · A real human reads every one