why a destination specialist

Contacting a Recommend-certified destination specialist is a smart next-step to creating your perfect vacation or group travel experience:

 

There’s a Recommend-certified destination specialist near you.

 Recommend’s travel agent community is one of the largest in the industry. Recommend has over 44 years of travel coverage under its belt, and Recommend magazine, the brand’s well-known and well-respected print magazine for travel agents, reaches over 45,000 subscribers across North America.

Recommend’s education center (edu.recommend.com) is visited by thousands of travel agents each month to increase their destination knowledge, all to better help clients like you get the most out of their next vacation.

Thousands of agents have completed our education courses and have become Recommend-certified destination specialists. Type in your zip code into a specialist finder to find one near you.

Recommend’s destination specialists are among the most knowledgable in the industry.

Recommend’s education courses are built for impact. Recommend’s education center offers travel agents destination-specific courses that dive deeply into what makes each destination special. For over 44 years, Recommend has reported on destination experiences available around the globe, and its the same world-traveled editors who develop and write each destination course. Courses are built in association with (and approved by) the tourism board of the specific destination covered. And future courses will further a specialist’s knowledge through niche-speciality courses (destination weddings, adventure, family travel and more).

A Recommend-certified destination specialist is knowledge-tested.

To become certified, a travel agent must pass a test on the course that has been developed by Recommend, approved by the tourism board of the specific destination and certified by both The Travel Institute and the Canadian Institute of Travel Counsellors. Travel agents are eligible to receive professional continuing education credits for completing Recommend’s education courses.

Contact a Recommend-certified destination specialist today.