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The bottleneck isn't demand

You’ve built a real travel business. You bring in clients and close trips — but scaling further means
more operations, more coordination, and increasing pressure behind the scenes.

Operational Overload

Every new trip adds coordination, supplier communication, itinerary adjustments, and problem-solving. The work behind the sale keeps growing — even if your team doesn’t.

You have strong expertise in certain destinations and key partners, but every request outside that scope requires additional research and coordination. Your ability to expand your offering remains directly tied to your internal resources.

To handle more volume or more complex trips, you would need additional staff, new supplier relationships, and stronger internal structure — increasing both costs and risk.

Limited Scope

Growth Ceiling

What separates agencies from tour operators isn’t sales — it’s structure.

You’ve already proven your ability to generate clients. The difference lies behind the scenes: execution capacity, supplier networks, payment management.

It’s this infrastructure that ultimately determines your growth potential.

And building that structure alone is expensive.

Scaling traditionally means hiring more staff, expanding operations, strengthening supplier relationships, and increasing liability.

What starts as growth quickly turns into added complexity, higher fixed costs, and greater exposure.

You don’t need to build the structure. You can use ours.

Imagine one of your clients sends you a request for a 14 day multi-stop family trip in Thailand.

Submit your request

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Fill our form with your client’s key information: destination, dates, budget, preferences.

Quick-call with your Tourlane expert

Clarify your clients preferences and expectations. Customize the trip to their exact liking. We handle supplier coordination and planning.

Within 48 hours, you receive tailored travel proposals prepared for your client. Adjustments? We manage them.

Receive a ready-to-share itinerary

Their confirmation. Your commission.

Once your client confirms, you choose how to proceed:

Option 1: Tourlane manages payment — you receive your commission.

Option 2: You invoice your client directly at the negotiated rate (for licensed travel professionals).

It would look something like this: trip value: €12'000 → average commission 11-13%
= €1'320 - €1'560

Traditional model vs. with Tourlane

With Tourlane as a partner

✓ We manage suppliers and logistics

Traditional model

✓ You coordinate suppliers individually

✓ Each project mobilizes your internal resources

✓ Operational execution is fully handled

✓ You build destination expertise from scratch

✓ 50+ structured destinations ready-to-adjust

✓ You handle payments and financial flow

✓ We handle payments and execution

✓ You manage client changes and issues

✓ Our operations team manages adjustments

✓ Growth means hiring more staff

✓ Your margin depends on your capacity

✓ Growth means sending more requests

✓ Clear commission structure (up to 13%)

+150'000

+20'000

+50

up to 13%

satisfied travelers

tailor-made trips sold

destinations worldwide

commission
(highest on market)

Getting started is straightforward.

You’ve already built demand and strong client relationships. Our role is simply to provide the infrastructure that allows you to go further.

A first conversation helps us understand how you operate, the destinations you cover, and your expectations. In 20 minutes, we can assess whether this model integrates naturally into your business.

I just sold a trip to South Africa without ever having been there. I usually turn these down, but I trust Tourlane’s expertise and local logistics completely. Now, I’m converting clients I used to lose because I can finally offer the full reservation package. I’d love direct access to the tools next, so I can tweak hotels and activities in.

Elodie - Voyages au sommet (ITA)

Our long-term clients are finding Tourlane itineraries online but coming to us to book them. They’ve trusted us for 15 years and want that physical handshake. For us, it’s a win—the workload is light because the itinerary is ready to go, and we get to offer individual travel without developing our own capabilities.

Paula - Ilka Keller GmbH (travel agency)

We have half a million readers a month, many asking us directly for travel advice. We help some of them book itineraries on a case by case basis but we had no way to scale that until now as most agencies could not handle our volume. We hope this will be different with Tourlane!

Nina & Tom - Travel Optimizer

I like B2B leads—the briefings are detailed, the ITAs are professional, and it’s much more efficient than B2C. The only real headache is the budget. Sometimes an ITA sends over a high-end request with a tiny, 'fixed' budget that they haven't challenged. It leads to a lot of work on a trip the client might not actually be able to afford.

Joumala - Tourlane agent

Trusted by travel professionals

Frequently asked questions

Do I keep full ownership of my client relationship?

Yes. You remain the primary contact and advisor for your client. Tourlane operates in the background as the licensed tour operator executing the trip.

Who carries the legal responsibility for the trip?

Tourlane acts as the official tour operator and carries the legal and operational responsibility for execution. You own the advisory responsibility towards your client and should register to a professional insurance

How does commission work?

You earn up to 13% commission based on your level of involvement in the client journey and your destination expertise.

What kind of trips can I submit?

Multi-stop, tailor-made trips across 50+ destinations worldwide. Complex itineraries are exactly where this model adds the most value.

Do I need to change my brand or positioning?

No. You continue operating under your brand and maintain your client relationships. Tourlane supports the execution behind the scenes. Also, tourlane will support you with exclusive tourlane assets.

How involved am I in the planning process?

You stay fully in control of the client relationship and final positioning of the trip. Tourlane prepares the itinerary and manages execution, while you guide the direction and approve what goes to your client.

Is there a minimum volume required?

No strict minimum. We focus on building a sustainable collaboration based on aligned expectations and quality trip requests.

Is there a long-term commitment?

No long-term obligation. We begin with a conversation to determine fit and build from there.