Turn your passion for travel into your own small business
Already finding the best hotels, routes and flights yourself? Do friends keep asking for travel advice? It’s time to turn those free favours into professional work.
Travel agent rates10–20% less than Booking
Manifesto
Becoming a Travel Expert is about more than earning money.
It’s your chance to fulfil a long-held dream: become more independent andturn your love of travel into an income.
Travel is one of the world’s largest industries: $2.9 trillion in turnover, hundreds of thousands of hotels and thousands of resorts.
Until now, you’ve seen this world only as a customer. We’re opening the door.
BEFORE
Travel cost you money. You saved up, searched for discounts and advised others for free.
NOW
The same trips for less. The same advice with a commission. The same passion, now working for you.
You gain more than travel agent tools. You become part of a world you previously only glimpsed as a tourist.
SIDE INCOME
For some, it will be an extra source of income
INCOME
For others, their main source of income
SAVINGS
And some will simply travel smarter
Every path is valid. The choice is yours.
We want thousands of entrepreneurs to earn their own income doing what they love.
Already finding the best hotels, routes and flights yourself?Do people keep asking you the same travel questions?
It’s time to stop doing it for free and start doing it professionally.
Your inside access to the travel industry, without a traditional agency setup.
Training and access for those who want to become travel agents: work with clients, earn commission and travel for less themselves.
For travellers
Travel on better terms than an ordinary tourist
As a Travel Expert, you gain access to the travel industry’s knowledge and tools.
Help clients choose a holiday and book through our system, professionally and legally.
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Travel Expert is a profession with access to exclusive industry tools
Rates and terms unavailable on Booking, Kiwi and other aggregators
Know where you can really save and where you’re overpaying
The opportunity to legally earn travel agent commission
A community with above-average travel expertise
What used to be available only to industry insiders is now open to you.
Benefits
Five reasons to start with XO
1
Complete professional training
The same training completed by thousands of agency owners and travel managers. Understand the market from the inside and book like a real agent.
2
Start saving on your own holidays
As a Travel Expert and travel agent, you gain access to closed booking systems.
3
Earn travel agent commission
Book holidays for clients through our system and receive official, legal agent commission.
4
Learn the travel agent profession
Step-by-step training, tools and support to work confidently in travel and grow at your own pace.
5
Join the XO Travel Experts community
Hundreds of like-minded people who travel thoughtfully. Ask questions, share and learn from one another.
A new profession
A real travel agent career in a convenient format.
We teach you to work as an agent and provide travel industry tools without unnecessary stress or bureaucracy.
No sales targets
No office
No cold calling
No need to quit your main job right away
Choose your own pace and scale as a travel agent
What’s included
Annual access to the XO travel ecosystem
Subscription access
Original price: 299 €
149 €
per year. You’ll likely recover this on your first PRO trip or first client bookings.
😍 Training
A course for independent travellers
“Beginner travel agent” course
Understand the market without confusion
⚡ XO Pulse
Holiday search
Professional booking tools
Hotels, holidays and tour operator offers
😊 Mentor
An experienced travel agent mentor
Answers to real questions
Support with your first steps
❤️ Community
Pro travellers
Share routes and travel tips
A community of people who know travel
How it works
Four simple steps to get started quickly
01
Complete the training
Learn how the market, hotels, holidays, bookings and recommendations work.
02
Get access
Connect to XO Pulse and professional travel tools.
03
Travel for less
See more options and make informed decisions beyond the usual tourist experience.
04
Earn if you choose
Recommend holidays to people who trust you and earn commission.
Our core promise
As a travel expert, you start working as an agent: find good-value holidays for yourself and earn commission working with clients.
Everything else is detail.
Three ways to start
Choose your scale in travel
From your first travel income to a ready-made business under the XO brand. Three formats with different outcomes: start with the one that suits your goal.
Travel ExpertA professionWork independently
BusinessYour own businessBuild a team
XO PremiumBusiness under the XO brandBrand + system + clients
An easy start
Travel Expert
Become a freelance travel agent and start earning from holiday sales
Enter travel without opening a full agency: learn to sell holidays, get all the tools you need and work independently as a freelancer.
What’s included
Complete travel agent training. From choosing a holiday to your first sale
18 mini-series on working as a travel manager. The basics, holiday search and booking, countries and resorts
XO Pulse platform. CRM, search across over 200 tour operators and offer collections
Access to holiday bookings. On special XO terms
Hotel bookings for less than on Booking. Save 75–200 € on your very first booking
Book flights, trains and transfers. All the services you need
Guidance through every booking. Holidays, hotels and additional services
Support and a community of travel experts. A mentor, regular training and answers to your questions
A chance to join a successful agency’s team. Develop your holiday sales skills and you could join one of the XO agencies
Ideal if you want to work independently, combine travel with another job or try the profession.
Result: find clients, select and book holidays, and earn your commission.
149 €Original price: 299 €per year
A year is the ideal time to try it
Your own travel agency
Business
Open your own agency with XO’s ready-made system
Build a complete travel business under your own brand. We share the system used by over 500 XO agencies, from launch and first clients to teams, marketing and growth.
What’s included
Launch an agency from scratch. Business model, finance, legal and operational processes
Training with Serhii Kudelko. Over 1,000 lessons on marketing, sales, management and agency growth
XO sales methodology. A sales playbook with over 100 documents, scripts and working standards
Marketing and client acquisition. Ads, ready-made creatives, a smart website and a promotion strategy
XO Pulse platform. CRM, search across over 200 tour operators, client database and offer collections
Build a sales team. Hire, onboard and train managers with XO Travel Academy
Higher commissions. Up to 17% from tour operators through one system and one agreement
Dashboards and analytics. Network-wide sales statistics so you can see what to aim for
Community and support. Agency owner groups and legal, accounting and operational help
Ideal if you want an agency with a team, a brand and systematic sales.
Result: your own agency, ready to welcome clients, sell and grow.
499 €Original price: 999 €one-off
A free, no-obligation consultation
A ready-made business under the XO brand
XO Premium
Launch your own XO-branded agency with clients from the start
Our most complete format: a ready-made business model, a strong brand and travellers from the first weeks. Build an agency under Ukraine’s number-one network:
“Serhii Kudelko’s Travel Agency by XO”
Everything in Business, plus
The right to work under the XO brand. The network’s visual identity, logo and brand materials
Branded leads worth 2 500 €. Travellers from the XO Travel App and XO websites, arriving with trust in the brand
An agency page within the XO ecosystem. Your own website in the network’s format
Maximum training access. All network courses and programmes, including “10–50–100–200”
A personal mentor at launch. Help launching ads, sales and business processes
Support from XO’s central office. The network team guides your first steps
Online or in an office. Work remotely or open a physical office with XO signage
Scale up. The opportunity to grow and open more network offices
Ideal for a fast start with a strong brand, a ready system and clients from the first weeks.
Result: an operating XO-branded agency with its first clients from the start.
5 000 €one-off investment
2 500 € of this amount goes towards acquiring your first clients through branded leads from XO’s app and websites.
The number of XO Premium openings is limited
Three levels of entry into travel
Three levels of entry into travel
Travel Expert
Business
XO Premium
Your goal
Learn a profession
Open your own agency
Launch an agency under XO
Brand
Personal
Your agency’s
Your brand by XO
Clients
Find them yourself
Build your marketing
XO helps acquire them
Scale
Side income / profession
A full business
A ready-made business model
Price
149 €/yearOriginal price: 299 €
499 €Original price: 999 €
5 000 €
Not sure which format suits you?
Who we are
XOTRAVEL.COM is an international travel company.
Ukraine’s number-one travel agency network, with over 500 agencies
In travel since 2011
XOTRAVEL’s top agents sell over 200 holidays a month
You can start with your first holiday. We’ve already walked this path and are opening the door for those ready to begin.