Start your ownbrandedTravel Business

If you put the same ₹1,52,000 somewhere else, here is what one year would return.

• Bank FD — 7% a year₹10,640 a year₹887 a month
• Bonds — 12% a year₹18,240 a year₹1,520 a month
• Mutual funds — 14% a year₹21,280 a year₹1,773 a month
• Stock market — from −40% up to 20% a year₹30,400 a year₹2,533 a month
• F&O trading99% lose money

The F&O figure is from ZERODHA’s own published study of its traders.

Considered investment: ₹1,52,000. These are best-case returns — actual returns are often lower, and the stock market can also fall sharply in a year. Past returns do not predict future returns.

What it costs to start almost any other business — counting six months’ rent in advance, interior work, stock bought upfront, plus the electricity, staff salary, rent and advertising you pay every single month.

• Online business₹3–4 lakh
• Tea franchise₹6–10 lakh
• Clothing store₹10–15 lakh
• Restaurant₹17–20 lakh
• Gym₹1 crore

And spending more does not buy success. It still depends on your location, your product choice, and enough customers returning month after month. Until then, the monthly bills arrive whether the customers do or not.

In the travel industry you earn every time you confirm:

• Tour packagesGold
• Hotel bookingsPlatinum
• VisaSilver
• Travel insuranceBronze
• Flight ticketsAverage

I have kept the actual numbers for our 1-to-1 call, where I go through the profit on each of these in detail, with proof videos rather than promises.

You do not have to pay ₹1,52,000 in one go.

• Pay monthly as EMI instead₹7,450 × 24 months

Or look at the fee the other way round

• ₹1,52,000 spread over 3 yearsabout ₹50,700 a year
• Which comes toabout ₹4,200 a month

That is what it costs to run a business — less than most people spend on a phone plan or a tank of fuel.

• No office, no staff, no interior work, no six months’ rent in advance — nothing to lie awake about.
• One-time payment, and no other expense to operate for the rest of your life.

These figures are illustrations to show how the maths works, not a promise or guarantee of income. What you actually earn depends on the effort you put in.

The question everyone asks. Customers do not appear on their own, so this is worked on from day one.

• Four travel offer posters every week — ready to send, so you always have something to put in front of people.
• Your own contact list is a bigger lead source than you think. Tried and tested — most people do not believe this until they see it work.
• Your USP — the one line that makes a customer choose you instead of booking online themselves.
• Other lead methods — and, more importantly, which ones to concentrate on rather than trying everything at once.