Travel Agent Section:
Information for Travel Agents
Our goal at Panama Trails is to provide all Travel Agents with the latest information about services and special offers in Panama . To receive our regular news about the country and the specials available please subscribe to our database and start receiving e-mail notifications. Panama Trails is all about quality and value! We provide the best "Value for your money" and will always deliver more than we promise.
Our office in Panama is an extension of the great quality and service we have been offering for the last 15 years in our offices in Costa Rica. Panama Trails is the result of a great effort to provide our customers with great quality options to travel around Panama, a great destination for honeymooners, families, or just adventurous people that want to see it all! Our team will work together to offer you the best service and the best deals in the market for you and your customers.
We are a family-owned and operated company and for us it is very important that the company you book your clients with has the finest reputation in using hotels, first class transportation and a team of experts that can show you and your clients the best in Panama . Please also make sure to check our code of conduct and environmental policies
The Benefits of Becoming a Preferred Agent:
When you subscribe in our database you will automatically receive the following:
1. Training Seminars for Travels Agents:
We will be offering both travel seminars and fam trips during 2009. We will send you information when these become available, and will post more information here, so please keep checking back.
2. Agency Special Commission Agreement
Individual Fit Bookings Using Costaricantrails 01 - 04 bookings = 12% (Our Standard is 12% instead of most of 10% commission)
05 - 08 bookings = 13% (Our Standard 12% commission plus 1% override)
09 - 12 bookings = 14% (Our Standard 12% commission plus 2% override)
13 - 20 bookings = 15% (Our Standard 12% commission plus 3% override)
21 and over bookings = 16% (Our Standard 12% commission plus 4% override)
EXCEPTION / LIMITATION: The commission levels above described applies packages appearing either on our web site or in our special blast e-mails. Net group quotes, special handling fees or special service charges, when applicable, as well as departure taxes are not commissionable.
Group Commission Policies: A group constitutes a minimum of 10 passengers traveling together. In order to qualify for a free tour escort, a group will require a minimum of between 15 and 20 paying passengers. The incentive commission scale appearing above is applicable for any group utilizing Panama Trails tours. Groups requiring a custom-designed itinerary are generally quoted on a net basis, providing your agency with maximum earning power, and allowing you to determine what your profit margins will be. Net group bookings do not qualify for commission, but will be counted as a booking, thereby increasing the number of bookings produced by your agency during the period it was booked. All tour inclusions, deposit, payment and cancellation schedules will appear on the group contract, which will be provided when securing group space.
Effective Date: This commission policy is in effect for a period of one year and will go into effect upon completion of signatures by your agency and our management. The number of bookings completed to qualify for the commission levels above described must be accomplished during the term of this agreement, and are retroactive to the first booking.
3. Receive and take advantage of the latest news and promotions in Panama
When you register in our database you will start to receive automatically our monthly newsletter with the latest news and promotions in Panama.
