
S4E24 - DAY 297 | What Unconventional Business Systems Can Teach Travel Advisors
Published: October 24, 2026
Duration: 18:41
Many struggling travel advisors assume there is one “correct” way to run an agency: use the same tech, copy the same workflows, follow the same industry advice, and hope the standard playbook eventually works. But some of the most successful businesses built their systems by questioning the rules everyone else took for granted.
In this episode of Travel Agency in a Year, Rachel K looks at unconventional examples including Valve’s boss-free structure, Bridgewater’s culture of recorded meetings, and Buffer’s transparent salary model. The goal is not to copy those companies into your travel agency. It is to a...