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I buy around 15 - 20 domestic & international airline tickets each year. I also purchase hotel rooms, rental cars, airport limo rides, and occasionally train & bus tickets too.

I want to know if becoming a travel agent would save me money on my own travel. But first, I guess I need to find out how one becomes a travel agent.

Are travel agents licensed or certified? Must you pass an exam to become one? Is it simply a matter of paying a fee, no questions asked?

How large a discount do travel agents receive? Is income based on commissions from sales?

Short of working at a travel agency, how do people become travel agents?

Thanks all!