Spread Your Wings Travel Agency

How I Started A $2K/Month Side Hustle Selling Vacations

March 26th, 2020
Marissa Waiters
$7K
revenue/mo
1
Founders
1
Employees
Spread Your Wings...
from Dallas, TX, USA
started February 2019
$7,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
1
Employees
market size
$540B
avg revenue (monthly)
$182K
starting costs
$19.8K
gross margin
90%
time to build
210 days
growth channels
SEO
business model
subscription
best tools
Facebook, Instagram, Google Drive
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
39 Pros & Cons
tips
15 Tips
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

Hey! My name is Marissa Daniels, and I am a millennial travel agent! I began Spread Your Wings Travel in February of 2019. Prior to 2019, I wanted an extra source of income just to have an extra cushion. I did mystery shopping, took surveys online, drove for Postmates and DoorDash, worked at a grocery store, anything I could find for extra money. I also did, and still do Brand Ambassador events as well- but those things didn’t fulfill me. I was doing them to get extra money, but it didn’t have a purpose and it wasn’t paying me as much as I wanted, so I stopped it all and just gave it to God. I let Him handle it.

One day, as I was scrolling on Facebook, I came across a post of my sponsor (the woman who introduced me to the business) advertising for travel agents. She had amazing vacation deals on her page that I was looking forward to taking and I thought to myself, “This is all she does? Let me get more information on this.” Plus, I thought to myself, “I travel a lot anyway, so why not get paid for something I already do?” I inboxed her, and the rest is history.

I’m not really sure where “Spread Your Wings” came from, to be honest. I was brainstorming...

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