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Mar 2025
1h 18m

Why Buy a Travel Agency (Because They Ca...

Will Smith
About this episode

You thought the internet killed them off, but the travel agency Jared Benoff bought does $1m SDE by dominating a niche.

Topics in Jared’s interview:

  • His 9.5 year stint at Twitter/X
  • Helping his dad with the family business
  • Buying his parents’ destination wedding business
  • Evolution of travel agencies
  • His dad’s successful YouTube videos
  • Advantages of buying the family business
  • Standing out with customer service
  • The pain of 4-star reviews
  • Working with a loan broker
  • Buying for 2x SDE

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron

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