America’s Trains Inc. to Offer Agents Over 20 Percent Commission

America’s Trains Inc. (ATs) has announced plans to offer commissions and overrides of over 20 percent of the full all-inclusive fare for luxury train vacations starting in December 2017.

Travel agent commissions start at 12 percent, increasing to 22 percent as up to seven sales are made in any six month period. Increases are retroactive and include prior sales. Additional overrides are paid for simultaneous multiple sales, affinity or otherwise, starting at 1 percent and increasing to 3 percent for four sales. This makes agent earnings 25 percent for every sale, ATs said.

At their option, in lieu of commissions agents can retain all sales revenue in excess of a net cost, which allows them to determine what the sales price will be, ATs said.

Agents earn about $1,560 for the sale of a single $13,000 eight day itinerary for two passengers in a deluxe master suite, which increases to $2,860 for current and all prior sales if seven sales are made over six months, according to ATs. Earnings grow to over $3,200 per sale if multiple sales are made at the same time.

ATs said its fares are about 30 percent below average prices for comparable luxury train vacations in other countries, and that there are no others in the United States.

Initial inventory limitations, that will be overcome as additional cars are fully improved, may prevent travel agents from selling the number of journeys necessary to reach higher commission levels, ATs said. Therefore, amounts that ATs is paying early participating travel agents for their first sale(s) is the amount normally paid if multiple sales have already been made, up to 22 percent of the journey fare.

Within several years, ATs said it will expand weekly journeys by rail on about 49 passenger cars throughout the United States and into Canada, traveling as part of Amtrak trains and other railroads, with access to over 20,000 miles of track. Journeys include extended layovers at en-route destinations, where cars are dropped off by one and picked up by a subsequent Amtrak or other train, allowing passengers to live on board while enjoying off-car experiences.

For more information travel agents can contact Barry Jones at 817-696-1507 or [email protected].