Update from the AI Advantage event in Austin 🎒 A few of you asked how it went, so here's the short version. The whole night was about one thing. Overwhelm. The room was packed with people who know AI matters but feel buried by all the tools. Two things I'm already using that fit us as advisors: The don't-do list. Write down what drains you in your business. Then for each one pick: eliminate it, automate it, outsource it, delegate it, or replace it. Mine was follow-up messages. The context sandwich. When you ask AI for help, give it three lines first. Who you are, what you need, what good looks like. The answers stop sounding generic. I liked it enough that I'm going back Oct 8 for the full-day hands-on workshop. I'll report back on what actually works for travel advisors. What's the one task in your business you'd hand off first? 👇

Saw a post in a big cruise group this week. Someone apologized before asking if she could sleep in her car at the port the night before sailing. She didn't want to pay $200 for 4 hours in a hotel. Dozens of people jumped in with advice, and half of it was risky. That stuck with me as an advisor. She never would have asked a travel agent that question. She'd have just worried about it. So now I bring it up first with every cruise client: "Where are you sleeping the night before?" Then I offer a park and cruise hotel near the port. They stay one night, leave the car for the week, and get a shuttle to the ship. The client feels taken care of before they ever board. And the hotel is often commissionable too. Whether you're booking already or just starting out, what's the question you get most from friends and family about travel? 👇

...so I figured I'd just ask directly instead of guessing. I've been putting together some AI tools for my own trip building process, supplier research, pricing, client intake, that kind of thing. Before I build the next round I want it shaped around what actually annoys people day to day, not what I assume is annoying. So here's my honest question. What's the one part of running your travel business that eats the most time or drives you the most crazy, the kind of thing where you think there has to be a better way to do this. Drop it in the comments if you want to go into detail. I read everything. Poll: What's the biggest time sink in your day to day?

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