Great question if you are looking into becoming a travel agent! In this article, I will break it how do travel planners make money for you — both how travel agents get paid, as well as how MUCH they get paid, so you have a reasonable idea of what you are in for, financially. When a travel agent makes a booking on behalf of his or her client, most suppliers will pay a commission to ma,e agency. Supplier types that as a general practice pay commission include hotels and hotel chains, cruise lines, tour operators, car rental companies, travel insurance providers, airport transfer companies, shore excursion companies, tour guides and some European rail lines. The big supplier type missing from this list is airlines. Commission is almost always hlw on a percentage basis. The percentage amount depends upon the supplier and sometimes the individual negotiation between the travel agency and supplier. Commissions are usually paid to the travel agency, not the individual agent. But when the airl...