Travel Agency Licensing
States Licensed
5
of 50 states and D.C.
Burden Rank
86th
for average burdens 1st is worst
Combined Rank
89th
for states licensed x average burdens 1st is worst
Change from 2017 to 2022, if any:
- ↑
- Burden increased
- ↓
- Burden decreased
- ↕
- Mixed burden change
- N
- New license
- E
- Eliminated license
2022 Licensing Burden Rank
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Travel agencies plan and sell transportation and accommodations to customers. They determine destination, modes of transportation, travel dates, costs and accommodations required. This report looks at what is required to run one’s own travel agency only.2022 Snapshot
- 46 unlicensed states
- Days lost are 0 in all states
- Fees range from $85 (Hawaii) to $375 (California)
- 0 states require exams
- 2 states set minimum age
- 0 states set minimum grade
Changes Since 2017
- 2 licenses removed in Iowa and Nevada; none created
- No changes in licensing requirements
- Burden rank worsened 7 spots, largely because average burdens rose with the elimination of 2 licenses; combined rank improved 4 spots, largely because of the eliminated licenses
2022 Licensing Burden in Detail
Data Notes: 2022 data collected between February 3, 2020, and March 18, 2022. Fees include charges for application review and license issuance; exams; background checks, credit reports and fingerprinting; recovery fund contributions; third-party certification; and certain fees for training courses. Calendar days lost were estimated based on required education and experience; except for amounts smaller than one day, days lost are rounded to whole days and thus may not reflect very small changes between 2017 and 2022. Appendix A details methods for estimating days lost and calculating burden ranks. Complete data, including revised 2017 data, are available at https://ij.org/report/license-to-work-3/ltw3-data/.