“I want to go somewhere warm” and every travel advisor knows that tells you almost nothing. In this episode, Melissa Odom, owner of Trouvaille Discoveries, talks about the hardest part of the job: figuring out what a client actually wants when they don't know themselves. She breaks down why budget is rarely the real starting point, why people get overwhelmed instead of being specific, and the elimination method she actually uses to turn “somewhere warm” into a real trip.

Off the Script is hosted by Melissa Odom, owner of Trouvaille Discoveries, a cruise and travel advisory specializing in Alaska, group travel, and multi-generational trips.

Find Melissa : www.trouvaillediscoveries.com

Instagram: @melissa_latonodom

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Why I'm starting a podcast instead of another social post, and what it's really like to be a travel advisor when the caption's in this first episode of Off the Script, Melissa Odom, owner of Trouvaille Discoveries, introduces the show: unscripted conversations about the real work behind travel advising. Not tips, not a highlight reel, just the honest version.

She talks about building an Alaska-focused cruise and group travel business and names something advisors rarely say out loud: the tension between loving a place enough to sell it and running an actual business around that love.

Off the Script is hosted by Melissa Odom, owner of Trouvaille Discoveries, a cruise and travel advisory specializing in Alaska, group travel, and multi-generational trips.

Find Melissa : www.trouvaillediscoveries.com

Instagram: @melissa_latonodom

Facebook: www.facebook.com/melissalatonodom

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-odom-35bab7127