It is important to understand exactly how all the parties involved make money by participating in the Association Funding program.  A short review of this process follows:

The product which Association Funding uses to enable the affiliated associations to raise funds is the day to day travel purchases of the associations’ members and supporters.  These travel purchases can range from a rental cars and hotels to vacations and cruises.  Companies that are travel service providers such as Hertz, Hilton and Princess Cruises pay a commission to travel agents and travel marketing companies for selling their products to consumers.  These commissions can range from 5% to 15%.

Association Funding is a marketing division of Members Only Travel.  Association Funding has been specifically structured to market travel services to the members and supporters of nonprofit organizations by bringing those organizations into an affiliate relationship with Members Only Travel.  Association Funding Account Managers are responsible for establishing these affiliate relationships.

When a member or supporter of an affiliated organization purchases travel services through Members Only Travel, Members Only Travel receives a commission from the travel service provider.  Members Only Travel pays part of that commission to the affiliated organization and part of that commission to the Account Manager who established the relationship with the affiliated organization.

So the question is how much money can an affiliated organization expect to make and how much money can an Association Funding Account Manager expect to make?

The obvious answer for an organization is that it depends on how many members purchase travel through Members Only Travel and how much they spend.  Depending upon the type of travel purchased an organization will receive any where from 1% for car rentals to 5% for cruises.  So, if a couple purchases a $4000 cruise the organization receives a $200.00 share of the commission.  As such, an organization might receive anything from a few hundred dollars per month to tens of thousand dollars per month based upon the size of the organization and how strongly its members support the program.

Let's assume an Account Manager has established 40 productive accounts.  10 of these are good accounts that produce on average $15,000 per month in travel sales, the next 10 produce on average $10,000, the next 10 average $5,000 in the last 10 only average $1500.  The total monthly sales of this portfolio is $150,000+ $100,000 + $50,000 + $15,000 for a total of $375,000.  Because this is made up of different types of travel, the average commission percentage received by the Account Manager may only be 1.5%.  However, 1.5% of $375,000 is $4,725.00.

The question is, how long does it take to establish 40 productive accounts?  We believe that working a few hours per week should result in an Account Manager establishing one to two accounts per week.  Some of these accounts will not be very productive some will be very productive most will be somewhere in between.

If you are willing to work hard, be patient, diligent and have long-term goals, you should be able to make this opportunity into a lucrative and satisfying business that will help assure you and your family’s financial future.