(Photo:: Turtle Island)

I try to remind would-be home-based travel agents that getting into the business doesn't mean your whole life is going to be just like those pretty pictures in the brochures. And yet . . .

The simple fact of the matter is that, when I am giving seminars and I ask how many people got into the business because they love to travel, every hand in the room shoots up. And when you look at pictures like the one above, is it any wonder?

This lovely little bit of paradise comes to us courtesy of Turtle Island a luxury resort in Fiji. They contacted me to remind me that a 7-day booking there can put $1,200 to $1,900 commission dollars in my pocket. Yours, too, for that matter, if you book luxury resorts.

Needless to say, I immediately wasted invested a half hour clicking around their web site.

It's nicely done. There's a great photo gallery and the resort has an intriguing history. All in all, it looks like the kind of place I'd love to visit. And if I have to send a few of my clients before I can afford to go myself, well that's just how the business works.

The point of this little digression is to point out that it doesn't hurt to dream. My guess is that for most of us, the list of "places to see before I die" is longer than the time alloted to us and the old bank account will allow us to experience. No matter. The striving is all. If sites like Turtle Island fuel your desire to sell more travel, there's no real harm in goofing off a bit.