What is a reservation agent?
Although there are several different types of reservation agents, the most commonly known is also called talent. Talent or reservation agent finds a job for live artists such as musicians. The artist earns part of the ticket sales, the venue, such as a club or a stadium, accepts when he performs. Reservation agents negotiate with the owner of the venue that the amount the artist earns for the show. The agent takes a percentage of the amount of the artist to whom the artist agrees in advance as a fee for reservation of every performance. He must also know where to find concerts for the type of artist they represent. It must also be extremely convincing, because places owners often receive many agents trying to sign the artists to get off. The reservation agent usually has a demo tape, a record of an artist who shows to try to get performance concerts. The concert can be performing in clubs and concert halls or it can be at an event like Fundraiser or Festival.
Film booking agents work for theater managers. They find and rent films from theater distributors for theater. The contract determines a certain percentage of sales that the film company receives from tickets that theater sells to visitors to the film. The sale of theater tickets is called the sale of the cash register. The film booking agent must negotiate a contract for the sale of the cash register so that the theater earns some money.
It has been said that film theaters can earn more profits from sales of refreshments such as popcorn and soda than from the sale of films. This may be true because film companies can try to negotiate up to 90 percent of the cash register sales. The agent for booking the film is trying to keep this amount so that the theater owner can earn some tickets from the tickets they sell.
Traveling agents work for clients and books of air flights, hotels and attractions. Help clients plan trips and work in ČASova frame where it is necessary to take a way to find accommodation and transport. A travel agent can assemble a "package" that includes tickets, hotel accommodation and some attractions. Clients get a lower price for packages stores, but they have to make a trip in the data of agents' lists in their advertising. The travel agent receives revenue from the reservation fees and commissions from hotels and other companies.