Independent Travel Agent Membership Criteria

For 2023, if an Independent Travel Agent meets ANY of the following criteria, they would qualify for ACTA Membership:

  1. Earned a minimum of $5,000 CAD travel revenue in 2019, 2020, 2021, and/​or 2022;
  2. Recent graduate (2019 - 2022) from an ACTA endorsed Travel and Tourism College;
  3. Recent graduate (2019 - 2022) of ACTA’s Travel Agent Essentials online course or Certified Travel Counsellor Program (CTC); or
  4. Working with an ACTA member travel agency or host agency and have completed their entry level training program which meets the minimum education standards for travel agent training.

ACTA reserves the right to randomly audit applications, requesting documents such as T4A tax forms, a letter from a host agency, or other documents as ACTA deems necessary at its sole discretion. Failure to provide proof of meeting the selected criteria, in ACTA's sole opinion, may result in membership cancellation without refund. This policy is required to prevent fraud and delivering best-in-class membership programs.

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