{"id":1592,"date":"2018-04-19T17:43:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T10:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travelpayouts.com\/en\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2021-10-02T20:51:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T17:51:29","slug":"bus-transfers-in-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelpayouts.com\/blog\/bus-transfers-in-albania\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Earn on Bus Transfers in Albania \u2014 Affiliates\u2019 Case"},"content":{"rendered":"The main airport in Albania is located quite far from popular resorts. Artem birthed the idea of offering transfer services for tourists to and from the airport. The realization of this dream was not easy. After trying out several options, our affiliate decided to start his own transfer business to offer the best services.\n

Albanian Market Features<\/h2>\nAlbania is a small country in the Balkans. There is only one main airport, which is the gate to the country for the foreign tourists. All visitors must endure a long ride to the resorts, as the airport is in the middle of the country and resorts are centered around the beaches.\n\n
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\"Albanian\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure><\/div>\n\nBeach holidays in Albania last from May until the end the of September, so tourism to Albania is primarily seasonal.\n\nThe country has great natural and touristic potential. Our affiliate moved to Albania in 2009, and after four years of living there, he founded his first tourism project \u2014 GoToAlbania<\/a>. In 2015 he founded RivieraBus<\/a> to provide transfers with a high quality of service at a reasonable price.\n

Own a Company or Join an Existing Affiliate Program<\/h2>\nIf you have travel traffic from a blog, content project, Facebook group, or any other source, you should try to offer complex services.\n\nJust imagine, you join a flight affiliate program<\/a> and are successfully selling tickets. If a person is buying flight tickets from your site to a tourist destination like Albania, he or she most likely needs accommodation and other services as well. Provide a solutions to all the problems of your target market, and your income can grow without even growing number of visitors.\n\nAlbania, even now, does not have very developed travel services, especially listed on the Internet or for online payment. For example, it is hard to find option for getting to the hotel from the airport in comfort, for a reasonable price, and with the ability to book online.\n\nTravelpayouts are great and have well developed offers for flights and hotels, but if you want to find transfers in some regions, it can be difficult to find a reasonable option. From the start of 2018, KiwiTaxi is available<\/a>, but it is not a good option for single or budget travelers. Prices for KiwiTaxi transfers in Albania are very expensive.\n\nThe base concept of RivieraBus is a comfortable bus which you can book online at a reasonable price, even offering free WiFi and drinks on board. Before, Albania had nothing like that, but our affiliate saw a demand for this service and founded a company to meet the need.\n\nRivieraBus was the first tourist bus route in Albania with a stable schedule and online purchasing options.\n\n
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\"Stable\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure><\/div>\n\nIt is a unique service which helps travelers to reach the main destinations of the country in less time and at a more affordable price.\n

Maintaining Your Own Travel Company<\/h2>\nJoin an affiliate program is much easier than starting your own company. You have to generate sales (which is not easy), but the rest of the work is carried out by somebody else. However, if there is no one for whom you can generate sales or to whom you can delegate work, there is no other option but to create a business by yourself. In this case, you will perform all aspects of the job yourself \u2014 creating the strategy, taking risks, generating sales, managing processes, solving problems, and so on.\n\nRivieraBus only operates during the high demand season \u2014 from June 1st until the middle of September. During this time, it is easier to predict the numbers of passengers and capacity of the bus.\n\nFor the last two years, the owner worked with different transport companies, trying to understand the market and find fair prices for a level of service that would satisfy clients. At that time, he held no thoughts of profit or making long-term financial plans, he was simply practicing and learning to understand the market.\n\nThe season of 2018 is different. After two years, he found a strategy partner \u2014 a new transport company that was also interested in developing this project. The service was revised and prices adjusted.\n\nAccording to the plan, RivieraBus\n