Which would you think is more likely to help you succeed:
Getting in a car, in a city you've never been to before and just start driving to an unknown address of a place across town.
OR
Looking up the address and planning out the best route for getting there with a map.
A business plan is a written route on a map you create for helping you navigate your business to success. Thinking out where you want your business to get to, what is your business's goal, helps you do the homework necessary to write out a plan on how to get where you want to go. Becoming an independent travel agent here, fulfils an entrepreneurial need to be your own boss. BUT if you want your business to succeed, you must provide your business with the right tools. A business plan is probably the number one most important tool any and all new businesses need to become a success.
Do you have a business plan? Why not? The SBA has a free online course on how to write a business plan:
You don't need it to be as detailed or complete as the SBA plan teaches. There are other places with plan templates-don't pay for them, but take the time to make a plan and then WORK YOUR PLAN! take it out and read it often or even daily. As your business grows adjust your plan.
Need help with writing it-ask questions here.
Stop traveling in circles getting nowhere and draw yourself a map starting NOW! It IS a secret to success!