Can you even give me a broad hint about how much money has been sunk into our collapsed economy? And it hasn't resurrected it yet. The bottomed-out economy in the U.S. has threatened to devastate millions--even those who carefully managed their money for years.

My husband and I bought some real estate years ago because we figured it would rise in value and eventually secure our retirement. But then real estate lost its value and we were stuck with properties worth tens of thousands of dollars less than we paid. My pay was cut in half, then I was laid off entirely after 14 years with the same company, and my husband's free lance editing jobs dropped off. So we were stuck big time, and there were no easy answers. Are you in a similar situation, or would you just like an extra part-time job to bring in that added income?

I don't have to tell you we need to find multiple little streams of income in order to survive. I now own an internet travel company and it's supplying some crucial income while I look for something extra to help pay the bills. I'm so psyched about my travel business. Get-rich-quick schemes are fool's paradises---this is an authentic business that requires decent, honest labor. But I get to do something I love: work in the beautiful, burgeoning travel industry.

My husband and I signed up some people to go on a group cruise we planned, and because they were in our group, we cruised at a reduced rate. If you personally sign up eight cabins on your group cruise, you will cruise free--- fifteen cabins and you can take your friend or spouse along free too. Then, as a travel agent, I took some online classes with Princess Cruise Line and we were awarded a free cruise anywhere in the continental United States.

My travel prices compete with sites like Expedia and Travelocity, and individuals occasionally book airline flights and hotels on my site. But there are significantly greater commissions when people book tours, packages, and cruises. My brother-in-law is taking his family on a nice Caribbean cruise and I'll earn a few hundred dollars commission. A stranger I met on an airplane booked an Alaska cruise on my site, and I earned another couple hundred.

Then I earn ongoing bonuses and commissions if someone else buys an online travel business of their own through me. With typical franchises costing $20-$60,000 a pop, this one is unbeatable at a little over $1,000 for the first year. When you own it as your business, you can become a certified travel agent, get "familiarization" trips at big discounts, travel for huge tax writeoffs, and enjoy other perks. I just had a college instructor buy a business through me and she's thrilled. You see, she takes small groups of students on educational trips to Europe each year, and she can now earn commissions on this group travel and get those great tax write-offs. I've already signed up nine people like her who could see the win-win benefits of this business.

Travel is the biggest seller on the internet, and with 78,000,000 baby boomers beginning to retire, this will become a 15+ trillion dollar business during the next decade. You'd better jump on board this fast-moving train to fun and profit. Do it now.