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The deposit patterns, seasonality and timing that decide how funders read a file from a Canadian business in travel agencies.
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Short answer: Travel agencies earn commissions and service fees, while client deposits are often held under provincial travel rules and are not working capital. Funders read commission and fee income, how client funds are held, seasonal booking patterns and marketing spend. Commissions can arrive long after booking, which creates timing gaps.
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Travel agencies earn commissions and service fees, with client deposits often held under provincial travel rules.
Winter-sun bookings peak in fall; summer travel books in spring. Group and cruise bookings come months ahead.
Revenue-based financing fits commission timing; only agency revenue is read.
An independent travel agency depositing about $60,000 a month asks for $20,000 for marketing ahead of winter-sun booking season. At a 1.24 factor the payback is $24,800, a cost of $4,800. Over roughly 6 months that is about $197 per business day, or close to 7% of monthly deposits.
Every figure on this page is illustrative arithmetic in Canadian dollars. It is not an offer, a quote or a promise of approval.
Agency revenue arrives as commissions from suppliers, often after travel, and as service fees at booking. Marketing goes out ahead of booking seasons. A reviewer reads the commission cycle.
Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia regulate travel agencies and require client funds to be protected, with compensation funds in some provinces. Commissions are your revenue; client trip money is not.
Whatever the trade, the review is built on the business's own bank statements: how much arrives, how steadily, what is left after fixed costs and how the account is managed through a slower stretch. A short note that names your busiest and quietest months, any one-off deposits and what the money is for usually answers the follow-up questions before they are asked.
Reviewed by the Merchant Fund Express team on October 12, 2026. Official pages checked as of that date.
No. Only your commissions and fees.
Yes. Ontario, Quebec and BC regulate travel sellers.
No; it is read across the year.
Educational information only. It is not legal, tax or accounting advice.
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