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Home is where the travel agent is
Foreclosure crisis forced many to close storefronts
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Ina Douma and her husband Ronald have run Inas Travel Center out of their Ripon home since 2000. Home-based agents are the norm in an industry rocked by the foreclosure crisis about five years ago. - photo by Photo Contributed
When the foreclosure crisis leveled the local economy, June Hum knew she was in for a bad trip.Cal Travel – and the greater welfare of the travel industry – was in trouble. People were vacationing less, and the sudden drop in interest and bookings forced Cal Travel, a downtown Manteca staple for so many years, to close as a storefront business in November 2008. Hum moved indoors, relocating the business from its corner lot at Main Street and Yosemite Avenue to a home office.