If you want to operate a travel business, you need a special permit for this. This permit, the travel trade card, is issued to you upon application by the authority responsible for your place of residence.
A travel industry is operated by anyone who
- commercially (permanently, with the intention of making a profit and repeating the activity)
- without prior order (tradesman visits customer without prior appointment)
- outside his commercial establishment (e.g. store or workshop) or without having such an establishment
- offers goods for sale or seeks out (sells) or purchases orders,
- offers services or seeks orders for services or
- performs entertainment activities as a showman or in the manner of a showman.
The travel trade permit is generally valid throughout Germany and is issued on a revocable basis.
Note: The information listed here can also be found in our leaflet Reisegewerbe PDF-File
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