I love to help family and friends book vacations and air. I have a fairly extensive knowledge of ways to find the cheapest flights, best routings, hotels,etc....but mostlt through the readily availble booking sites... I am a professional artist not looking for a new career...but I wonder if I could take my hobby and be able to enhance my knowledge , lets say by taking courses or applying for a travel agent certification so that I can get access to other booking engines and deals not available to the general public.

I guess I am asking how I CAN get access to the booking engines that travel agents use.....