The TCP admits regular members only.  A regular member is one who is entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership.  To become a regular member, one must (a) be a natural person; (b) be a Filipino citizen; (c) be of legal age; (d) have the capacity to contract; (e) be affiliated in an executive capacity with a member agency or company of the Network of Independent Travel Agencies (NITAS) or the National Association of Independent Travel Agencies (NAITAS) or any company that is in the travel and tourism sector; (f) have completed the prescribed pre-membership education training; and, (g) undertake to uphold the TCP by-laws, policies, guidelines, rules, and regulations as promulgated by the Board of Directors and the General Assembly.

An applicant who meets the membership qualifications must file a duly accomplished application form with the Board of Directors which shall accept or deny the application within seven (7) days from the date of its filing.  The applicant is required to pay a nominal processing fee of One Hundred Pesos (P100.00).

An applicant whose application has been denied by the Board of Directors may appeal to the General Assembly by giving notice to the Secretary within thirty (30) days from receipt of the Board decision.  The decision of the General Assembly on the admission or non-admission of an applicant shall be final.

Each Member, or Cooperator, must subscribe to one (1) Share Capital with a par value of Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) and pay an additional contribution of Sixty Thousand Pesos (P60,000.00) for a total of Seventy Thousand Pesos (P70,000.00) as detailed below: