Why Use A Travel Agent?

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Without a travel agent, you are on your own. Academy Travel Consultants, travel and leisure

June 25, 2009

Analysis by:GLG Expert Contributor

I think this article is important because people do not realize how much travel agents can help them.  People also don't realize that the price on the internet is the same price travel agents can do the booking for.  Our commission is already in the price that is on the internet, you don't pay anything extra.  Travel agents books travel everyday.  We take our FAM trips all over...

Christopher DanePresident-HRG Afilliates, LLCHOGG ROBINSON GROUP P L C

Top Ten reasons to use a travel agent

June 25, 2009

A David Letterman, tongue in cheek approach at why "use a travel agency".  Hopefully you wail see both the humor and the "deeper meaning" As travel becomes more "unbundled" it becomes more complicated (read: fees for everything...including checking in, using the lavatory on airplanes, a "resort fee" for a resort hotel etc.)  It is only going to get worse...so let someoneelse...

Professional Travel Expertise Has Value

June 25, 2009

Analysis by:GLG Expert Contributor

Consumers, especially under the age of 30, are under the false impression that internet travel always provides more for less. As a long time veteran of the retail travel industry, I find that many times people pay more for less online and get a less than satisfactory travel experience. If consumers want to buy travel as a commodity and care more about price than the quality of their vacation experience,...