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Why Use a Travel Agent?
Why Use a Travel Agent?
By Anthony T, TmioTravel Ambassador of Fun | December 21, 2022
Travel agents can help you to get more for your money, save time for your trip, and be the partner you need while you are away.
Travel agents can also use their experience to help you plan an even better trip. Travel agents receive significant training about locations and vacation brands.
It may seem that well-known travel websites have great deals, but sometimes those low prices can be a disaster. Some have refused to refund COVID flight cancellations. Others have demanded customers pay a second time for COVID hotel cancellations. Complaints include long phone wait times and no follow-ups.
Did You Know?
Many well-known travel websites no longer have access to the supplier discounts they used to have. Wired published an excellent article on the subject, READ IT HERE:
Why Bargain Travel Sites May No Longer Be Bargains (https://www.wired.com/2017/03/why-bargain-travel-sites-may-no-longer-be-bargains)
During the pandemic, travel agents have acted to protect their clients when international locations enacted lockdowns and companies have denied transportation boarding to travelers. Travel Agents have access to special COVID travel resources that travelers need to navigate our complex local and international COVID environments.
You can pay for trips in installments when booking with travel agents, all while getting early booking advantages, rewards and avoiding hidden fees. Keeping your money in the bank instead while booking early adds up to hundreds of dollars in your pockets by the end of the year.
Travel agents can also establish short term price locks so that you can coordinate bookings with your group when planning.
Surveys show that travelers spend an average of 10-30 hours online per trip when planning without the help of a travel agent. This means that travelers can get a time savings equal to $500-$1000 on average by working with a travel agent!
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