Traveling is a pleasurable thing to do; but planning a travel? That’s a different story.
Browsing the World Wide Web to find the best yet cheapest flight and accommodation fares will yield to cluttered tabs and five long hours; and still, this does not guarantee a wonderful travel. Gruesome, indeed.
Good thing, there are travel agents— the guardian angels, the heroes of travelers.
According to the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA), 59 percent of Millennial, 53 percent of Xer, and 58 percent of Boomer leisure travelers testify that booking through agents results to a more organized travel compared to that booked without assistance.
Travel agents can search for flights, accommodations, tours, or cruises better than Google. The result? A travel that matches your preferences and suits your budget.
Even with the help of the internet, one cannot access all the up-to-date summary of information for travel needs. Travel agents can. All the information, such as the airline that has an airfare promo for a certain day or the hotel that has the amenities that can cater to a specific demand, are readily available on the agents’ computers and can be gathered with just a few clicks.
It will also be difficult for an average person to haggle for a luxurious travel. Easy for travel agents. Because of their strong relationship, which can only be built through a series of numerous transactions, with travel suppliers, just a bit of chit-chat and how-are-yous will pave the way for their client’s dream travel.
In addition, a personalized attention will do a traveler a lot of good. Travel agents understand the jargons; therefore, having them explain the restrictions, terms, and conditions of a travel will save so much time compared to decoding the seemingly alien words. During the actual travel, when an unwanted circumstance arises like the need for rebooking a flight or unavailability of transfers or the like, one can always count on his or her travel agent to put everything in order.
The good news is, all these help can be enjoyed for free! The travel agents are not paid because of the services they render; they earn through the sales commissions, contracted rates, etc.
It is no doubt that the study by ASTA concluded that consumers who seek the help of an agent travel more (with an average of 4.7 trips) compared to those who don’t (with an average of 3.6 trips).
Maybe it is safe to say, then, that agents can make a difference to your travel.
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