Archive for June, 2004

Questioning Your Agent’s Loyalties

Whose side is your travel agency on? Is it on your team, ready to help you if something happens on your trip? Or is it busy cashing that commission check from your last reservation? You deserve an agent who works for you. But how do you determine if your travel counselor cares? Here are a few questions that will help you weed out a bad agent: Were you properly interrogated? If you are asked a lot of questions when you book a trip, you’re probably working with a competent agent.…

Fire Your Travel Agent!

You don’t need me. I may be the only travel agent to admit it, but it’s true. Under some circumstances you’re better off booking a trip without my help. Think about it. Do you need an accountant to make a deposit at the bank? Do you need to see a doctor to treat a headache, or an attorney to pay for a parking ticket? Nope. So here are some situations where using an agency might not make sense: When it’s a simple itinerary. If you’re talking about a point-to-point ticket…