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July 28, 2008

Travel Agents: Making a Come-back? For Vacations?

Filed under: Travel Myths, Tips and Tricks — Rick Seaney @ 10:28 am

Not everyone can be a do-it-yourself travel agent, it seems — at least, not all the time.

Saw an interesting report in the New York Times over the weekend (by the inestimable Michelle Higgins) which said that 23% of online leisure travelers would use a good travel agent – if they could find one.

The article goes on to suggest ways to find one that suits your precise needs. Of course, it will cost you — but sometimes, especially with a complicated itinerary that includes a lot of different activities, it can be worth it — very much so.

But if you want to save as much as you possibly can, online is still the way to go — and FareCompare is soon to unveil even more easy-to-use tools that will make the process so smooth, you’ll think you had a travel agent doing it for you.
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1 Comment »

  1. Rick,

    I wrote a piece on whether or not you should use a travel agent:
    http://beatofhawaii.com/travel-agencies-friends-or-foes/.

    Also, for the do-it-yourself’ers, like me, I wrote a piece on how to use Google Reader to find the most time-sensitive travel deals:
    http://beatofhawaii.com/how-to-use-google-reader-to-find-todays-time-sensitive-travel-deals/

    I look forward to seeing FareCompare’s upcoming changes.

    Aloha, Jeff

    Comment by beatofhawaii.com — July 28, 2008 @ 2:48 pm

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