An article in the Christian Science Monitor suggests that some people still like the one-on-one
contract when booking travel. The travel agent business has long been considered in trouble. For years, now, booking
online at places like Orbitz and Expedia has been eating
away at the middleman services that travel agents provide. Why use an agent if you can knock a few bucks off the price
of a trip and pretty much do everything you need online? Well, there is some comfort in talking to someone and getting
a bona-fide opinion from a real person. Or at least that’s what the article suggests. I confess on a recent trip
I used a travel agent. It’s not very common that I do so, but I had some specific questins I needed answered, and
the agent helped me out a lot. So maybe, as we learn here, the travel agent’s demise has been greatly exaggerated.
contract when booking travel. The travel agent business has long been considered in trouble. For years, now, booking
online at places like Orbitz and Expedia has been eating
away at the middleman services that travel agents provide. Why use an agent if you can knock a few bucks off the price
of a trip and pretty much do everything you need online? Well, there is some comfort in talking to someone and getting
a bona-fide opinion from a real person. Or at least that’s what the article suggests. I confess on a recent trip
I used a travel agent. It’s not very common that I do so, but I had some specific questins I needed answered, and
the agent helped me out a lot. So maybe, as we learn here, the travel agent’s demise has been greatly exaggerated.