http://www.tipsfromthetlist.com/17569.html The Tips From The T-List is a group of the worlds greatest travel and Travel Industry Bloggers Wed, 28 Sep 2011 06:27:05 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.tipsfromthetlist.com/17569.html/comment-page-1#comment-4003 Love Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:51:51 +0000 http://www.tourismtide.com/?p=175#comment-4003 In most cases, your travel agent can get you prices that are competitive with what you would find online. However, what you book online is almost always going to include less than what you will get when you book through an agent. Another way that vendors encourage travel agents to book their customers with them is by offering amenities. These amenities can be anything from a bottle of wine in your room or free breakfast to free room upgrades and special events or activities. Travel vendors tend to look for ways to give special treatment to people who have booked through an agency because they know that the best way to get an agent to recommend their product is to have one of our customers comeback from their trip happy. In most cases, your travel agent can get you prices that are competitive with what you would find online. However, what you book online is almost always going to include less than what you will get when you book through an agent. Another way that vendors encourage travel agents to book their customers with them is by offering amenities. These amenities can be anything from a bottle of wine in your room or free breakfast to free room upgrades and special events or activities. Travel vendors tend to look for ways to give special treatment to people who have booked through an agency because they know that the best way to get an agent to recommend their product is to have one of our customers comeback from their trip happy.

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