Travel agents assess individual's and business people's needs to help them make the best possible travel arrangements. An agent may specialize by type of travel, such as leisure or business, or destination, such as Europe, Africa or Australia. Travel agents also promote travel packages on behalf of cruise lines, resorts and specialty travel groups.
On a typical day a travel agent will give advice on destinations. They also make arrangements for transportation, hotel accommodations, car rentals, tours, and recreation. They advise on weather conditions, restaurants, tourist attractions, and recreation. They provide information on customs regulations, required papers (passports, visas, and certificates of vaccination), and currency exchange rates to international travelers. They consult published and computer-based sources for information on departure and arrival times, fares, and hotel ratings and accommodations. And they also visit hotels, resorts, and restaurants to evaluate comfort, cleanliness, and quality of food and service.
You can hear horror stories each week where tourists get caught out by arriving at a destination only to find out that the connecting flight has already gone all because they did not allow time for transfers, delays and overbooking seats. We hear many stories that hotel rooms are not what they looked like in the picture.
On a typical day a travel agent will give advice on destinations. They also make arrangements for transportation, hotel accommodations, car rentals, tours, and recreation. They advise on weather conditions, restaurants, tourist attractions, and recreation. They provide information on customs regulations, required papers (passports, visas, and certificates of vaccination), and currency exchange rates to international travelers. They consult published and computer-based sources for information on departure and arrival times, fares, and hotel ratings and accommodations. And they also visit hotels, resorts, and restaurants to evaluate comfort, cleanliness, and quality of food and service.
You can hear horror stories each week where tourists get caught out by arriving at a destination only to find out that the connecting flight has already gone all because they did not allow time for transfers, delays and overbooking seats. We hear many stories that hotel rooms are not what they looked like in the picture.
