Travel Agents Are Alive And Well

Filed in archive Travel to Peru on June 8, 2010

© PinkMoose

After years of booking flights and other travel arrangements on-line I have returned to my neighborhood travel agent. The thrill of saving money by searching for the best deals has finally been replaced by hours of frustration. It seems that the easier it became to book your own travel arrangements on-line, the more difficult it became.

I don't know when it first happened, but the first time I found a cheaper flight with the airline than I could find with any of the discount travel services I thought I was lucky. The second time I found one, I thought I should include the airlines in my regular searches and not just rely on discount travel websites. Once I did that, everything just took longer and longer.

So, now I am back to my travel agent. I give her my details, let her know where I can be flexible and leave it all in her capable hands. A short time later, I get an email asking me to confirm her pending arrangements - and they have always been great, and voila! All done. I couldn't do it better myself.