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A relationship with a travel agent where it has been established that you want to be very hands off.

• tluyben2 9y ago
  That's ofcourse the issue; travel agents have been doing this since forever, but most people now want easy and cheap and travel agents are expensive. So expensive that many people don't use them and go through the pain of arranging all themselves. Very much not 1-click, but much cheaper generally.
  • Trundle 9y ago
    Are they? I was under the impression that they mostly work on referral fees/commission. They get paid by the hotels, airlines, cruise companies, etc instead of booking.com or wherever you would look things up yourself With that, I thought people stopped using them because most find some value in planning their vacations themselves, and the barrier to doing so got easy enough for them to do it. There's a huge subjective component to a lot of choices involved in a holiday. A travel agent seems ideal for someone willing to give up control of those specifics, that just wants to be able to send an email that reads something like "15-28th August. Portugal. I'm thinking something involving forests" and be done with planning.
    • tluyben2 9y ago
      > Are they? I was under the impression that they mostly work on referral fees/commission. I like the idea of a travel agent and have tried many times, also for company travel, tried them; I have never had quotes less than 2x higher than finding myself. And others have similar results. Experiences may differ but this is what we generally find in NL / UK.