BOOK WITH OUR TRAVEL AGENCY
Why use a Travel Agent?
1.
In
a
day
of
poor
customer
service,
we
still
provide
friendly
personalized
service
and
we
care
about
your
vacation.
You
get
so
little
time
off,
vacation
time
is
very
valuable and we make sure you have fun.
2.
In
the
event
of
supplier
problems,
you
will
be
able
to
get
your
agent
on
the
phone,
by
text
or
by
email.
We
are
your
professional
advocate
and
we
know
the
rules!
We
know
about
minimum
flight
connection
times,
US
passport
and
foreign
visa
requirements,
open
jaw
bookings,
extra
airline
charges,
vendor
responsibility
in
the
event
of
changes
and
insurance
claims
when
you
have
to
pay
plus
the
financial
health
of
travel
suppliers.
Each
agent
you
speak
to
at
our
agency
has
30
years
experience
in
the
travel
industry.
We
are
always
available
during
posted
business
hours
to
answer
any
questions
or
make
changes
plus
we
provide
emergency
after
hours
cell
phone
access
to
clients
via
our
cloud
based
phone
system.
When
you
do
business
directly
with
a
travel
vendor
or
cruise
line
the
person
on
the
other
end
of
the
phone
works
for
and
takes
direction
from
that
vendor.
They
probably
work
on
some
type
of
commission
based
system
(only
from
that
particular
vendor),
they
will
only
be
available
during
limited
business
hours
and
they
may
be
in
a
different
company's
cubicle
next
week
or
selling
a
different
product
on
the
next
phone
call.
Lately
they
could
be
working
in
another
country
or
continent
across
the
world.
A
good local travel agent works for you.
3.
To
many
destinations,
we
have
been
there
or
we
have
access
to
ask
questions
of
destination
specialist
vendors
or
colleagues
that
have
been
there.
We
know
what
questions
to
ask
to
make
sure
we
qualify
the
priorities
you
want
from
your
vacation
time.
We
offer
unbiased
consultations
from
a
full
menu
of
choices.
We
have
years
of
experience
with
routings,
destinations,
ships
and
geography.
We
attend
destination
seminars
to
learn
about
the
latest
information
plus
supplier
seminars
and
webinars
to
learn
about
new
products.
We
are
members
of
Cruise
Lines
International
so
we
keep
up
with
the
ever
changing
choices
in
the
cruise
ship
industry.
We
also
have
experience
in
the
tour
industry
so
we
can
evaluate
hotels
and
plan
independent
travel,
escorted
tours and river cruises like nobody else.
4.
We
make
it
our
business
to
know
the
best
deals
of
the
moment.
Many
destinations,
products
and
companies
are
similar
so
if
one
has
a
deal
and
another
does not it may make sense for your budget.
5.
We
have
powerful
direct
booking
links
for
airlines
and
hotels
through
Amadeus.
We
know
about
most
travel
websites
too
but
we
have
a
different
set
of
suppliers
than
you
see
on
the
web
and
most
have
been
in
business
years
longer
than
the
online
agencies.
Given
the
mergers
in
the
online
agency
business
you
are
only
doing
business
with
limited
companies
like
Expedia
or
Priceline
regardless
of
the
multiple logos or varied websites you may be looking at.
6.
Many
of
our
clients
do
not
have
the
hours
and
hours it takes to research a vacation on the web.
7.
Like
travel
brochures
before
them,
web
pages
and
phone
apps
do
not
always
tell
the
truth.
Ratings
sites
like
Tripadvisor
or
Cruise
Critic
are
great
to
get
a
general
view
of
a
hotel
or
cruise
ship,
but
they
are
sometimes
spiked
with
fake
reviews
from
devious
internet
services,
hotel
employees
and
competitors
both
good
and
bad.
Many
reviewers
may
not
share
your
tastes
or
be
of
a
caliber
where
you
would
want
to
take
advice
from
them.
A
good
travel
agent
has
other
tools
to
know
about
hotels
&
ships.
We
have
the
experience
to
pick
through
the
massive
information
on
the web.
8.
We
are
local
in
Tampa
Bay
and
you
can
speak
to
the
same
person
each
time
you
call.
We
are
a
Florida
licensed
travel
insurance
agency.
We
are
a
Florida
Seller
of
Travel.
#10098.
We
are
licensed
in
Hillsborough
County
and
City
of
Temple
Terrace.
We
are
members
of
Cruise
Lines
International
Association
CLIA
#00577404.
We
protect
your
credit/debit
card
information
with
good
data
practices
and
we
are
PCI
compliant.
We
sell
various
types
of
travel
insurance,
give
our
clients
advice
about
Visas,
Passports
and
other
travel
requirements.
Traveling
the
world
offers
a
multitude
of
choices
and
we
can
give
advice
for
the variety of situations that arise.
9.
Our
services
are
FREE
with
most
Hotels,
Tours,
Vacation
Packages,
All-Inclusives
or
Cruises.
We
are
compensated
by
the
suppliers
for
helping
you
buy
a
vacation
package,
cruise
or
tour
but
we
offer
unbiased
opinions
as
our
agency
is
contracted
with
the
most
legitimate
travel
vendors
in
the
world.
Our
philosophy
is
client
first
and
we
try
to
match
you
with
the
best
product
for
your
needs
even
though
some
of
our
vendors
are
preferred
and
others
are
not.
We
even
book
apartments,
b&bs
and
other
non
commissionable
products
on
an
hourly
basis
if
you
find
something
you
love
on
the
web
that
our
suppliers
don't
sell.
We
can
advise
you
about
direct
sale
products
using
our
expertise
under
this
compensation
method
and
make
sure
you
have
a
confirmed
reservation
when
you
arrive.
We
do
charge
fees
for
booking
zero
commission
airline
tickets
as
part
of
a
package
or
overseas
cruise
but
we
take
care
of
the
problems
as
the
airlines
are
complicated
and
change
frequently.
Sorry,
but
we
don’t
book
air
tickets
without
a
supporting hotel, cruise or tour purchase.
Our
GDS
system
pulls
up
all
airlines
and
we
can
look
at
code
shares
that
might
get
you
there
and
home
on
different
carriers
in
the
same
alliance.
Our
airline
fees
are
similar
to
those
charged
by
carriers
for
phone
support.
We
also
charge
for
independent
itinerary
planning
but
we
handle
planes,
trains,
ferries
and
rental
cars
worldwide.
Lastly
we
do
charge
postage/document
fees
on
certain
low
priced
cruises
and
a
minimum
accounting
charge
on
payment
plans
but
we
offer
value
for
the
money
when
compared
with
online agencies or direct bookings with a supplier.
Most
online
sources
and
direct
booking
with
vendors
means
you
have
to
print
your
own
documents
and
many
times
complete
complicated
pre-registration
pages
online
before
arriving
at
the
port
or
airport.
Each
one
of
those
vendors
has
complicated
terms
and
conditions
that
you
check
(without
reading)
and
notices
on
every
page
that
name
spellings,
dates
and
other
information
can
cause
change
charges.
We
assist
with
these
processes
for
our
clients
and
get
internal
help
auditing
records
so
everything
fits
together
and vital travel information is correct.
10. When you book on the web, you are out there alone.
A travel agent helps you avoid problems with good planning, destination and
industry knowledge plus we've got your back when something does go wrong
along the way.
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