06/08/2023
Stolen from another travel agent... but LOVED this!!
So I’m just going to put this out here, because it’s been happening A LOT lately with travel opening up everywhere!
If you don't want to use a Travel Advisor for your trip, PLEASE DON'T ask us for advice/help when your trip goes south, you have questions about your trip, or a problem arises.
First of all, we legally cannot give advice on a trip we did not plan, and those Travel Advisors who do are setting themselves up for a potential world of legal trouble.
Second, we Travel Advisors make the majority of our income through commissions from cruise lines, resorts, and hotels that we book for you. And just so you know, 99% of the time, booking airfare alone doesn't make us a dime! When you don’t book through us, you’re giving your money away to that online booking engine (did you know that Travelocity, Expedia, Trivago, and similar online travel companies all make a commission off of you?), resort, cruise line, hotel, etc., instead of helping your Travel Advisor friend make a living.
When you book on your own and something goes wrong, or you have questions, or want to make changes to your trip, etc., you have no one to advocate for you, fix it, or help you to understand why a thing is a thing.
So please don’t be dismissive of your Travel Advisor friends because you think you can find a better deal, or because Costco is giving you a $500 gift card (free toilet paper won't save you in the middle of the night when your flight gets cancelled, but your Travel Advisor will).
And when it comes down to it, you’re still going to be asking said Travel Advisor friend for help or advice, at the same time taking away the potential for him or her to make a living. Remember - you don’t want to work for free, and neither do we.
