Travel Agent Resources and Tips

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Travel Agent Resources and tips into The Wonderful World of Travel !!!

I have been in the Travel Industry for over 30 years now. I have had the pleasure of being the Travel Agent for some very prominent entertainers like Stevie Wonder, Kool and The Gang etc. I have also worked on the Travel arrangements for Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Adam and The Ant etc.

As you can imagine, I have a lot of stories to tell and we will get to them but first, I want to give you a little insight into the workings of a Travel Agency. This information will help you negotiate better savings for yourselves and it will benefit you immensely. These are things that are not readily discussed with the public by the Travel Agency community nor the Airline Industry.....

What is a Travel Agency ?

How does it Operate ?

Travel in style !!A Travel Agency is essentially an agent of the airline. There are two main types of agencies. An IATA Agency and a Non-IATA agency. An Iata agency is licensed by the airlines to issue tickets in the agency, whereas the non-Iata cannot issue tickets. The airline always favours the IATA agencies (of course).

They give away lots of perks like upgrade certificates, Access to Business Class lounges, Free tickets, Waivers for cancellations etc. You , as a customer, should benefit from these perks but the agencies usually keep these to profit from. They will sometimes sell them to their corporate clients or they may use it for themselves. They are NOT supposed to do these things. Unfortunately, the airlines turn the other cheek because they do not want to ruin their relationship with the agency.

There are so many avenues for you to take advantage of and I was going to lay it all out for you but before I could finish this article , I stumbled upon an incredible article which I would like you to visit. I will give you the link below.

The 'Hidden' Secrets

This will amaze you !!

Fly into the sunset !After 30 years in the Travel industry, I thought I pretty much knew it all !! However, after reading this article, I felt like a whole new industry had opened up ! I couldn't believe these things were going on. I highly, highly recommend you read this. Not only is it very interesting but the amount of money it will save you is incredible. Not to mention all the perks that you will be able to enjoy. I, myself, a thirty year veteran in the industry, have used these to travel economically but not 'IN' economy !!

MY HIGH RECOMMENDATION!

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