3 reasons to visit a travel agent

17 July, 2019   By: Tatum Stafford

Here are three reasons to book your next holiday with an RAC Travel agent.

1. You save money

A travel agent has bigger and broader access to all the booking options than consumer-based online booking platforms. What’s more, they can view all of them at once, and can quickly compare and secure you the cheapest deal. Because they work in the industry, travel agents also get exclusive access to pre-sale deals and special airfare offers, so can pass those bargains on to you.

2. You save time

Flights, accommodation, car hire, group tours – that’s a lot of time spent sitting on those individual websites organising your trip. But if you’ve got a travel agent, you can forget about it, because they do it all for you. Plus, because they do this for a living, they can book all that stuff in a fraction of the time it takes you to do it making your trip will be organised much quicker than it ordinarily would having to make separate bookings flights, accommodation and group tours.

3. You get free advice

As travel professionals, travel agents are full of advice and recommendations for your next trip. They’ll be able to share tips on restaurants, accommodation and activities, plus some of the more practical expertise like exchange rates, necessary vaccinations and even clothing for religious sites around the world.

And because RAC is an ATAS-accredited agency, you can be sure you’re dealing with a trusted agency. This is particularly useful if you do happen to run into a problem on your holiday, like a cancelled or delayed flight. In these instances, your travel agent is someone you can fall back on to advise you in the steps to get your holiday back on track as quickly as possible. 

Last updated June 2019