Travel Agents save your sanity, not just money!

One of the biggest questions we get is: why should you book my flights when I’m fully capable and know how to do it?

 

True – airlines and online agencies have made it remarkably easy to book travel.  But what they haven’t done is make it easier to REBOOK, CHANGE, or CANCEL easily.    And if/when things go wrong, such as a delay or cancellation – you are at the mercy of the airline.   Most airports are no longer training agents on how to do ticketing and handle reservations, pushing that responsibility off to a help desk or reservations line – which is why many of you have experienced 6+ hour wait times or call backs.

 

We use Sabre, an old school airline reservation system, for managing 90% of the flights we book.  Sabre shows us real time availability & flights, allowing us to grab that last seat…. which is crucial when you and your traveling group need to keep moving.

 

We can also reissue and update tickets fairly easily, and have a 24/7 support desk with our franchise – Travel Edge, meaning you are NEVER going to have to wait on hold for 6 hours again.

While our ticketing services aren’t always free, it comes with our expertise in airfares, scheduling, and fare rules to get you where you need to go and easier.    Plus its always nice having a separate set of eyes on your bookings.

We can book specific fare classes to maximize your mileage; combine more than one airline in a reservation (so your bags get transferred), and even help with that ‘extra’ comfort seat on your trip so you can fly more comfortably than if you booked on an airlines’ website.

And our fees are pretty simple — just a $35 assistance & monitoring fee for domestic flights up to 4 travelers and $55 for international flights.  This includes flight monitoring for all flights in the reservation.     That’s less than the cost of a dinner in an airport when you get stuck for booking it yourself and waiting to get thru to an airline while the limited seats go to other travelers.

Give us a shot, even though most flights go without a hitch, its that small percentage when problems do happen that we REALLY shine and show our value!