Travel agents book business and leisure travel for customers. They also sell
holiday packages and give travel advice. Their are more than 5000 travel agency in the UK which are members of ABTA ( the
travel association). As a travel agent, you could be based at places like high street travel agents
or call centers. Examples- Thomson , ABTA, Bon Voyage or Co-operative travel,thomas cook.
holiday packages and give travel advice. Their are more than 5000 travel agency in the UK which are members of ABTA ( the
travel association). As a travel agent, you could be based at places like high street travel agents
or call centers. Examples- Thomson , ABTA, Bon Voyage or Co-operative travel,thomas cook.
The three types of travel
agent:
multiples - Thompson, Thomas cook
miniples - co- op travel
independent - Althams, Hays travel
agent:
multiples - Thompson, Thomas cook
miniples - co- op travel
independent - Althams, Hays travel
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- A Retail travel agent - are a companies who advise people when they are
travelling, about different hotels in their area that they going to, weather
conditions or currency exchange.
- A Business travel agent - are travel services for companies. They usually focus on short notice trips where the timing of the flight is more important than the price of the flight for the tourist.
- A Call Centre travel agent - is a company which sells products over the phone and each day they have
to reach a certain number of sales.
- A Web Based travel agent - is a company that sells holidays over the internet. An example of these
websites would be Expedia.