Tour operator Budget Travel has announced it will cease taking bookings via independent travel agents from December. The company will concentrate instead on dealing directly with its customers via its 40 Budget Travel shops, its call centre and its website.
.. the full travel news article can be read here.
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carolmc | 2 July, 2005 at 3:27 pm
No bad thing either. Our last break to Morocco, we booked on line, directly with the tour operator and received an on-line discount of €60 each. According to the tour operator, the discount is equivalent to the commission they usually paid to Travel Agents. When more folks realise that they are “paying” to use a Travel Agent..they will do it themselves, or perhaps expect the travel Agent to actually provide a service.
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