Time is money and if your staff are using the Internet to book flights instead of a travel agency it will be costing you money and taking them away very making the best of their time. The agents fee will be less than the cost of your staffs time because the systems a travel agency uses are much much quicker than the Internet. In addition agents
- Are a one stop shop.Book extras like hotels car hire, insurance etc.
- Credit account or credit card can be used for payment.
- Will offer a uniform and clear billing system.
- Quickly find the cheapest option whether low cost or full service airline.
- Quickly and clearly tell you the price of arrangements.
- Help avoid costly errors.
- Will quickly learn the clients requirements.
- Ensure adherence to policy.
- Give assistance out of hours. Particularly useful when airports make flights non operational.
- Use creative fares and consolidated fares.
- May be able to hold the flights on option.
- Assistance with complicated itineraries.
- Help trace staff in an emergency.
- Managemnt reports.
- Be your advocate in disputes with a carrier.
Make use of the travel consultants experience to choose the most suitable fare/flight.
Firstly you will need to find which carriers operate a service? Having found which airlines operate a route each airlines web site will need to be checked to quite a low level to see the cost of each flight. If several airlines are checked this is very time consuming .
A specialist business travel agency like Transit Management will have CRS equipment such as Sabre, Amadeus or Worldspan that will very quickly check availability, prices and fare rules of all the airlines operating a route and will enable you to make a correct informed decision taking into account such criteria as price, fare rules, times, comfort etc.
Using a travel agent will give your staff more time to devote to other matters.
Have a good journey.
