How to Pick a Travel Agency

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:30
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By Nathan Lynch

The trip of a lifetime can take a lifetime to plan unless you know how to pick a travel agency.
A common misconception is that travel agencies add to the cost of your trip. In truth, finding and using a good travel agency to plan your trip usually saves you time, money, and frustration. So how do you pick a travel agency?
Ask around!
The best way to find a good travel agency is through word of mouth. Ask your family and friends who they’ve used and then ask them about their trip. How did they travel? Where did they stay? Was their trip enjoyable? Getting a few referrals from friends helps you to know in ahead of time what to expect from a particular travel agent and helps you weed out the good from the not-so-good as well.
Are you a member?
Many clubs and organizations offer travel services for their members and many corporations have established relationships with travel agencies that their employees can use. “Members only” travel plans frequently offer the best values.
Compare
Shop a couple of experienced firms. Travel agencies come and go like any other businesses. The ones that stay in business add experience and know-how to each trip they plan. Make your first inquiry with a travel agency a listening experience; judge how well the agent listens to you and how comfortable they make you feel.
A good travel agent will ask you to outline your trip. They’ll ask where you’re going and why, how you’d prefer to travel, how long you plan to stay, and what your travel budget is. Be open and honest with your answers. A good agent will readily put together a sample itinerary that describes availabilities in transportation, accommodations, and estimated costs.
If you feel like you’re getting the “hard sell” or the travel agency tells you there’s only package available, keep shopping. You can always go back if you find that they’re right!
In addition to finding the best rates in lodgings and transportation, an experienced travel agent can also give you some helpful tips about your destination and here’s the bonus- generally it costs nothing to use a travel agency! Because they can buy in volume, travel agencies get discounts on prices for both tickets and lodgings!
For travel made easy, use the services of a travel agency to make your outing a time to remember well!

How To Save Money When Traveling

Sunday, April 19, 2009 2:41
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by: Maria Estarellas

Do you know you can go on a 7-day cruise for half the price?

Or visit Europe for 15 days for only $2,000 per person including airfare, hotels, car rental and meals?

If you follow these steps, you can save more up to 50% in travel expenses.

1. Travel during low season.

Choosing to go on vacation during low season, will save you a great deal of money on airfare, hotels, cruises, car rental and more.

The best dates to travel are between:

February - May

September - the week before Thanksgiving

December 1 - 15

For example, a 7-day cruise in the Caribbean can cost around $1,000 during summer and winter but it can cost $495 in November.

A ticket to Europe can cost between $800-$1,200 during high season but you can buy it at $395 roundtrip during low season.

2. Hotels

The same applies to hotel rates.

When it comes to hotels, you should look for 3-star hotels that will offer most amenities you need at a lower price than 4 or more star hotels. You should keep in mind, that 3-star hotels are smaller, but you can find very good hotels for a great price.

Keep in mind that hotels that are very near local attractions will be more expensive than hotels located 2 or 3 blocks away.

3. Attractions and Places to Visit

Make a list of the places and attractions you want to visit and do some research. Find out about the schedules, locations, special events, etc. You’ll find out that there are certain dates during the year that they will have discounts and even free admission.

4. Restaurants

Don’t visit tourist-oriented restaurants.

Instead, ask locals to recommend family-owned or small restaurants. Not only will you pay less but the food, quality and service will be much better.

Two years ago, I visited Monaco, France and we went to a small restaurant on a side street and we only paid $100 (for 4 people) for appetizers, great pasta, drinks and dessert (including tip). Not a bad price considering that Monaco is very expensive.

5. Metro vs. Taxi

In most places, there is a metro or train system which will be a lot cheaper than traveling by taxi. All you need to do is get a map and trace the route you’re going to visit and find out the train or metro numbers you need to get on to.

By planning your vacation in advance, choosing the best dates to travel (low season), doing research about places and attractions to visit, going to local restaurants versus tourist-oriented ones, and using the metro or train system instead of taxis, will save you a great deal of money and allow you to go on vacation at least twice a year.

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How Would YOU Like to Have a Travel Buddy Who Knows How to Pick up Girls!

Saturday, April 18, 2009 2:17
Posted in category Travel Tips

by: Elvis Preston King

Let’s go on a vacation, but this time lets skip, Ft. Lauderdale, Hawaii, Bahamas or Cancun. Let’s go where the girls love Western Men like you and me.

I am Elvis Preston King I have always been the master of how to pick up girls. Back home in the United States and Canada I noticed as I began to grow older the girls would stick up their nose up at me. I claim to be American and Canadian as one of my parents is from Toronto, and the other parent is from Kansas City. Of course I was born in Mississippi and I grew up in Memphis.

Even when I would pull up to the curb in my Rolls Royce Limo and my Ferrari F40 the girls wouldn’t give me the time of day. Enough is enough. Young Western women don’t appreciate the Older Man. That goes for you German, French, Italian, English, Dutch and all of the rest of you.

Will, simply put I got so angry one day when I was trying to pick up a young 18 year old Hollywood, California girl who wouldn’t even give me her phone number let alone talk to me. I said that’s it. I sold my Hillsboro beach Florida penthouse, put my cars in storage and hopped on a plane to the Dominican Republic and I haven’t been home since and that was five years ago. I have many sexual paradises of earth that I like to travel to. I now hold the world record of more girlfriends of any man on earth. I have over 1000 active girlfriends and I am sad to say that I am broken up with over 2000 girls who have left me high but not dry. They caught me fooling around with another girl!

Of course, a wife would be nice, but how can you pick just one wife out of all these beautiful young dream girls. I might accept a harem of wives, but I’d get bored with them too and move on I am sure. I am sorry when you’re Elvis and every young beauty loves you it’s just too big of a temptation to stray. I could never be with just one woman no matter how beautiful she is. I tried it. I had the runner up Miss Universe from one country and I couldn’t be loyal. Good luck Donald Trump! I think you made a big mistake getting married to a young beauty. Same to you Larry Ellison, with your money you don’t need a wife. There are other more suitable arrangements than marriage that can be made! I have girls that I sleep with and girls who take care of my cooking and cleaning. Needless to say if you are the senior playboy king you have to eat right.

I could write a book but I refuse to sell my secrets for five or ten dollars. Never in your life. Elvis can’t be bought cheap. Sorry. However, I am looking for one special travel buddy. All my life I have never had time for buddies. I have spent all my time with beautiful young girls. I am now looking for a sidekick to travel to exotic locations around the world who truly loves girls.

Lets go on a vacation! Come visit me and my girls on the islands of love. The weather will give new warmth to your soul. The walks on the beach with your girls will take away the worries of time and age. Romancing a beautiful girl will relieve your weary heart. A vacation with a new dream girl is an absolute cure for the senior man who feels left out from the pleasures of life. Ah- the islands of the sexual paradises of earth, a breath taking experience, a touch of vigor for the older man and the energy of life you need for the rest of your time here on Earth. You won’t ever want to go home. Such dynamic hideaway retreats that once on one of my islands it will mystically bring romance and joy to your heart. Elvis’s sexual paradises of earth are an extreme love connection for the Western man who truly loves beautiful girls!

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