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Question by Pete: What travel agency do you recommend in UK?
Hi guys,
What travel agency do you recommend to find a good holiday deal? I have got no previous experience with travel agents. I’ve heard of thomascook as well as first choice? Are these two any good?
Or maybe you do not recommend them?

Thanks

Regards
Pete

Best answer:

Answer by Jan409
Forget the travel agents and do it yourself

Travel agents are much more expensive
and have less choice than doing it by yourself

I regularly use the website

www.greatlatedeals.co.uk

where you can choose flights, transfers and acomodation to suit
you, and you can be very flexible

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Question by Pete: What travel agency do you recommend in UK?
Hi guys,
What travel agency do you recommend to find a good holiday deal? I have got no previous experience with travel agents. I’ve heard of thomascook as well as first choice? Are these two any good?
Or maybe you do not recommend them?

Thanks

Regards
Pete

Best answer:

Answer by Jan409
Forget the travel agents and do it yourself

Travel agents are much more expensive
and have less choice than doing it by yourself

I regularly use the website

www.greatlatedeals.co.uk

where you can choose flights, transfers and acomodation to suit
you, and you can be very flexible

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Question by Ping Hao: Does anybody have any friends in American Travel Agencies?
I want to know some friends who work in American Travel Agencies,but I don’t know how I could deal with it. I really hope somebody can help me!!!!

Best answer:

Answer by pgtkc1
A number 3, two number 15 and a portion of prawn crackers.
Probably makes more sense than your question.

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What Kind of Travel Experience Do You Want?

So you’re going on a trip. Fantastic! Exciting! But what sort of trip are you planning to take? Is it for business or pleasure? Where are you headed? Who are you going with? Just what kind of travel experience do you want?

Traveling on a budget can give you all sorts of experiences, depending on a) your budget, b) where you want to go, and c) what you want to do. Everyone’s budget will be different, and traveling on a budget means knowing how much money you can afford to spend and sticking to that amount. So if you have a budget of two thousand dollars, your travel experience will be different from someone who has a budget of ten thousand dollars. It’s all relative to the dollar amount, but knowing some tricks to help you save money while traveling will make your dollars stretch further therefore increasing your travel experience.

Do you want to travel overseas? Do you want to travel around your home country? Do you want to stay in luxury accommodation or are you going to back- pack? Are you traveling with children or are you honeymooning? Are you traveling with a bunch of friends or are you keen to experience a group tour with strangers? Do you want to go to popular tourist sites or do you want to experience a destination’s way of living in remote areas? 

All these questions are things you need to ask yourself before you begin to plan your trip. You can either plan your trip with your budget in mind, or plan your trip, work out how much money you’ll need and save until you can get there. The first is probably a little easier to do because when the travel bug hits, you generally want to take off as soon as possible. Knowing your budget can guide you in making your decision of how and where you will be traveling. But if you have your heart set on a trip of a lifetime to an exotic island in the Pacific then you will need to save accordingly. It’s your choice.

Once you know what type of experience you are after, it’s time to work out the best way to get it on your available funds. Traveling on a budget is easier than you think these days. No longer does it mean living on stale food and sleeping in questionable accommodation. If you are wise and spend some time investigating deals to your chosen destination you could be able to enhance your traveling experience more than you thought possible. A bit of research will get you a long way when traveling on a budget.

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