Anyone book HM without a travel agent??

Original post by BKtoLI

Sep 09, 2005 12:16 AM

FH and I are looking into our HM now and I got some quotes from a travel agent.

But we checked online through Expedia, and for the same exact packages, I found cheaper prices on Expedia!! And some were about $500 cheaper!!

Is this possible that because everyone books online nowadays, that her price is more because of the commission??

And are there any drawbacks to planning your HM yourself as opposed to through an agent?

TIA

ABGS06 Posted: Sep 09, 2005 08:11 PM

Re: Anyone book HM without a travel agent??

We used a travel agent. We have used this travel agent for previous vacations. So we know we can trust her. I was afraid that if we booked our HM through Expedia we would get screwed some how. We are going to Sandals St. Lucia. She was able to get us a low price. Plus she keeps an eye on the price. If it goes down we get the lower price. If it goes up we still get the low price we booked it at. Using a travel agent was just one less thing to stress about. That is just my opinion.

DanaMZ Posted: Sep 09, 2005 08:36 PM

Re: Anyone book HM without a travel agent??

I spoke to 4 different travel agents and they all gave me quotes that were way higher than what I was quoted when I called the hotels directly -same hotels, rooms, everything.

Jbriggs Posted: Sep 09, 2005 09:19 PM

Re: Anyone book HM without a travel agent??

I used Leslie @ Travel Solutions. She was alittle far from me but she is a vendor from here and she has great reviews so we tried her out.. FM me if you want her info.. She was GREAT!