HM--travel agent or no travel agent?

if you don't know where to go, then use a travel agent. It won't cost you anything...But use someoene that comes recommended and ask around about places your interested interested in.

My travel agent is on LI, one time I used a women from LIberty Travel in Bay Terrace and she was very good..but I knew where I wanted to go and she just booked it for me.

I second getting a travel agent. They have connections to flight/hotel contacts who can give them steep discounts which are passed on to you.

We just booked a trip w/in the US and the Agent we used got us a good deal w/ non-stop flights at the times we wanted to leave. When I tried to plan my trip on Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity and other web sites, I saw my fees were higher and my flights all had connections.

This is what I did and it we got the best we possibly could-

I looked around at a bunch of travel sites and got my own prices... the best deal I found was on honeymoonsinc.com, but since it's not a well-known site I felt more comfortable going to a travel agent

so i went to Liberty Travel and they price match most competitors (except like Travelocity bc they book off last minute cancellations and such) and so they price matched what I got, even our agent was like umm your airfare to Cancun is cheaper than what I got for myself last month with my travel agent discount!

We used Liberty Travel in Syracuse b/c we live up there now so I can't vouch for down there but I'd check them out!

Definately travel agent!! For nearly a yr I drove myself crazy looking up different places, price quoting, etc. Once I found my ta she did everything for me and is a big help! She in east northport though, so that's far for you.

Ps I'm a big expedia/ecruises/vacationstogo online booker, so I was extremely hesitant at first