Do Online Travel Sites Compete With Physical Travel Agencies?

The answer to that question is very simple.  Brick and mortar - physical - travel agencies typically have to charge higher prices for vacations to cover their operating expenses and to pay their travel agents.

Online travel sites have access to all of the same travel providers that brick and mortar agencies use. Because of lower overhead, the prices that are charged are lower resulting in better prices for the traveller.

Agencies

Traditional offline travel agencies are quickly becoming extinct by downsizing or going out of business completely.  Traditional “Brick and Mortar” travel agencies are being replaced by online travel agencies who use search engines to simultaneous access more than 150 worldwide travel web sites.

Online

With today’s changes in travel there is no way that you can know your finding the best deal or that the hotel you see on line is the hotel your going to get.  Hotels, car rental companies and Tour operators pay online travel sites to be there (he who pays the most looks like the most).

Booking

Booking travel online is becoming easier daily as airlines, hotel chains and tour operators gradually adapt to the new selling medium.  The user friendly software and booking engines have made it possible for anyone with basic computer skills to book travel, earn extra income every month and receive VIP travel privileges, discounts and perks.

Travel Agencies are in service of you with their professional staff and responsible managers.  They are usually licensed by the government in order to operate.  You will find many quality travel agencies throughout this page.