Do not underestimate the saving to your staffs time by using a travel agent. The agents fee will be less than the cost of your staffs time because the systems a travel agency uses are much much quicker than the Internet. In addition agents
- Are a one stop shop.Book extras like hotels car hire, insurance etc.
- Will charge a credit card our open a company account.
- Have all you travel invoices the same size will make your sytems clearer than having invoices all shapes and sizes.
- find the best choices.
- Have the total price at the outset, not the starting price and the the extras, like a dripping tap, for credit cards luggage, check-in etc.
- Help avoid costly errors.
- Will quickly learn the clients requirements.
- Can enforce company policy.
- Give assistance out of hours.for last minute bookings or changes to bookings.
- Use creative fares and consolidated fares.
- May be able to hold the flights on option.
- Assistance with complicated itineraries.
- Help trace staff in an emergency.
- Provide management information.
- Be your advocate in disputes with a carrier.
Make use of the travel consultants experience to choose the most suitable fare/flight.
Firstly you will need to find which carriers operate a service? They will have to check the web-sites of all the airlines that operate a route to find the times and then make a dummy booking to see what the final price is and what the fare rules are for the various fares. If several airlines are checked this is very time consuming .
A specialist business travel agency like Transit Management will have CRS equipment such as Sabre, Amadeus or Worldspan that will very quickly check availability, prices and fare rules of all the airlines operating a route and will enable you to make a correct informed decision taking into account such criteria as price, fare rules, times, comfort etc.
Remember time is money, saving your staffs time is saving your Company money.
Have a comfortable and cost effective journey.
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