Professionals whose business is to organise and sell trips
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1answer
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Where can I find and book plane tickets on date not on destination?
I have a holiday coming up and I would like to travel with the family somewhere. I have specific wishes regarding departure and arrival times, but the destination is less relevant. Where can I search ...
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5answers
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Can you go to the Maldives without assistance of a travel agency?
Organizing your travel without agents is almost always cheaper and more fun.
But does that also apply for Maldives? Can I just travel to the Maldives? Do you have some tips or experiences to report?
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1answer
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Travel agents - can they match ITA Travel Matrix prices?
(applies to all travel agents, I'm just using FC as an example)
Flight Centre - the world wide travel agent, often boasts "lowest prices guaranteed". I've had trouble getting them to actually hold ...
7
votes
3answers
231 views
Is it advisable for US citizen to attempt a visit to Cuba w/o going through an agency?
I am aware of travel agencies catering to US citizens visiting Cuba, but are those services really worthwhile? If so, how does one go about vetting them?
7
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2answers
617 views
Flight with stopover: How to find a similar flight but with 1-week stopover?
Using some website, the cheapest Tokyo→Paris flight has a 5-hours stopover in Dubai.
I would like to make this stopover 7-days, so that I can visit around that place too.
I can't express this ...
7
votes
2answers
714 views
Why is there a 'secret carrier' option for a flight?
When searching for a flight on kayak.com (not for me, I don't fly business), it shows a "Secret Carrier" option.
What gives? Why are they unable to tell us even the code-share partner? What if you ...
6
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1answer
323 views
If I find a cheap flight on a site that doesn't sell tickets, can I buy them online somewhere?
Recently I have learned about the one truly amazing cheap flight finding service, matrix.itasoftware.com. But it's not a travel agent, it's only a search engine.
So this site gives you the full and ...
6
votes
1answer
141 views
Cheapest place to buy a JR Pass
I realize that the cost of the pass itself is fixed, in yen. However, I see that travel agents often add extra costs, in the form of "delivery fees" and "processing fees" etc ($15 for delivering a ...
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votes
2answers
470 views
Where to get Ghibli museum tickets: JTB or Lawsons?
As I understand it, there are two options for getting tickets to the Ghibli museum: through a local travel agency before we get to Japan, or at a Lawson's convenience store after we get to Japan.
I ...
5
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1answer
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When booking through online travel websites, how do I know if the airline will treat multi-flights as separate trips or a single trip?
For example, this is one of the search result in Expedia for SIN-SFO flight in September:
The proposed trip will have two flights, Singapore to Manila and Manila to SF. How do I know if the airline ...
4
votes
1answer
68 views
Using a Travel Agent for non-Complicated Travel
I am having issues figuring out the best way to go about booking travel for my honeymoon at the end of August (right in the middle of Labour Day weekend in order to add to the degree of difficultyl). ...
2
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0answers
167 views
Advantages of using a travel agent [closed]
With the number of websites and services providing travel advice, information, and deals, there are a lot of resources for someone to find and book their own travel plans. For plane tickets (or other ...
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0answers
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Which Lastminute.com local site has lowest prices / best selection?
Which Lastminute.com local site provides the lowest prices and best selection of routes? Is there any system? (possibly depending on region)
Background: I noticed that the localized Lastminute.com ...
0
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0answers
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Need tourist visa to Swiss [closed]
My husband is in Switzerland with an L-permit from Feb to May 2013. I applied for a visitor visa two times and they refused saying "your intention of coming back is not clear".
Now I want to apply ...
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0answers
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where can i find really cheap flight on the internet? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I do a “broad” search for flights?
I use skyscanner, but I am sure there are other ways. I can combine there different connections and search by entire month or ...
