Travel agencies

Posted on July 15 2019

As known, many travel agencies play different roles in the industry. Each with a specific characteristics and responsibilities. In this blog, we will discover more about travel agency types and what are the roles of each of them.

• GSA of a Foreign Travel Company: representing a service or product of a foreigner company. The headquarter will empower the GSA to become their authorized partner in a specific market to enhance more travel specialists to benefit from the product/service.
• Business travel agencies: arranges business trips for a category of travelers with the best deals available and highest quality of services.
• Cargo travel agencies: can be considered as the smallest percentage of the industry that is associated with cargo and shipping.
• Online Travel agencies:known as OTAs. Specialized in offering products and services related to travel and tourism industry via a non-brick and mortal travel agencies. Selling hotel rooms, flight tickets, and tour packages online.
• Multi-destination or outbound travel agencies: this type is considered as the most common between travelers. It manages tour packages including flight tickets, hotel rooms, visa assessment, and car rental in one or more package.
• Car rental companies:dedicated to providing car rental services for their B2B and B2C clients.
• Inbound tour operators:are considered experts in a given destination, and they are aware of the best tours and activities in any region. They guide many local and international tourists for different sightseeing in their base region.
• Destination management companies: is commonly dedicated to provide professional services for the planning and implementation of out-of-town events,programs, and services. The value of a destination management company primarily rests in the company’s extensive knowledge of the local area as well as its professional relationships and local resources.
• Tour Packaging and Costing: prepare tour package and sell them to tourists. The coasting and pricing of tour packages depend to a large extent on the ability of travel agent as to how effectively he is able to negotiate with the principal suppliers.
• Travel Insurance companies: protects the travelers against the personal as well as baggage losses resulting from a wide range of travel related happenings and problems.
• Tour Operators: Tour operator is an organization,firm or company who buys individual travel components, separately from their suppliers and combines them into a package tour, which is sold with their own price tag to the public directly or through middlemen.

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