Travel Agency

• A travel agency is a company or business that does arrangement, packaging, and costing of travel-related services for traveling clients. 
•  Travel agent - one who does the usual packaging of the travel service components that are required by a customer. He ensures that all necessary inclusions are covered including the major and ancillary services that the customer will be needing during the duration of the travel. 
•  Travel counselor/ Consultant - one who provides advice as the main value proposition of the service. The position requires a rich knowledge on economic, socio-cultural and most especially in geographical aspect for a consultant acts as a “walking atlas” being a source of essential travel information. 
•  Ticketing Officer - a specialist assigned for booking the transportation requirements of a traveling customer that facilitates the reservation and confirmation of tickets for the customers. 
• Reservations Associate - a “ supplier-customer link” staff whose primary task is to handle purchase orders with the suppliers of the travel agency. These associates often are delegated respective accounts and services as the suppliers may have varying requirements and operational procedures to follow. 
• Leisure Travel - this specialization involves a segment of travel business focused on recreation, adventure, entertainment, sports, and gaming for a vacation. 
• Luxury Cruise Voyage - This type of travel is intended for leisure purposes with an all-inclusive holiday vacation on a cruise ship that usually lasts for weeks or months depending on a specific itinerary availed by the passenger. 
• Corporate Travel - this is a particular specialization of travel arrangements designed for corporate personnel for their business travel services which usually include arranged flights and accommodation with special features such as business class seats in airlines and access to the Business Center in the hotel. 
• Pilgrimage - is a type of tourism that intensely motivates travelers for the achievement of religious attitudes and practices. 
• ·      Retail Travel Agency - offers services directly to the public consumer on behalf of the 

  suppliers that in return gets commission from the selling rate or puts markup from the agreed contracted rate. 
• • *contracted rate + mark-up = selling price• *selling price x Commission % = commission
• ·      Wholesale Travel Agency - These agencies offer travel services that are acquired from their suppliers in bulk. All too often, whole travel agencies are a larger entity of business and of high goodwill from them to earn trust and network in the industry.