Horror stories about online booking send customers back to travel agents

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We have been hearing more stories than usual about the frustrations of online travel engines’ customers lately.

In addition to horror stories we have read about, two people we know faced dropped bookings when they arrived at the airport.

One had booked a flight and the other a whole vacation package and both were told that there was no record of payment (even with a confirmation number) and they would have to pay for their trips again.

So we were not especially surprised when we saw the report by eMarketer (they sell market research and trend analysis about Internet commerce) about the decline in the number of people booking online and the increase of people booking through travel agents.

Booking through a travel agent is some of the best insurance you can buy. When problems arise, you have someone to call. You can go and have a coffee while they sort out the problem. If they can’t fix it right then, you’ll at least know that when you return from your holiday, your travel agent will probably have fixed the snafu.

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