The COVID-19 pandemic was a case study on the importance of using a travel agent. With passengers worldwide quickly needing to get back to their home countries with limited flight options, insurance claims, and more, the expert advice and skills that a travel agent can provide a client have never seemed more critical. As the world returns to travel, using a travel agent should still be a part of your winning vacation formula to ensure you're creating a vacation without any unexpected surprises that you'll remember forever.
AAA Travel agents experience a Palais Pallavicini Concert and Dinner with travel provider Tauck.
TRAVEL AGENTS ARE DESTINATION EXPERTS
Travel agents combine textbook knowledge with real, first-hand experience, giving you the upper hand as you plan a vacation. Whether it's a river cruise down the Rhine experiencing the magic Vienna has to offer or exploring the Bramante staircase on an escorted tour at the Vatican, travel agents can use their real-world experience to provide you with tips and tricks to explore vacation destinations.
As a result of this real-world exploration, not only can travel agents provide you with guidance on how to explore a destination, but they can also help you find the right partner to experience a destination. As a part of their training, they learn what various travel providers offer to pair the right client with the right experience, ensuring a pleasant vacation.
AAA Travel agents experience a Palais Pallavicini Concert and Dinner with travel provider Tauck.
COVID HAS CHANGED TRAVEL
The pandemic has impacted travel in a big way, from the destinations you can travel to, to requirements to get there. Travel agents have the tools and resources to make sure travelers make informed decisions as they take to the roads, skies, and seas during this new era of travel. Travel agents have access resources that are updated daily that showcase country travel requirements for COVID-19, passport information, and more.
WHERE CAN I TRAVEL NOW, AND IN THE FUTURE?
As of April 2021, AAA Travel agents are reporting the United States is the most popular travel destination, with travelers focusing on national parks, road trips, and Hawaii. Internationally, Mexico and many of the Caribbean islands are open to travelers, too, but with varying levels of travel restrictions. As the globe continues to open, agents are seeing trends of travelers booking river cruises and more extended vacations, sometimes 10 to 25 days, to make up for lost vacation time.
Remember that travel is a personal decision. Travel agents are here to help you navigate the new travel environment to help plan the perfect vacation for you.
