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Online Travel Agencies -- Great Deals and Good Service for Those who Seek Them out

Added: 04/18/2006

Recognized widely as the fastest and most convenient way to book travel reservations, online travel agencies exist to provide better services and pricing options via the Internet directly to customers. And though selling direct, hotel and airline chains have long ago entered the market, booking online remains widely popular. Recommendations on major online travel agencies are available at the web sites of National Association of Cruise Oriented Agencies, American Society of Travel Agents or Cruise Lines International Association.

Even today, in the era of information overload, a good travel operator is a necessity. Thus, if you belong to inexperienced travelers or simply have no time to look for the best travel opportunities, then addressing a good travel agent is a must.

There currently exist a wide variety of online travel agencies that work towards finding the best deals for their customers and sharing general knowledge concerning the cruise industry; providing a customer with several options so that he can choose one which is the most suitable for him; answering questions for travelers with special needs, like dietary restrictions, on-board child care and medical conditions; and keeping a customer informed on payment policies and cruise line cancellation.

Your successful vacation experience depends to the great extend on the choice of a proper online travel operator. Listed below are some of the most widely reputed online travel and tourism agencies, known for reliability and quality of services.

Ranked with the leading online travel agencies, Travelocity is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sabre Holdings Corporation and is operated by Travelocity.com. In addition to its primary consumer site, this travel agency also operates a full-service business agency, known as Travelocity Business, and a number of web sites in the United Kingdom, the Scandinavian countries, France, Germany and Canada. Among other brands are Showtickets.com, World Choice Travel and Site59.com. Travelocity is also known to operate the first web site that provided customers with the opportunity to access Sabre Holdings' schedule info, as well as to purchase, reserve and book tickets, rental cars, hotel rooms, vacation packages and cruises. It has also managed to develop and launch a private label distribution network, dynamic packaging functionality and merchant hotel business.

Headquartered in Washington, USA, Expedia is an Internet-based travel agency that books hotel reservations, airline tickets, car rentals, vacation packages and cruises via telephone travel agents and the World Wide Web. This one of the most popular online travel agencies serves customers throughout Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, Germany and France. Established in 1996 as a division of Microsoft, Expedia was acquired by USA Networks in 2001 and spun off its own travel group of businesses in 2005, including TripAdvisor, Expedia Corporate Travel, Classic Vacations, Hotwire.com and Hotels.com.

Founded in rural Pennsylvania in 1995, ONETRAVEL.COM has grown to become one of the leading online travel agencies in the United States, dedicated to offering its customers great advice and low prices. Travelers can book hotel rooms at more than 65,000 properties all over the world, rent vehicles from major rental companies, and save up to 70% on vacation packages.

Launched in 1996, ONELINETRAVEL.COM has earned a reputation of a leading site for budget-oriented consumers and has been retaining this reputation since then. Today the operator strives to provide the best in information and pricing on a much larger scale.




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