February 9, 2008
Travel agents: besides medical tourism, in which niches are they needed?
When I asked about what travel agents will be doing in a few years, I stirred up some discussion. Many people say travel agents are no longer necessary but others have reasons why travel agents are still employed.
This article talks about how travel agents are still needed. The evidence they offer is that many people buy their plane tickets through travel agents.
Certainly there are niches where travel agents will always be needed. I think we can include the super wealthy vacations (though how would I know?), medical tourism, and a few others.
Speaking of medical tourism, we do have this article on dental vacations. Of course, I don't think you want to copy everything the family described in this article does since one person skipped going to the dentist for 10 years...
Posted by James Trotta at February 9, 2008 1:33 AM | TrackBack