| International travel is an expensive and | | | | online booking sites may not be the right |
| time-consuming exercise. Many of us go on | | | | option if you have a few twists in your trip. |
| international trips either for business or | | | | And both these options may not give you |
| work related trips, to visit families, for | | | | access to the promotional and discount fares. |
| studies in foreign countries or just for a | | | | The best bet will be to call a travel agent |
| vacation. Here are some tips to make this | | | | and let them do the job for you.Travel agents |
| travel pleasant and easy on you and your | | | | are a good source to get great deals. They |
| pockets.Planning your trip:Plan your trip | | | | can help you in finding deals with more than |
| well in advance, if possible. This presents | | | | one airline and can offer tickets for |
| you an opportunity to get better air ticket | | | | discounted prices. They have access to almost |
| deals. Airfares for international travels are | | | | all airlines and have the expertise to search |
| seasonal. There are three main seasons: Low, | | | | for the cheapest tickets in the market. |
| Shoulder and Peak. Traveling in peak season | | | | Travel agents are a great source of |
| is always the most expensive. If your trip is | | | | information. Do not hesitate to ask them |
| not time bound, plan to travel in the low | | | | questions. They can provide valuable tips on |
| season to get cheapest and low airfares. For | | | | how you can save money. Travel agents deal |
| travel in peak season, shop for deals well in | | | | with more than one traveler at a time and |
| advance. This assures you good price, your | | | | hence may not be able to give you the details |
| choice of airlines and your choice of dates. | | | | in the first call. Give them your trip |
| If possible, keep the travel dates flexible, | | | | details and give them some time and they can |
| as that would help you in getting lower | | | | come up with really good deals for you. |
| fares. There is a notion that you can get | | | | Travel agents are easy to spot as many of |
| cheap air tickets if you wait till the last | | | | them have websites. A travel agency with |
| minute. This is not necessarily true and | | | | excellent customer service is an asset. Some |
| during the peak season, you may run the risk | | | | travel sites like etc. offer personalized |
| of not getting a seat on any airlines at | | | | over-the-phone services on travel to various |
| all.There are many ways on how you can save | | | | destinations across the world.There are |
| money. Many airlines have different fares for | | | | several travel agencies around the world. |
| weekday and weekend travel. If you are | | | | However, it is important that you choose the |
| planning to break your journey midway, some | | | | right travel agency, which offers the best |
| airlines offer free stopovers while others | | | | customer service at the cost of a few |
| charge a fee. Sometimes, direct / non-stop | | | | additional dollars. This is better than |
| flights are expensive than the ones with one | | | | booking the ticket online or offline through |
| or more stops. Less known airlines can offer | | | | a travel agency who may offer really cheap |
| hard to resist deals. You can either call | | | | deal but may end up not delivering you the |
| individual airlines to get their air fares | | | | ticket or not confirming your seats.So the |
| and then compare or search on travel | | | | first step to planning your next |
| websites, which offer online booking | | | | international trip is to get yourself a |
| facilities. While calling individual airlines | | | | really good travel agent. |
| can be a time consuming and tedious process, | | | | |