Online travel services: Are travel agents becoming obsolete? 25 Articles

by Michael Crozier

Travel is a $14 trillion industry that continues to grow at astounding double-digit rates largely as result of its ability to evolve and adapt to ever changing socio-economic and political conditions. The travel worl...read more

by C Davison

Travel agents and online travel services have seen a definite change in business traffic throughout this generation, and it's likely that won't improve. While there are still many who prefer to go to a travel agent and ha...read more

by Clacky McSnackins

With the explosion of the internet and discount ticketers, travel agents are being given a run for their money. With increasingly new functionality and better technology, online companies are beginning to compete with tra...read more

by Subramanian K K

With the constantly increasing number of on line Travel portals and Airlines gearing up their on line sales via their own Websites and in some countries making commission payable to Travel Agents 'NIL' one can imagine (in ...read more

by William Parise

As I read other articles related to the topic of whether travel agents will be a thing of the past, I have to chuckle, and assume that many of these comments are from people that really don't understand the importance of a...read more

by Joseph Hazelbaker

The brick and mortar travel agent is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. The obsolescence of the in-person agent will be complete as the last of Generation X is replaced by the even more technologically savvy Generation...read more

by Kris Zelunka

I think that the original role of travel agents is becoming obsolete, but this doesn't mean that the job itself has become redundant. Rather, the role has changed dramatically with the introduction of the internet. Face to...read more

by Ryan Mcginnis

Online travel services...an odd concept. The travel agent should always be one's first resource. Travel agents do an incredible amount of work, in order to present you with the best trip you and your money can buy, while...read more

by Justice Liberty

Travel agencies are becoming a thing of the past. The Internet keeps making it easier to find the best deals available without having to pay a travel agent. All you have to do is type in travel, and you will have all kin...read more

by Royce Radcliffe

Just like the typewriter brought the end to the scribe, and legalizing alcohol removed the need for bootleggers, the boon of interactive travel sites has removed the need for another middleman. Travel agents have officiall...read more

by David Ourisman

It is deceptively easy to find the "best deals" using online travel services such as orbitz, travelocity, or expedia. I say "deceptively easy" because while the online agencies create the impression that they are offering ...read more

by Kyle Mccoll

Are Travel Agents Becoming Obsolete? Well as long as there are some people who can't use computers, travel agents won't be disappearing though I think that the majority will be shut down. The Internet offers better pri...read more

by Jeanne Bloms

Are travel agents becoming extinct? Not if you use Legendary Journeys. I booked a cruise to Alaska from them 5 years ago. It all sounded great. They said it would go through the Inside Passage, our hotels would be 4 s...read more

by Ted Sherman

Sorry to see honest, hard-working people lose business, but to us travel agents have gone the way of the dinosaurs. We had experience with good, so-so and bad local agencies. Nevertheless, we were gradually weaned away fro...read more

by Madd Republican

NO,NO,No,No Travel agents are not becoming obsolete. What most people do not know about travel agents is that anyone who enjoys travel and money can become an on line referring travel agent. Here is how it works. (www.flor...read more

by Amaryllis Holloway

With the emergence of travel websites like Orbitz, Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, and Travelocity, it would seem so. Many people think that they can get a better deal by making their own arrangements. In a perfect world, ev...read more

by TC

Travel agents are not becoming obsolete yet, but the demand for them is decreasing with the rise in on-line travel sites. As on-line sites improve in services, this trend will only continue. There is still a use for trav...read more

by K. Harper

I do not believe Travel Agents are becoming obsolete, I don't think they ever will for a number of reasons. The great thing with travel agents is that if something does go wrong with you airfare, you accommodation you have...read more

by Mandy Jones

Are Travel Agent's becoming obsolete? Some people may say Yes! The online travel services have vastly improved, you can book flights, hotels, car hire, you name it you can now book it online, at any time of day! But,...read more

by Camilla Persson

The answer to this question would have to be, it depends. If the travel agents sit back and just become an onlooker to the fact that most car rentals, flight and hotels are booked by the customers themselves on the Interne...read more