{"id":22726,"date":"2020-04-14T08:52:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T08:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/travel-agent\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T13:14:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T13:14:07","slug":"travel-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/travel-agent","title":{"rendered":"Travel Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of Travel Agent in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Travel Agent is a person whose job it is to arrange travel for end clients (individuals, groups, corporations) on behalf of suppliers (hotels, airlines, car rentals, cruise lines, railways, travel insurance, package tours). His task is to simplify the travel planning process for their customers in addition to providing consultation services and entire travel packages.<\/p>\n<p>An Agent can be self-employed, work for an independent travel agency, or be part of a Travel Agency <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/consortia\">Consortia<\/a>. Travel agents may specialize in leisure, business and\/ or other niche travel markets. They may be generalists or specialists (i.e. specialise in cruises, adventure travel, conventions and meetings.). The agents typically receive a 10 to 15% <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/commission\">commission<\/a> from accommodations, transportation companies and attractions for coordinating the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/booking\">booking<\/a> of travel.<\/p>\n<p>Although booking a <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hotel\">hotel<\/a>\/ a trip etc. through a Travel Agent saves time, nowadays the number of Travel Agencies is decreasing due to the strong online presence of the suppliers (hotels, airlines\u2026) themselves. <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ota\">OTAs<\/a> are the (new) online form of a Travel Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Using a Travel Agent is beneficial for customers who plan multi-destination and\/ or international trips. <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/booking\">Booking<\/a> through an agent saves time and \u2018headaches\u2019. The experience and consultancy comes from \u2018one hand\u2019 \u2013 the agent who combines all the travel components and services for the client\/ traveler. Often agents also dispose of unpublished deals and activities which is beneficial for the traveler.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/obe-online-booking-engine\">OBE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Synonyms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Travel Agent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of Travel Agent in  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glossary","category-t"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Travel Agent Definition \/ Meaning - Xotels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Definition: Travel Agent is a person whose job it is to arrange travel for end clients (individuals, groups, corporations) on behalf of suppliers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/travel-agent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Travel Agent Definition \/ Meaning - Xotels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Definition: Travel Agent is a person whose job it is to arrange travel for end clients (individuals, groups, corporations) on behalf of suppliers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/travel-agent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Xotels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-14T08:52:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-23T13:14:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Patrick Landman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@xotels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Patrick Landman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/travel-agent#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/travel-agent\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Patrick Landman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f51e882bd553ae1b905fc0214cdca6f5\"},\"headline\":\"Travel Agent\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-14T08:52:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-23T13:14:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/travel-agent\"},\"wordCount\":245,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Hotel Terminology &amp; 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