Online Bookings Make Dent in Travel Agencies

godking
12 April 2005 6:00am

An ever-growing number of European netizens are making travel reservations through the Internet. That´s not breaking news, but the heart of the matter is that travel agencies and tour desks are scrambling like never before for a piece of a market that´s becoming increasingly elusive.

There are still some skeptics that don´t buy online offers like €30 airfares, €100 escapades and €40 hotel rooms in dreamland getaways.

There´s no some of these striking offers are bogus or just give surfers a tiny piece of the contracts. But one thing is certain: travel planning through virtual travel agencies is a whole lot cheaper and comfier.

Travel dot-coms like viajar.com, comoviajar.com or viajarbajoprecio.com offer tours around the world and put people a mouse click away from destinations, communities, provinces and locations.

Nonetheless, experts warn we must look leery at el cheapo offers and should try to match different websites when it comes to travel information. Above all, ways of payment must be considered carefully if we don´t want someone out there to pull our leg too easily.

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