Brought to you by: The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA)
These stories underscore exactly why YOU SHOULD ALWAYS USE A TRAVEL ADVISOR.
"One call to a Travel Advisor on behalf of his older parents, had them home the next day from the Caribbean." - Virginia Barthel,European Travel Whisperer/Nexion, LLC
"I was able to cancel the booking that I made for them in no time flat--they didn't even have to pick up the phone." - Thomas Carpenter,Huckleberry Travel
"Stuck in Peru. Advisor leverages her network to get the group home." - Liora Limon Cohen, TravelLulu
"With a 160-person wedding on a cruise ship on the line, the Travel Advisor saves the day." - Ran Cohen,RC Travel For Less
"From March 13 on, I have helped some 200 people get home. I have answered every call, every text message, every email, and Facebook message" -Teresa Gogan, The Travel Store
"Hours before the Kigali airport would close, a family of five, including one autistic child, and the family's service dog, needed to get out of Rwanda." - Katie Hartman,Kalikosmos Travel
"Able to postpone the trip to 2021 and retain 100% of the purchase price towards future travel to Ireland for a family of 8." Shawn Kendall, Trademark Vacations
"I was almost in tears of happiness for my clients. I cannot tell you how extremely relieved they were for not losing thousands of dollars."
-Toni McConnaughey, The Travel Team
"Missionary workers in Sri Lanka and Egypt needed to get back so this advisor jumped into action and enlisted her mom, a travel industry vet, to help." -Susan McDougal, Suzqz Travels
"Group travel to Portugal would have been lost if this advisor didn’t negotiate a flexible future travel plan with local partners."
-Sheree Mitchell, Immersa Global
"Advised client to postpone, not cancel for a trip to Italy. The advisor was able to reschedule everything and save the client $500."
- Mary Pat Rosewicz, Your Travel Mom
"Students stranded in Spain. Advisor brings classmates home." - Rhonda Porter, Travel and Transport
"A family of 3 stuck in Italy. The race to get home before borders close." -Trisha Rathke, VIP Travel Designs