Think Booking Flights Is Just Clicking a Button?
Think again...
The dominance of the internet now means that you can book your own flights in real time, online, direct with the airline and cut the travel agent out of the process entirely. But believe me when I tell you, just because you can, doesn’t mean you should!
I get it, travel agents charge a fee for their services and you’re sitting there wondering Why should I pay an agent when Expedia and Kayak tell me it’s as easy as jumping online and clicking “book”.
I understand why you might be thinking that. Online travel marketplaces like Expedia and Kayak like to tell you that you can “book your holiday in minutes” through their portals. So when you come to me, and I charge you a fee for my service; what exactly are you paying for?
Well, let me start by saying this:
my fee isn’t for clicking buttons - it’s for saving you time, reducing your stress, and ensuring your travel experience flows as smoothly as possible.
The fee you pay me covers the work required prior to booking. Take, for example, the client who was looking to fly business class from Brisbane to Rome, returning from Paris. I presented five different routing options (via Singapore, Doha, Perth, Hong Kong, and Dubai), complete with pricing, flight times, connection windows, airline pros and cons, and, as a bonus, included a link to a review of the business class cabin of each airline. All in an easy to read comparative one-page table.
Researching flight options like that is a lengthy process for the average traveller. For me? It’s simply part of the service. I provide you with simple, easy-to-understand flight options so you can make a confident and informed decision about the route, airline and price that is right for your needs.
But my job doesn’t stop once the flight is booked because I continue to manage the reservation on your behalf.
A family travelling from Cairns to Melbourne recently had their scheduled departure cancelled by the airline with an offer to rebook to a later departure. Rather than blindly accepting the later departure, I called the motorhome branch where they were collecting their vehicle to confirm that the new flight would still allow them to make pick-up in time. Once I’d confirmed this, I updated the client, reassured them, and then accepted the change on their behalf. Because I continue to manage the reservation after the booking, you have no stress, no disruption, no last-minute panic.
This is what you’re really investing in when you pay my booking fee: experience, foresight, and personalised service that saves you time, energy, and unnecessary hassle.
You could spend your time Googling flight paths; calculating layovers; totalling up the true cost of the flight once you add in checked luggage, seating and on-board meals; trawling through reviews of aircraft and cabin features … or you could spend it with your family, your friends, and doing the things that matter most to you.
So yes, there’s a fee for my service—but the value is in the time you don’t have to spend, the stress you don’t have to feel, and the mess you don’t have to fix.
If you’ve ever wished someone else could just “take care of it,” that’s what I’m here for...all you have to do is
click here to start the conversation.
