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Cheap hotels and their value!

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Author : lillian

As a travel agent people always ask what or where is a cheap hotel…Sioux Falls, Annaheim, Ca, Southbeach , Fl. New York, NY. Cancun, Mx..Any of all the Islands of Hawaii..including Oahu, Maui, Big Island, Kuaui...And I always say to them do you want cheap or do you want value?  In Hawaii…Oahu on the north shore…in Laie.  One hotel is about $100.00 a night but it has additional entertainment…as the gecko goes across the ceiling to get the roach.  The Hotel Turtle Bay, just a few miles from there can be as low as $125.00.  The Laie hotel is the cheapest but the Turtle Bay is the best value.  After all do you want to enjoy paradise or see the extra entertainment?  That’s why it’s good to get an agent who has traveled a bit!.

Just last week we had someone call us to get a Hotel in St George, Utah.  Some one we knew had recommended that he call us.  We discussed the pros and cons about the hotels that were available here in the office.  I called a great hotel that I knew the management at and he told me a hotel that I thought was not good had new owners and was actually pretty good.  So I went over to check it out.  I was pleasantly surprised.  I came back and called the customer but he had already gone on line and booked the cheapest hotel.  St George has 44 hotels and motels.  The hotel he booked on line was listed 44.  The customer stayed 1 night and came to the office to see if we could get him something else for the other two nights he planned on being there.  The reasonable hotel was no longer available.  So I called around and was able to get him into the Wyndham.  The cheap hotel was $79.00 a night including uninvited guests (roaches).  The Brand New Wyndham was $90.00 (with no additional guests! if you know what I mean).  If you have some place that you are looking for just call us @ 1-800656-7821

Why Use an Agent?

Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Author : admin

Today with everything so accessible on the Internet, why should travelers use a travel agent?

The main reason you should use a FreedomTravel4You.com travel agent is because we are your advocate in the market.

According to a Consumer Report regarding the internet travel industry certain airlines offering the lowest fare and a viable itinerary were not listed on some Web sites at all.

They state that the website search results are not objective.  In fact their research shows that Travelocity advertisers dominated flight listings.   Their research also shows that many TWA flights with inconvenient itineraries were listed first because of contracted fair deals.

Our own experience and research has found this to be true.

Some of the best deals for the consumer in terms of price, availability and convenience are not available on the major travel sites on the Internet.  Further the back-end source for that data is often owned and operated by specific airlines, giving them reason to not include other airlines or to push other airlines inventory in order to sell their own.

In most cases our agents can match or beat what you find on the internet because of their education and experience.