Online versus Travel Agent Honeymoons

Finding the right destination for your honeymoon, booking the travel, finding the best deal, and planning all the details of your honeymoon can be a difficult and time-consuming job. It can also be fun and easy depending upon the choices you make!

The Online Honeymoon
Searching for honeymoon packages online provides you with literally thousands and thousands of potential destinations, hotels, and honeymoon packages. One of the great benefits of starting your search online is the great variety of potential trips you can take. You can go on a photographic or virtual tour of the hotel or resort, and then go on to another and another. As you compare the various options you can compare prices, as well, so that you have a better idea of what you can afford.

The Drawbacks to Online Honeymoon Shopping
Somewhere among the thousands and thousands of possible hotels, locations, resorts, and packages, many online honeymoon shoppers become overwhelmed. Instead of narrowing down their options, they become confused. The online search for the right honeymoon can take more than hours and hours of your spare time. If you make a mistake, there is no one to ask questions and get feedback. What happens if something goes wrong or if the pictures on the website do not match the reality? Who ya' gonna' call?

The Travel Agent Honeymoon
Many people believe that a travel agent will not get you the best price on a trip. A travel agent who wants your business will not send you on a trip that he or she has not taken or already booked for someone else.

A travel agent who wants your business will not send you on a trip that he or she has not taken or already booked for someone else. Professional agents are trained to get feedback from their clients, and if they are sending you on a trip that is new to them, they will carefully research it for you. So, you will have the benefit of your agent’s experience and recommendations. It’s his or her job to make certain you are happy and to head off problems. If you arrive at your destination and you have lost your tickets or there is a problem, you can call your agent for emergency help. Remember, if your agent has messed up your honeymoon, he or she will have a reputation to lose and will be there when the buck stops. For that reason, you will have someone in your corner who is fighting for you.

Working With an Agent
The first thing your agent will want to know is your budget. Don’t worry about what you have to spend. Your agent’s job is to help you put together the trip you want within your budget. According to one top agent, her average young honeymooners spend only $3,000. However, she prides herself on finding creative ways to stay in couples' budget. Another thing your agent will want to help you do is to find an all-inclusive package that pays for everything upfront, including your flight, hotel, food, side trips, shows, activities and tips, so that you know exactly what you will spend.

Drawbacks To Working With an Agent
If an agent is not familiar with the exotic location you want, he or she may not be able to give you upfront information and will have to take the time to research it. And of course, you need to find the best agent to work with you. As in all occupations, there are the great ones, the good ones, and the rest. If you don’t already have an agent you trust, ask around for the names of the best agents in your area.