Growing up, I had been blessed with parents who liked to take us kids on vacations. Being able to see new places and experience different cultures allowed me to have a great appreciation of the world in which we live. Once I got older, I realized I was letting life slip me by working so much and not allowing time for vacations. I decided to change my perspective and began family vacations again. I was investing time researching the places we were wanting to go, planning our itinerary, and booking the hotels and flights by myself. I realized I had a passion for this. I enjoyed the challenge of trying to book the perfect vacations. But I also missed out on many opportunities on specials and discounts a travel agent can get for you.

Sure you can go on a travel site and find what you perceive is a good price and book your own. Some people think that travel agents prices are slightly more because you are paying the agent a fee. This is simply not true! The prices you see advertised on those Budget travel sites, are usually inflexible. To get that price you have to fly out of certain cities, on certain flights and stay in the hotel that they have a deal with. And guess what? You are paying them a fee to book your own trip! In the end the only person you talked to was yourself and the final price after the hidden fees and extras was more then that advertised price. Travel agents have the advantage of having a wide berth of industry resources. We look at a variety of resorts, hotels, packages, and destinations, to fit our client’s desires. We have inventory the public doesn’t see, and the advantage to compare and contrast promotions and deals.

As a travel agent, I will get to know what YOU want in a vacation, YOUR preferences on flights, YOUR preferences on the hotels and types of rooms. I can book excursions, specials, rental cars, transportation from the airport to your hotel. I will do all the phone calls to hotels and airlines to make sure YOUR vacation is exactly what YOU want. I will be there for YOU until you arrive home from vacation to make sure everything is how YOU want it. Can a discount booking site say that? Let ECLIPSE TRAVEL take the hassle out of your hands!