A friend of mine works in a small, traditional travel agency. They are in the High Street of a prosperous town in the Home Counties where many commute to London. They continue to do great business - with the over 50s. They know they are in a terminal business.
Taking a 10 day break with friends in late May to the Canaries, we:
- searched property rental sites
- checked out locations on G Earth
- read information from reccomendation sites - which we mostly discounted as we had no means of verifying statements and went with gut instinct
- we could see availability and communicate direct with the agent or owner
- this lead us to drop the first villa owner when we did not like their response.
- booked flights with different carriers for the out and back
- researched abd booked car hire
- co-ordinated all this between ourselves and the property owners through email and SMS
- payment by credit card and transfers within the group by direct bank txfer completed online
- When I need euros, I will get them at the Post Office or delivered by my bank (or collect) that will depend on the rates that I will check (where else?) online
Simples
