Welcome to this series of hints and tips designed to improve your travel experience. What are the benefits of booking my trip through a travel agent rather than booking directly through online booking sites? Let's find some tips for the travel agents. Useful advice. A good travel consultant will be able to clarify just what you are looking for and suggest the most appropriate options for your trip. This can result in suggestions that you might well not have considered. Perhaps in terms of the time of day for travel, most efficient route, opportunity for hotel upgrade, etc. All in one bookings. When your travel agent handles it all on your behalf, then all of the necessary bookings can be handled through the agency without the need for you to keep track of all these yourself. This avoids the need for you to visit multiple websites in order to create all of the bookings yourself. Is it all covered? If your travel agent handles your itinerary for you, there is not as much chance that a critical component of the trip itinerary will be accidentally forgotten until too late. A good consultant will discuss your plans and needs with you and should be able to cover everything that is needed to ensure a great time away. Simple payments. When you allow a travel agent to handle your entire itinerary, then all of your payments will be handled in one place rather than scattered around through various accounts and invoices.