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Travel Counselors
Personalized Travel Planning |
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Travel counselors, travel
specialist, and personalized travel planning are some of the terms used to
describe individuals and companies that will help you plan a trip or
vacation. Sometimes you will need to initially fill in an online form with your vacation interests, locations, budget,
etc. Then they will get back to you with a list of suggested vacations or
help you plan a trip either by email or phone.
Think of it as personalized travel planner via the web. But a travel
agency in your hometown that has someone experienced in the places you want
to go or what you want to do is still probably the best option you have to
get help in planning a complicated trip.
Planning a complicated trip to a developing country can be a real challenge.
You do have other options besides using a travel planner, especially if you
are an experienced world traveler or feel comfortable traveling alone or
with a companion. The best tools we have found are doing research on
the web the the places you want to visit and taking advantage of websites
like
VirtualTourist.com where you can make contact via email and phone with
people living in the places you want to visit.
If you want to
search for online travel planning advice, use search words like the following:
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American Express - Find a Travel Specialist This is their personal
travel planner selection page. First you select an activity or
destination and then they show a page listing travel specialists for it.
The travel specialist's name. address, phone and email is provided along
with an Accreditation description. You then contact the person, have
an initial consultation and they will tell you any planning fees that will
apply. A fee will usually apply to complex itineraries.
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Virtuoso.com. This is the travel industry's leading leisure travel
specialist network. They have over 6,000 travel specialists who are
chosen by invitation only to become virtuoso travel specialists, They
will help you plan your luxury travel to any place in the world and for any
activity you have in mind.
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Respond.com. They
offer personal travel planning once you pick a category.
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