• taiyang@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      People question you but there’s actually some good reasons. My first international flight as a teen was via travel agent and they managed to get me a $300 promotional ticket to Japan (usual price $800 at that time). They even hooked me up with a train pass, too.

      That, and I read that any multi-destination trip can benefit from an agent, usually saving more than you spent on the agent. My guess is the train passes and things like that can also help a ton.

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          7 months ago

          I’d honestly rather have someone else do it for me who knows what they’re doing. Flying is bad enough, why extend that terrible experience?

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            I used to use my credit card concierge for that but now they’re impossible to get in touch with. I skipped everything in between and now just do it on my phone, generally while drunk as shit in the middle of the night.