Questions about the Maldives agent

The Maldives can be booked through the following three ways, each of which has its own advantages and disadvantages

Find a professional agent to book online, and get the air tickets + hotel together;

Advantages: Strong professionalism, basically one-to-one service, no handover, so the price is slightly advantageous. If you have any questions during the trip, you can consult in real time. If there is an emergency during the trip, you can contact the agent in time to assist.

Disadvantages: The agent's own scale, operating status, operating years and ability to self-manage risks determine whether the money you pay to the agent is safe. In the past, there have been cases where small agents have shortchanged guests' room fees, resulting in There was no money to pay the hotel, so the hotel canceled the guest's room.

Find an online comprehensive travel service provider to make a reservation (the ones that advertise every day, the only ones that do online comprehensive travel are the big ones, so I won’t name them);

Advantages: large scale, The brand is resounding and the lines are complete. You will feel more at ease when booking here.

Disadvantages: Listed companies play a capital game (personal understanding), and do not put their own product services and customer experience needs first. For example, whether it is during or after booking, this kind of business must always It is basically impossible to provide one-on-one service, and often when problems arise, due to the large scale of this kind of service provider, one or two consumers' rights protection is a drop in the bucket, and it is insignificant to it. In addition, all lines of this kind of business will Yes, there are many lines, but the professionalism is relatively weak. Most of them will be transferred after receiving the customers.

Find a local travel agency to book a travel store

Advantages: You can find a physical store, which makes you feel more at ease personally

Disadvantages: Travel stores sell travel products The comprehensive store is not very professional and will be forwarded after receiving the guests, so the price will not be advantageous

Choose a hotel and book directly on the hotel's own official website. Among the above various booking methods, this is This is the most expensive and troublesome way (except for VVIP customers of the hotel group). You have to find out whether the price includes tax (there are several taxes) and domestic transportation in the Maldives... You also have to find out by yourself and Communicate with hotel staff.

It is recommended to travel independently when going to Maldives. The experience of the entire trip must be good. In this regard, it will be much better to book with an agent. The agent will make recommendations to you based on your budget and your requirements for the entire vacation. The most suitable island for you, paired with the most convenient flight. If you have any questions during your vacation, you can directly contact the agent to solve it. In short, we can provide you with one-on-one private customized services, and because the agent has a contract with the hotel, the price is also Advantages~

In fact, most people who go to the Maldives currently travel independently, that is, they book hotels and air tickets directly with agents, and wait until the departure day to set off directly. There are quite a few Maldives agents online. If you want to choose a reliable agent, you can't just look at whether it is a scammer. Its stability, problem-solving ability and strength are also very important...!

1. Do your homework to understand the Maldives first, and select a few agents with good reputations. During the consultation process, you can compare the professionalism, price, and services of the agents. The agency does not count the wrong price or control. When a house is sold at a special price, the price difference between regular agents will basically not exceed 1,000, and the price difference between larger agents will not exceed 500, because the operating costs of larger agents are there;

< p>2. Inspection of agent qualifications, because booking travel and hotels requires qualifications, so regular agents must have travel agency qualifications, and can provide a business license, can keep the public accounts of travel agencies, can issue travel invoices, and sign travel contracts;

3. Understand whether the agent's booking process is formal. Due to word limit, the specific process will not be described in detail;

4. Generally, agents have Taobao stores. You can check the agent's Taobao store level, and The simple way to see the number of recent successful transactions is to click on a few diamonds to see the total number of reviews. You can see the number of reviews within a month or six months, so you can compare them

5. Understand the scale and strength of the agent. (You can check the company history. You can directly ask your customer service for these, and then confirm it yourself through other channels), or ask a friend to go to the agency to check on the spot. If there is no formal office space and only one or two people, You need to be cautious.

6. Finally, please remember that the most important thing is that a for-profit company is never a charity. It cannot always lose money. If you don't start a company for the purpose of making money, it is all nonsense! ! No matter what choice you make, don't be greedy for cheap, otherwise you will be the one who suffers the big loss in the end.