LuxuryLink.com and SkyAuction.com let consumers bid for everything from luxury tours to last-minute flights, while on eBay's travel site, commercially packaged trips are displayed alongside listings from people trying to unload a time-share week in Florida.
Luckily, there are a number of British and North American companies that put together package trips, tailored to the desires of the traveler.
In Europe and the United States, the so-called Mediterranean diet — rich in olive oil, whole grains, fish, fruits and vegetables and wine — is a multibillion-dollar global brand, encompassing everything from hummus to package trips to Italy, where "enogastronomic tourism" rakes in as much as five billion euros a year.
InterContinental Hotels, which also owns the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza chains, has worked harder than most to try to shift bookings to its own sites, not least by guaranteeing that they will offer the best room rates on the internet.Such moves not only increase competition, but also complicate things for online agents trying to package trips.
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago travel agent is accused of cheating more than 50 Muslim pilgrims by selling them package trips to Mecca without the required Saudi Arabian visas.
The old man arranged for them to go on a package trip to Venice.
That's a very generous offer, given how much a package trip to the US or the Caribbean can cost.
A two-week package trip can range from $3,000 to $4,000 per person, depending on the number of people in your group.
For anyone planning a trip to Slovenia with Crystal, I have bad news: the company's final package trip departed on 3 March, because that country's low-altitude terrain is not snow-sure thereafter.
