Advantages and disadvantages of traveling with travel agency and by your own.
faced with is how to organize your trip. At least, you need tickets and
accommodation. However, if you are going abroad, the situation becomes
more complicated. You will need visa, foreign passport and a little bit
of information about a country you are coming to. The citizens, living
and traveling inside European Union borders are in better position. They
are free to visit any EU country without any additional document and
visas. But let's imagine you have chosen a country where you need visa.
Well, now it's time to make some preparations for your trip. At first,
whether you trust organizing your trip to a travel agency, or organize
it by your own. If you choose the first variant:
Advantages
1) Convenience. You don't have to besiege embassy and wait in long
queues. You don't need to worry about buying tickets and booking hotels.
2) Price. Sometimes travel agencies have special agreements with hotels
and the price becomes cheaper. The same thing can be said about avia and
train tickets.
3) Comfort in the country of destination – you are mostly provided with
transfer to hotel and the representative of the agency can solve any of
your problems.
4) Your vacation is organized. You have a choice of excursions; you'll
be shown the best shops and the most interesting attractions.
Disadvantages
1) Unfortunately, not all the agencies can be relied on, some of them
disappear with the client's money.
2) Some people don't like to be limited - by excursions, by return
tickets or by the necessity of staying in the hotel they've chosen.
3) It's not always cheap – often the excursions, offered by the agency
representatives are more expensive than in other places in the city.
If you choose the second variant, you should be prepared to some
problems, but of course, this variant has its light sides too.
Advantages
1) You are free to choose there and when to go. You are free to change
you hotel of your return ticket.
2) You are most likely to see the places, not shown to usual tourists.
3) It's a kind of challenge. Can't imagine your holyday without risk and
adrenaline? So, this variant is for you!
4) You can seek and find a cheaper variant and not just accept what the
agency offers.
Disadvantages
1) Once again – risk. You are not quite safe when traveling alone in the
foreign country. Nowadays you are not quite safe anywhere, but still…
2) It causes some problems in the stage of organization – getting a visa
can be a trouble. Interview, invitation and a lot of documents – all
this can be inevitable. So, prepare to waste some time and nerves.
Anyway, the choice is yours.
