The Evolution of Vacation Packages Over the Last Century
When you think of holiday, there are lots of factors that start playing with it which include travel fare, accommodation, taxi or any other form of transport, tour operation, visa, foreign currency etc.
These factors together these are comprised as vacation package.
A vacation package is usually organized by a tour operator or a travel agents, these have tie ups with all kinds of service providers like hotels, transport, foreign exchange, and even visa and they get your work rolling in no time.
These travel agents or tour operators have contacts at all these agencies and provide you with efficient service, discount and also great rates.
Thomas Cook which is popular tour operator across the globe and is the pioneers in this industry and started their vacation packages as early as the middle of 19th century.
It was because of these packages that people could start thinking about travel.
During the rise of travel and tourism industry, people were now able to explore some of the exotic locations of the world but there were also some historical goof up and travel showdowns by these agencies.
One such historical example is of the court Line in 1974, the company's brand name was Horizon and Clarkson and it collapsed leaving 50,000 tourists stranded overseas and more than 100,000 tourists lost their deposits.
But the travel industry picked up one again in 1980s but with new millennium when everything was available on fingertips from hotel bookings to even rail passes.
A tourist in Tanzania could now book Euro rail passes in matter of some clicks and also book accommodation and other necessary travel axillary.
Hence with the loss in the market the tour operators and travel companies in UK decided to consolidate, and now the tour market is under few big tour operators like TUI AG and Thomas Cook AG and under this umbrella there are several and all range of budget and exclusive holiday makers.
Today there are all kind of travelers, some can't plan their trips, and leave it on professionals to guide them and in return the vacation packages get their commission, but all the tension regarding accommodation, currency, visa, and food preferences are taken care by the agent.
But there are also the adventurous ones who like to plan the entire thing by themselves.
For this they need to do homework and look for information online and visa office.
This procedure of self help is time taking and there is high possibility of getting conned if they don't conduct their research well.
These factors together these are comprised as vacation package.
A vacation package is usually organized by a tour operator or a travel agents, these have tie ups with all kinds of service providers like hotels, transport, foreign exchange, and even visa and they get your work rolling in no time.
These travel agents or tour operators have contacts at all these agencies and provide you with efficient service, discount and also great rates.
Thomas Cook which is popular tour operator across the globe and is the pioneers in this industry and started their vacation packages as early as the middle of 19th century.
It was because of these packages that people could start thinking about travel.
During the rise of travel and tourism industry, people were now able to explore some of the exotic locations of the world but there were also some historical goof up and travel showdowns by these agencies.
One such historical example is of the court Line in 1974, the company's brand name was Horizon and Clarkson and it collapsed leaving 50,000 tourists stranded overseas and more than 100,000 tourists lost their deposits.
But the travel industry picked up one again in 1980s but with new millennium when everything was available on fingertips from hotel bookings to even rail passes.
A tourist in Tanzania could now book Euro rail passes in matter of some clicks and also book accommodation and other necessary travel axillary.
Hence with the loss in the market the tour operators and travel companies in UK decided to consolidate, and now the tour market is under few big tour operators like TUI AG and Thomas Cook AG and under this umbrella there are several and all range of budget and exclusive holiday makers.
Today there are all kind of travelers, some can't plan their trips, and leave it on professionals to guide them and in return the vacation packages get their commission, but all the tension regarding accommodation, currency, visa, and food preferences are taken care by the agent.
But there are also the adventurous ones who like to plan the entire thing by themselves.
For this they need to do homework and look for information online and visa office.
This procedure of self help is time taking and there is high possibility of getting conned if they don't conduct their research well.
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