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Is anybody a travel agent in the club ? I could use some help booking flights and hotels for guest speakers.
Priceline and Hotels.com usually work well IME - Easy comparisons
For domestic travel, any itineraries a travel agent quotes I can find the same rates on kayak.com (which is a metasearch for travel).
Thanks for the input guys.
@Tony- it's nice to have somebody who deals w/ hotels in the Bay Area and is familiar w/ airlines bookings for our guest speakers.
Dude thats part of the job. Use kayak.com.
Besides, its usually best to let them book as they know their travel far better than you or a travel agent.
People still use travel agents? That's like 1990's dude! 
John 
Besides, its usually best to let them book as they know their travel far better than you or a travel agent.
I know that part of the job. I figure someone who actually knows the hotels we are booking for the speakers would be better. Some old schoolers, like Bob Fenner, wants us to all the booking.
He might end up staying a Chateau Thales though. 
Wuts a travel agent?
It's somone who actually books flights and hotels and whatnot. I bet you don't know what a record player is either.
Some of us old folks still use travel agents.
Not record players though. Those tend to scratch up those newfangled shiny discs too much.
For something complex or a package deal, they can be a real help, about the same cost, and even sometimes cheaper.
For a business trip booked at the last minute, they can often get better deals, or get you on full planes.
But for a single flight to a know location, booked well ahead - online is really hard to beat.
If you just care about a hotel and flights, what is gained with a travel agent vs services like expedia/orbitz/travelocity?
-Tony
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