Why You Should Use A Travel Consultant For Your Honeymoon

Planning a honeymoon while planning your wedding can definitely add extra burden and stress! 

Let us try to describe why you should use a travel consultant for arranging and preparing your honeymoon.

One of the first decisions couples face when planning their honeymoon is whether to use the services of a travel agent. A do-it-yourself approach may sound alluring and adventurous, especially if you have a preconceived notion of your honeymoon. However, going it alone may pan out more adventures than you signed up for!

We realize that wedding planning can be quite stressful and time consuming. We feel that planning a honeymoon should not be. We begin with an initial meeting with you.  Getting to know you helps us guide you through the entire honeymoon design and honeymoon planning process holding your hand every step of the way.

Like working with a bridal consultant, a travel consultant can offer you many perks. In addition to doing all of your booking (for accommodations, transportation, and anything else you'll need in advance), you will also benefit from the agent's globetrotting expertise and access to insider discounts. In many cases, agents can obtain better deals for you than even the most discounted travel websites, and in some cases, your agent will be able to get you package deals.

Think how you’d handle these situations:
    1.    A few days before the wedding, you get a call.  Your flight is cancelled, and you had booked your own air online.
    2.    You also have booked your own accommodation, transport, etc.
    3.    Furthermore, you didn’t know about travel insurance.

So NOW, you have to figure out who to call first, what to do.  

In any of these instances, the services of a travel agent would prove invaluable. You would not have to worry. Your travel consultant would make sure alternate arrangements are made. Despite what you may think, your travel agent will probably save you money compared to what you could book on your own. And, if this is the first big trip you’ve ever planned, you really need a travel consultant – things go wrong, airlines change schedules, natural disasters get in the way, you name it. 

I handle my clients’ travel arrangements directly, so if the resort they have reserved goes on sale, for example, I am notified and can match the sale price for them.

I can also help troubleshoot problems.

If there is a flight schedule change or cancellation, I can act right away to resolve the issue.

With an online booking site, you don’t get that personal service.

They don’t know you or anything about your trip

- See more at: http://www.estateweddingsandevents.com/wedding-planning-2/why-you-should-work-with-a-travel-agent-to-plan-your-honeymoon/#sthash.CcqktnCh.dpuf

A travel consultant handle your travel arrangements directly, so if the resort you  have reserved goes on sale, for example, she will let you know. A consultant can also help troubleshoot problems. If there's a flight schedule change/cancellation, she can act right away to resolve the issue. One more thing is that with online booking sites, you don’t get that personal service. They don’t know you or anything about your trip.

So, now that you’ve decided you’d rather leave it to the experts, you need to find an expert – travel consultant, that is.

Many travel consultants, like us, require a nominal, nonrefundable deposit upfront. Don’t be discouraged by this policy. Often, it means you’re taken seriously, and your travel consultant will take her time in planning your honeymoon. Keep an open dialog with your travel consultant, and the end result is the perfect honeymoon for you.

Finally, keep your mind open to suggestions your travel agent may have.  

I handle my clients’ travel arrangements directly, so if the resort they have reserved goes on sale, for example, I am notified and can match the sale price for them.

I can also help troubleshoot problems.

If there is a flight schedule change or cancellation, I can act right away to resolve the issue.

With an online booking site, you don’t get that personal service.

They don’t know you or anything about your trip.

- See more at: http://www.estateweddingsandevents.com/wedding-planning-2/why-you-should-work-with-a-travel-agent-to-plan-your-honeymoon/#sthash.CcqktnCh.dpu

I handle my clients’ travel arrangements directly, so if the resort they have reserved goes on sale, for example, I am notified and can match the sale price for them.

I can also help troubleshoot problems.

If there is a flight schedule change or cancellation, I can act right away to resolve the issue.

With an online booking site, you don’t get that personal service.

They don’t know you or anything about your trip

- See more at: http://www.estateweddingsandevents.com/wedding-planning-2/why-you-should-work-with-a-travel-agent-to-plan-your-honeymoon/#sthash.CcqktnCh.dpuf

I handle my clients’ travel arrangements directly, so if the resort they have reserved goes on sale, for example, I am notified and can match the sale price for them.

I can also help troubleshoot problems.

If there is a flight schedule change or cancellation, I can act right away to resolve the issue.

With an online booking site, you don’t get that personal service.

They don’t know you or anything about your trip.

- See more at: http://www.estateweddingsandevents.com/wedding-planning-2/why-you-should-work-with-a-travel-agent-to-plan-your-honeymoon/#sthash.CcqktnCh.dpuf

I handle my clients’ travel arrangements directly, so if the resort they have reserved goes on sale, for example, I am notified and can match the sale price for them.

I can also help troubleshoot problems.

If there is a flight schedule change or cancellation, I can act right away to resolve the issue.

With an online booking site, you don’t get that personal service.

They don’t know you or anything about your trip.

- See more at: http://www.estateweddingsandevents.com/wedding-planning-2/why-you-should-work-with-a-travel-agent-to-plan-your-honeymoon/#sthash.CcqktnCh.dpuf

xoxo

YourTripMate

-Travel Consultant -

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Common Travel Mistakes We Should Avoid!

Even the most meticulously planned trip is subject to snafus, but with a little insider know-how, you can avoid making the common mistakes that can derail a vacation. Stick to the guidelines below, and you're more likely to have a trip that's memorable not for lost luggage and rushed sightseeing, but for the thrill of discovering a new place and savoring it.

1. Overpacking

At home, with your complete wardrobe available, there's no reason not to run through work, workout and working-the-clubs outfits in a single day.

But when your life is crammed into a couple bags, your fashion morality changes.

Those socks you wore on the plane should be good for another go.

The purple tee you slept in ought to be alright for a third wear.

Yesterday's undies? Well ...

According to a recent survey by Travelodge, two-thirds of travelers typically return from a trip with at least six unworn outfits.

The lesson: You don't need a new set of anything for each day of a trip. Figure on at least two wears for (almost) everything.

2. Not buying something you like as soon as you see it

You think you're gonna circle back to that shop.

You think you'll see a cheaper, better version somewhere else.

You won't.

That evocative street painting or those Metallica nesting dolls you didn't buy? Now not having them will haunt you for the rest of your life.

When you see something you like, just buy it and live without regret.

3. Trusting "near city center" descriptions

"Near city center" is like a Bible verse -- open to vast interpretation.

When you find the money you saved on your "near city center" hotel is being spent on 30-minute commutes and outrageous taxi fares, you know you've committed one of the cardinal sins of travel.

Online booking websites do not describe specific location of the accommodations they put on. Discuss what you want and dont want to your travel consultant.

4. Taking the "super" shuttle

Wait on the curb for a ride in a sweat-soaked van or bus (i.e. DAMRI BUS) and risk being the last one dropped off on a nine-hotel run, all in the name of saving a few bucks?

Your time is worth more than that.

Adam Carolla brilliantly sums up this classic travel blunder in his book, "In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks."

"The shuttle is the worst a few Rupiahs you'll ever save. It adds 90 minutes to whatever a Town Car or cab would have been. You have the unenviable choice between being dropped off last or being dropped off first and having a bunch of losers who can't afford cab fare and have no friends or loved ones with cars knowing exactly where you live."

The lesson: Take our private car service where we will take you directly to wherever your destination is after landing at Lombok International Airport.

5. Trying too hard to chisel out a bargain

There's no faster way to become embittered with the locals than going toe-to-toe with a market full of hungry sales people and shopkeepers.

Yes, we understand there's principle involved, but do you really need to whittle the equivalent of fifty cents off the price of an embroidered handbag that's going to sit in the back of a closet anyway?

Just buy the damn thing and spare your heart the cortisol burst for when it actually needs it.

6. Buying cheap flip-flops

You think, "I'm only gonna wear 'em for a week, I might not even take 'em home, why buy the good ones?"

The answer comes when you blow out a toe strap and shred the bottom of your foot a mile into a hike across the local lava beds.

And now you have to go back.

7. Fearing street food

No one wants to get sick on vacation, but why travel all the way to Lombok and not eat the local grub?

The locals don't like food poisoning any more than you do. If they're in line, consider the place vetted and assume you're going to be fine.

Click here for ideas on local food Lombok can indulge you.

8. Over-reliance on guidebooks

Making a travel plan using only your guidebook is like making a plan to stand in line at the bank for a week.

Guidebooks are great -- we use them all the time -- but it's best to pull just one or two suggestions per day from a guide that thousands of like-minded travelers have read or downloaded.

Again, plan your trip with a travel consultant will save you from wasting a lot of money, effort, and possibilities of becoming stressful in arranging your trip. 

9. Obsessive photography

The obsession/obligation to document every street scene, templs and starter course kills the spontaneity and visceral experience that should be the backbone of travel.

It's now so easy to take photos that one click leads to another.

Before you know it, you have 300 pictures on your phone comprising old buildings, blurry sunsets and plates of food.

Congratulations. Your trip is now defined by low-quality images on a handset that, trust us, nobody back home wants to spend 20 minutes scrolling through.

10. Not printing out reservation details

They're already on your phone and computer, so why bother with hard copies of your hotel name and address?

Because your phone, computer, tablet and other electronics might not work with the local network as soon as you land, especially after crossing oceans.

Now where are you supposed to go? 

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