Ready for a vacation? Don't have time to plan it on your own? Or maybe you'll be traveling to a destination that you know little about. A good travel agent might be able to help, and our ratings will help you find one.

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Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Travel Agencies

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Travel Agencies Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Travel Agencies.

• Subscriber from RENTON, WA wrote Another Agent: Beverly is an excellent agent who recommends hotels/activities based on her own experiences staying there...........
• Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote Another Agent: I have great experience with Michelle in Bellevue AAA. She had arranged 5 trips for..........
• Subscriber from LYNNWOOD, WA wrote Another Agent: Mary Ann Slorp at the Lynnwood office has done an oustanding job of arranging tours..........
• Subscriber from MERCER ISLAND, WA wrote Another Agent: A local Mercer Island agency that features service........
• Subscriber from TACOMA, WA wrote Another Agent: Excellent organization with many benefits and a very helpful staff. Best place I've ever found..........
• Subscriber from MARYSVILLE, WA wrote Another Agent: Great service and prices!!.......
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Agent: I have had the pleasure of using this travel agent for over 25 years. Their..........
• Subscriber from FEDERAL WAY, WA wrote Another Agent: Very freindly and helpful staff.......
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Agent: Kathy Carlson is great!.......
• Subscriber from KIRKLAND, WA wrote Another Agent: They have no parking for clients going on trips with them........
• Subscriber from BOTHELL, WA wrote Another Agent: Caryl Dryer is the best travel agent in Seattle........
• Subscriber from EASTSOUND, WA wrote Another Agent: Its the staff, not the tour guide that caused the problems in Travel with Allen...........
• Subscriber from NORMANDY PARK, WA wrote Another Agent: Carmen Tobler at AAA in Renton is great! We've used her for years........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Agent: I found my own flight for several of us & the guy still made a..........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Agent: Awful experience on the Snow Train to Leavenworth. The woman answering the phone when we..........
• Subscriber from GRAHAM, WA wrote Another Agent: I actually used the newer Puyallup location which is not listed yet. Very helpful staff,..........
• Subscriber from BOTHELL, WA wrote Another Agent: Long-time user of this service. We've booked too many trips to count and have never..........
• Subscriber from SAMMAMISH, WA wrote Another Agent: Tracy Hughes was extremely helpful from start to finish, including the recovery of our payments..........
• Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote Another Agent: They advertised a RT to Paris with hotel for a weekend on a placard at..........
• Subscriber from ISSAQUAH, WA wrote Another Agent: Missed out on a great airfare because I couldn't get someone to book it (against..........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Agent: Elizabeth made our arrangements for travel in Turkey and Greece. The original arrangements were fine,..........
• Subscriber from GIG HARBOR, WA wrote Another Agent: Excellent travel advice from pleasant staff. Competitive prices........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Agent: Rick is the man........
• Subscriber from NORMANDY PARK, WA wrote Another Agent: Great experience!.......
• Subscriber from EDMONDS, WA wrote Another Agent: Best and most reliable service I've had with a travel agent........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Agent: This rating only applies to my "Travel with Alan" experiences. In my opinion Alan provides..........
• Subscriber from GIG HARBOR, WA wrote Another Agent: We could not ask for better travel advice and service. Pamela Scattone has been a..........
• Subscriber from FEDERAL WAY, WA wrote Another Agent: Angelika Harvey is wonderful!.......
• Subscriber from GRAHAM, WA wrote Another Agent: I was very excited to see this business come to Puyallup, and I have not..........
• Subscriber from ARLINGTON, WA wrote Another Agent: like all travel folks they get upset when you don't go along with their choice..........
• Subscriber from NEWCASTLE, WA wrote Another Agent: They have moved to 1234 120th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98005.......
• Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote Another Agent: Judy Warriner with Global Express is an outstanding agent who has done multiple European trips..........
• Subscriber from FEDERAL WAY, WA wrote Another Agent: Was really great on helping us out in a jam when we had to travel..........