Disadvantages of Booking Domestic Airfare Tickets Online

The ease and convenience of buying domestic airfare tickets online is one of the internet’s gift to travellers.  One need not get out of his way, or disrupt his already “fully booked” day’s schedule just to hassle a trip to the nearest travel agency. 

However, as much as this mode of booking plane tickets online is convenient, this also offers some of its disadvantages.  An example of this is when your trip would require numerous connecting flights.

If your itinerary requires you to book a flight from point “a” to “b,” then another flight from point “b” to point “c” and so on.  It could be very tricky to get the best rate from each flight and you could have a massive headache just scouring the internet for these websites that could offer you the best deal for each leg of your trip.  Surely enough sites like Expedia, Orbitz..etc will provide you connecting flights itineraries but most of the times individual preferences may not be conducive to one's physical abilities to make it on time like the elderly or special needs individuals.

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This is so especially true if you are booking for flights from other countries where websites are no match to the local booking agencies who could get a better deal from their native countries.

On the other hand, going to a brick-and-mortar travel agency could be like talking to a life-saver, in this case.  You not only talk to a real “warm-blooded” person, you also get all the help and expertise you need.

Speaking with a “real person” from the help desk of a brick-and-mortar travel agency could always assure you of a better price.  Besides, you could always get help on knowing when you could avail of their unadvertised promotions, and you could also ask for other hidden discounts.

Another disadvantage of booking domestic airfare tickets online is the absence or very limited special provisions or special arrangement for persons with special needs.  Your travel agent could easily make sure your handicapped, elderly, or your medical patient gets all the comforts he/she would require.  Another limitation that online booking is the number of days that your domestic travel quote is only good on the real time you received the quote.  Whereas most travel agencies could hold the quote for your to almost one week.

The worst disadvantage a traveller could inconvenience himself with is to find out that, for some reasons, he needs to change his itinerary after already paying for it online.  It's pretty tough make the necessary booking changes online.  You’ll end up talking to a real person this time.  And this could be very inconvenient since.  Changing a previously arranged itinerary with a travel agent would be a tad easier.

Our assessment is, a single trip or a call to the brick-and-mortar travel agency with a “real” smiling travel agent who would personally attend to you would be worth all the trouble even with all the advances and comforts of automated online booking.

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