Buying a travel on the internet – paper 3

It’s better to buy a travel on the internet because the ticket is going to be cheaper, you are going to receive an answer for your request faster and your credit card will be safer.

The first reason why buying a travel on the internet is better is because it will be cheaper. One way is cutting the travel agency. Many people don’t know that the commission of the agency corresponds of 10% of the ticket price. For example, if the customer bought a TAM flight for the itinerary SP/Salvador/SP by CVC on December 1, 2008, he would pay R$ 800,00 while if he bought the ticket on the same day, on the TAM website, he would pay only R$ 720,00. Due this, if you buy a ticket on the internet directly on the company website, cutting a middle man, you will save money.

The second reason why buying a travel on the internet is better is because you are going to receive an answer for your request faster. Because there are no middle men involved it’s possible to receive an answer faster and from different companies. For instance, last year when I decided to travel on Christmas to Buenos Aires I called to AGAXTUR and they said that I had to wait two days for an answer. So, I decided to look on the internet for the information about the price of Sofitel that is a hotel in Buenos Aires, and at the same moment I received an answer with price, photos, localization, category, and so forth.  Moreover, I could make a research changing the dates and I got a promotion such as pay just two nights and stay three, with a room upgrade and a bottle of wine. The agency called me only 2 days later with the price and, of course, without the promotion. So that, buying a travel on the internet is a good way to make a reservation faster looking photos and complete information about hotels. 

The third reason why buying a travel on the internet is better is because your credit card will be safer. Nowadays the technology is becoming more and more safer, and buying on the internet is considered much better because there are no workers between the customer and the purchase, only equipments. The tourism companies are using a high quality technology to maintain the customer data avoid strokes. A recent research about the topic that has been done by a Tourism Association of European Union has shown that 90% of tourism companies that offer services on the internet use a technology that has received the stamp of quality control by the Association and 85% of the customers that use the internet to buy a travel consider this kind of buy very security. Moreover, only 0,5% of these customers have suffered a stroke while 5% of people that make a purchase by an travel agency have had problems with the credit card number after the purchase as debits non recognized. Therefore, not only making a reservation on the internet is considered by usual customers much safer, but this kind of purchase is also growing day after day between people that has never used the internet to make a buy.