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travel agency
noun
: an agency engaged in selling and arranging transportation, accommodations, tours, and trips for travelers
called also travel bureau
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For Virtuoso advisor Kimberly Denison, founder of luxury travel agency Denison Travel, South America’s largest country tops her list for family travel in 2025.
—Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
Search results on an online travel agency, for instance, must include the maximum total of all mandatory fees or charges people will have to pay.
—Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 17 Dec. 2024
Maurice Eugene Smith, founder and CEO of the Eugene Toriko travel agency, was charged with defrauding George Mason University and its foundation, which spent $159,756 for what the FBI describes as a sham.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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One man arrested for allegedly running a travel agency for gay customers faces charges of organizing activities of an extremist organization.
—Dasha Litvinova, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1898, in the meaning defined above
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“Travel agency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/travel%20agency. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
travel agency
noun
: a business that plans and arranges for tours, transportation, and lodgings for travelers
travel agent
noun
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