travel agent

noun

: a person engaged in selling and arranging transportation, accommodations, tours, or trips for travelers

Examples of travel agent in a Sentence

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But don't bother asking your travel agent to book you a room at the New Old Lompoc House, the hotel where Sousé deposits a very drunk bank auditor named J. Pinkerton Snoopington (Francis Pangborn). Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025 Expedia Group is known as an online travel agent, or OTA. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2025 Scammers have been using AI tools to clone the voices of bank officials, insurance agents, travel agents, politicians, and others to gain access to people's personal details or devices. Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 25 Feb. 2025 That sort of created where, now people had access to flights, not just travel agents. Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for travel agent

Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of travel agent was in 1885

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“Travel agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/travel%20agent. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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