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travel agent
noun
: a person engaged in selling and arranging transportation, accommodations, tours, or trips for travelers
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Northern Europe and Greenland Iceland, Norway and Greenland are all popular cold-weather destinations, according to Claire Maguire, a travel agent and franchise owner at Cruise Planners.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
Get ready to start planning out the next 12 months of globe-trotting now, and pass along the list to your travel agent as a cheat sheet where to see and be seen in 2025.
—Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 11 Jan. 2025
Search engines like Skyscanner are one of the best ways to find flight deals, allowing travelers to search multiple online travel agents (OTAs) at once and even set price alerts.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2025
Other times Linda, who worked as a travel agent, would disappear for days.
—Mark Sundeen, Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined above
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“Travel agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/travel%20agent. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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