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The Pentravel team in George are clockwise from back left Mardi Barnard, Claudia Marx, Nicole Coetzer and Hanlerie Pieterse.
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SOUTHERN CAPE BUSINESS NEWS - If you were spending R30k on a new kitchen you wouldn't necessarily build it yourself. Or would you? It's a big-ticket, special item - but so too is travel, which very often, and surprisingly, travellers take into their own hands.
A recent IBM report says the proliferation of travel information on the Internet has led to information overload. Consumers, says the report, are becoming 'confused' as to what they really want for their next holiday.
What's more is that they believe they're making a hasty, potentially regrettable purchase if they don't spend hours researching several travel options online.
So if you're thinking it's cheaper to book online, think again. Not only are the hours spent sifting through travel websites taking up your valuable time, travel experts can often be cheaper offering special deals and products that are not always avail-able to the public online. What's more, they know the rules and can lobby suppliers on behalf of their
clients to meet their special needs.
Value for money, maximum choice, expert and professional travel advice, personalised service, trust and satisfaction are what you should be demanding from your travel expert and in fact insist upon it if they are members of the Association of South African Travel Agents (ASATA).
ASATA is a member-based organisation to which travel agents countrywide belong. It is a stamp of quality and credibility as members are bound by a very stringent ASATA code of conduct.
Pentravel are proud, active members of ASATA and would urge you to visit the www.asata.co.za website to see why it is important for you to deal only with ASATA-accredited agencies.
Just as you would visit a lawyer for professional legal advice, or an accountant to get your tax return in shipshape, so too should you rely on a travel expert to get you the best travel options, at the best price.
"Our travel experts have travelled to a lot of destinations and we have collectively visited the USA, UK, Thailand, Malaysia, Mauritius and Zimbabwe, in addition to having researched a myriad of other destinations and products," says Pentravel George manager Nicole Coetzer.
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