Tour Manager Turned Travel Agent
Melanie Newdick
?? Independent travel agent ?? Touring holiday & river cruise specialist ?? Visited +40 countries on 5 continents ?? Taken +10,000 people on holidays all over the world
What a weird but wonderful couple of days it has been.
I've been working on trips for customers interested in touring holidays.
Having spent over 36 years taking people on touring holidays all over the world it makes sense to specialise in what I know most about!
How does my touring experience help customers?
It means I can look at an itinerary and understand what it means for people on the holiday. There is a big difference between seeing somewhere and visiting somewhere for example.
It means I can spot the bits to ask for more information about. For example, there is a Tour Manager but are they flying out with the group or meeting the group in the destination? This can make a big difference if there is an issue with the outbound and inbound flights.
I've done lots of touring holidays so I may well have done the itinerary, or most of the itinerary my customers are interested in. This means I can give them useful information to help them either choose their perfect trip or make the most of their trip when they have booked.
My experience means I can compare itineraries from different companies more easily as I know a bit more of the differences between them. That helps me to find a trip that meets my customers' criteria more easily.
How strange it has been today to go through Australia touring itineraries and to get a quote from one of the companies I used to work for!
The only problem has been that it's made me long to go back to Australia again, or as the locals called it 'Stralia'.