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Take the stress out of vacation planning
Planning the perfect vacation isn't easy. Finding a cheap flight, locating the best hotel to fit your needs, and planning vacation activities can be very time-consuming.
Is your dream vacation already sounding like more headache than it's worth?
By the Way Travel is here for you! I love travel planning and I want to help you with your travel needs. Let me do all the hard work researching the perfect vacation for you (and anyone else you want to bring along), while you sit back, relax, and daydream of your upcoming getaway.
In hiring BTW Travel as your travel agent, you get:
- Personalized and attentive service for your specific travel needs
- Professional travel advice
- Pre-travel e-mails to help you gear up for your trip:
- - How to manage currency exchanges, cash, and credit cards
- - What you'll need to use your American electronics abroad
- - Travel essentials to bring with on your trip
- - How to use your cell phone while traveling abroad
- - Travel apps to make your trip easier
- - Packing list tips and recommendations
- - Local weather for your travel destination
- - Tips for surviving a long overseas flight
- Beautifully designed, personalized, detailed, and printable itinerary
- Custom Google map (or Galileo map) for your destination
- - Access important destination information, all from your phone or tablet
- - Custom pins for your hotel, points of interest, tours, and recommended restaurants
- - Click on the pins for detailed information including opening/closing times
A custom vacation is more affordable than you think...
Whatever your budget, I can help make your vacation dreams come true! You pay the retail price for your vacation components (BTW Travel never marks up prices), plus an agent service fee. It's that simple!
Agent Fees for Custom Itineraries
Want to make changes to a preset itinerary, or have a custom-designed vacation made just for you? Choose one of my Custom Itinerary services:
| Custom Itinerary, Concierge Service |
$250 |
- Working with you, I do all the time-consuming research to find the perfect vacation components for you (air, hotel, transportation, tours, excursions, etc).
- I provide you with a list of my recommendations, based on your travel requirements, and the links for you to book online.
- You save money by purchasing the components on your own.
- Best for those that have specific ideas of what they want to do on vacation, but don't know where to begin to find good deals or how to best organize their days to make a seemless, smooth, and stress-free vacation.
- Vacations longer than 8 days may be subject to an additional surcharge.
- Custom vacation price estimates are available with a $50 non-refundable deposit, that will be deducted from the total agent service fee.
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| Custom Itinerary, Travel Agent Service |
1-2 adults: $325 |
- Working with you, I do all the time-consuming research and find the perfect vacation components for you (air, hotel, transportation, tours, excursions, etc).
- I provide you with a list of my recommendations, based on your travel requirements.
- In addition, I will watch fluctuating prices, and recommend when airfare, hotel, and tours should be booked.
- You save time by having me book the components for you when you're ready.
- Best for those that want a professionally designed and perfect vacation, and save time by having it booked for them.
- More than two travelers: add $60 per person.
- Vacations longer than 8 days are subject to an additional surcharge.
- Custom vacation price estimates are available with a $50 non-refundable deposit, that will be deducted from your total agent service fee.
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POLICIES, TERMS & CONDITIONS
- All agent service fees are non-refundable.
- Agent service fees are based per traveling party, where one lead traveler is responsible for paying for the entire vacation. Shared or split traveling parties (such as two couples traveling together) will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and may be subject to an additional service fee, either full or partial, depending on the party's needs. Contact Jodi for details specific to your case.
- Agent service fees are as follows:
- Concierge Service for Preset Itineraries: $150
- Travel Agent Service for Preset Itineraries: $250 (1-2 adults), +$45 each additional adult
- Custom Concierge Service: $250
- Custom Travel Agent Service: $325 (1-2 adults), +$60 each additional adult
- Agent service fees may be paid by personal check or through PayPal.
- The lead traveler will receive an invoice via email with payment instructions once the Contract for Services has been signed.
- A vacation component is any single item related to a total vacation package, such as airfare, hotel or vacation rental accomodations, ground transportation, guided tours, and visitor passes. A vacation package is the total of all vacation components put together.
- Any vacation component prices quoted by By the Way Travel, LLC on this website, by email, or over the phone are estimates only; actual prices may vary depending on when the flight, hotel, or activity is booked and through which website.
- By the Way Travel does not mark up any vacation component prices. All estimates are based on current retail value.
- Travelers are not obligated in any way to book the recommended flights, hotels, or activities as recommended by By the Way Travel, LLC.
- If you choose the Travel Agent Service, By the Way Travel will book your vacation components for you using standard consumer websites. In some cases, BTW Travel may be able to negotiate a discount with the vendor; this discounted rate is passed directly on to the traveler. Negotiated discounts do not apply to Concierge Service, where travelers book their own vacation components.
- A credit card is required to purchase all vacation components. BTW Travel does not retain credit card number information.
- When using the Travel Agent Service, you will verify each purchase before BTW Travel books the vacation component on your behalf. BTW Travel will not make purchases without your verbal or written consent. You will receive email confirmations for all purchases.
- BTW Travel is not responsible for any taxes, fees, or tips incurred while in your travel destination.
- Some accomodations require resort fees or city taxes to be paid, in cash, upon check out. BTW Travel will do their best to inform you of any such pending fees in advance, but the hotel/resort/apartment reserves the right to change or modifiy these charges.
- Travelers are responsible for providing tips for exceptional service. BTW Travel will do their best to inform you of customary tipping practices in your specific destination prior to your departure.
- BTW Travel is not responsible for unsatisfactory service resulting from travel booked under our recommendation.
- Travelers are responsible for notifying the BTW Travel of any complaints regarding their flights, hotels, or activities that were purchased on our recommendation as soon as possible. BTW Travel may be able to take action on your behalf to remedy the situation or negotiate some compensation, if notified immediately.
- BTW Travel is not responsible for any refunds or fees incurred in the event that travel needs to be canceled. Travelers are responsible for purchasing their own travel insurance.
Custom vacation request
Interested in a custom-designed vacation? Start by filling out the request form below, and you will be contacted about further customization.
**The following is for information gathering only and no payment is necessary at this time. You will be contacted via e-mail about further details of your trip, after which a $50 deposit will be required to receive your vacation package price estimate. After you receive your estimate, if you wish to continue booking the vacation, you will be invoiced based on the service level you choose.**
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