travel agent

noun

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

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But in recent months Levy says Canadian travel agents have told him their clients are avoiding the States because they’re unnerved by threats of tariffs or turned off by Trump’s comments about making Canada the 51st state. Jason Carroll, CNN Money, 7 June 2025 All of this stems from the excellent trip planning and logistics, and a stunning 11 different full-time B&R in-house trip planners were named to Conde Nast Traveler’s 2025 list of the world’s Top Travel Specialists, which includes the finest travel agents around. Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025 The slide in cross-border traffic comes as some Canadian travel agents and officials have said more people are scrapping plans to visit the United States. The Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025 About 1,150 buyers from 35 countries, including tour operators, travel agents and wholesalers, as well as more than 3,000 exhibitors, have registered to attend. Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 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 18 Jun. 2025.

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