travel agency

noun

: an agency engaged in selling and arranging transportation, accommodations, tours, and trips for travelers

called also travel bureau

Examples of travel agency in a Sentence

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This data is collected directly from airlines and through accredited travel agencies. Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2025 This stratification is reinforced by a multi-tiered system of travel agencies and national quotas. Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025 Susan Sherren, who runs the travel agency Couture Trips, said the recent confrontations are no surprise to her. Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025 In that same year, another report from Australian travel agency Flight Centre found that women going it alone was the company's most common type of traveler. Claire Volkman, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for travel agency

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of travel agency was in 1898

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“Travel agency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/travel%20agency. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

travel agency

noun
: a business that plans and arranges for tours, transportation, and lodgings for travelers
travel agent noun

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