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

Recent Examples on the Web Malaysia offered hotels, travel agencies, airlines, shopping malls, conventions, and exhibition centers a 15 percent discount on monthly electricity bills. Sarah Bleich, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2020 Travelers can book with luxury travel agencies like cazenove+loyd for special perks, like a complimentary castaway picnic experience with a seven-night stay. Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2024 Salem, who was traveling with his wife, had been promised by a representative of the Egyptian travel agency that a bus would be provided to transport the group. Magdy Samaan, CNN, 25 June 2024 Interestingly, this was a direct booking, so there was no online travel agency involved. Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 8 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for travel agency 

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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 13 Sep. 2024.

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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