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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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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
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Word History
First Known Use
1898, in the meaning defined above
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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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