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

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

Travel companies including Delta Air Lines, Marriott International, and online travel agency Booking Holdings have withdrawn or revised their 2025 annual forecasts as U.S. demand softens. —Doyinsola Oladipo, USA Today, 5 June 2025

Big companies like Disney also indirectly create many thousands of jobs around them—from private transportation services that take tourists to and from the parks, to travel agencies, to hotels, and more. —Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 2 June 2025

This mindset has driven me to create content that educates and inspires travel agency owners while building a niche community that supports and advocates for equal opportunities for Black travel professionals. —Veranda Adkins, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for travel agency

• interagency

Kids Definition

travel agency

noun

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

travel agent noun