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Hilton Barbados Offers Special Agent Rate

Hotel Booking Hilton Caribbean is ready to unveil its newest property, the Hilton Barbados, on June 6, 2005. The 350-room resort is enticing American travel agents to stay and save with a low rate of US$50 per night including breakfast, until Dec. 16, 2005. That equates to an 80% discount off regular rates.

Travel agents obtain some of their information from the same sources as online booking sites such as Orbitz and Travelocity. They also receive daily emails and faxes with new specials from resorts and hotels that may not be published on the internet. Travel agents can also call a place directly to see if they can work out other kinds of special deals for you, something an online site can’t do.

Travel Agency To book the travel agent rate, U.S. agents must request plan code TA when making reservations. Travel agents earn rewards with the Hilton Tropical Rewards loyalty program for reservations made at Hilton Barbados.

Agents arent the only ones receiving a special deal. Hilton Barbados will open with two exclusive bonus offers for Hilton HHonors members. Members of Hiltons loyalty program can earn either quadruple HHonors Base points or quadruple airline miles with rates starting at $260.00^ per night, for stays through Aug. 31, 2005.

While there are some below par travel agents out there, sources such as Tripology are great outlets to go to find reliable specialized travel agents that will match your needs. 10. Travel Agents Can Only Book My Flight and Hotel Travel agents can arrange car service, personalized tours and activities, in addition to all the basic travel services they provide. They are also excellent sources of information concerning good restaurants, good sites to see, and tips on what to pack.

Cheap Hotel Agents must book promotion code QJ for clients to earn quadruple HHonors Base points, or promotion code QL for clients to earn quadruple airline miles.

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Although travel agents have access to all of the same outlets you would use when looking to book travel, they also have access to exclusive pricing and package deals that are most times not available to the public. Your travel agent also has more leverage in helping out in situations such as hotels claiming to be booked, when in fact they may still have rooms available that are on hold for travel agents reservations. So when everyone else is telling you “No” your travel agent can help turn that to a “Yes.”

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