Travel agencies want to charge you for a quote

September 21st, 2009 admin

Newspapers are thinking of charging readers for premium content and now some travel agents according to Travolution are playing with the idea of charging consumers for providing an holiday quote.


Originally posted on Travel-Rants

 
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