answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

A travel agent is someone who can book your travel details - flight, hotel, transportation and even tours, based on your requirements. Their responsibility is to organize your entire vacation, or as much of it as you like.

A tour operator is just someone who operates a business that provides tours of a certain area or series of attractions. They will organize and schedule tours for people, and will provide the guide. Their responsibility does not normally go beyond that.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Difference between tour operator and Travel agent?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What is the difference between travel agent and travel agent?

Nothing because a travel agent and a travel agent are the same thing.


What is the difference between a cruise travel agent and a regular travel agent?

The difference between a cruise-specialist travel agent and a regular travel agent is that a cruise specialist will focus on cruising holidays. A regular travel agent will be able to source all different types of holidays and packages.


What current career can be categorized as either a travel agent or a tour operator?

what career can be catagorized as a travel agent or tour operator


What is the difference between an tour opperator and a travel agent?

a travel agent sells the package, the tour opperator makes the package.


What are the differences Between Travel Agent And Travel Agency?

The difference between the two is that, a travel agency is the place or company that arranges the travels that people need while the travel agent is the specific person that arranges the travel is the travel agency.


How do travel agents and tour operators work together?

Travel agents sell the holidays that the tour operator puts together. the tour operator will usually give commission for every holiday sold via the travel agent.


What is the difference between a travel company and a travel agent?

A travel agent is a private retailer that provides travel related services to the public on behalf of suppliers such as hotels, flights, car hire or package holidays (tour operators). A travel agency's main function is to act as an agent selling travel products and services on behalf of a supplier.


What are the Differences between travel agency and tour operator?

I would go to a travel agent to have them book a cruise or flights and hotel and maybe activities to a destination. a tour operator (for instance) could be someone who leads a group around on a bus or through a museum... with a detailed knowledge of the suject matter of the area


What does a wholesale tour operator do?

A Wholesale Tour Operator provides travel programmes , tours and associated travel services to Retail Travel Agents or Tour operators selling directly to the public .These travel itineraries are usually sold under the agent or retail operator's brand and as such are sold under their terms and conditions .


Is the adriatic beach hotel in Croatia been built yet?

Contact your travel agent or tour operator.


How is the wholesaler different from tour operator and local tour operator?

A wholesaler generally has a contract with a hotel group/s with discounted rates which would then be sold only to tour operators (international / local) A tour operator has a contract with hotel group/s with nett rates that they pay to the hotel. The difference between the nett rate and the public advertised rate direct from the hotel is usually used to add extra services and make a package, this package is then sold by a travel agent or to the public direct by the tour operator. if a travel agent sells the package (with or without extras) they usually receive a commission that comes from the difference between the nett rate and the publicly advertised (rack) rate. a local tour operator can be defined as a ground handler, where they hold the contracts with the accommodation establishments, and have their own vehicles (or subcontract vehicles) in order to look after the traveler while in the local country, the local operator would usually have a contract with the hotels group/s locally, would make a package / sell the accommodation outright at a discount to an overseas tour operator / travel agent. if to an overseas tour operator this operator can sell via agents or direct to public, knowing that a local tour operator is there to look after the clients "on the ground" nett rate: rate for tour operators | rack rate: publicly advertised rate from hotel - this rate is also commissionable by travel agents, usually at industry standard 10%


What is the difference between a travel agent and a travel company?

Travel agents are individuals, whereas a travel company is a corporation which hires individual travel agents to work for them. That being said, there are some travel agents who are working solo, unincorporated.