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Travel agents struggle to stay open after ‘devastating’ pandemic year without bookings

Travel agent Karen Weber has only booked four new trips since the pandemic started last March. It’s the same number of employees she once had.

She knew there was no way to make that math work. So she shut down her New Hamburg, Ont., travel agency, southwest of Kitchener, in January.

“It’s not the way I intended to end my career,” she said. “I don’t see any travel for a while.”

Weber worked for 34 years in travel, one of the industries hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Ontario alone, visits from the US and abroad in 2020 were

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Former Appleton-based travel agent under fire after vacation cancellations

(WITI) — It’s a stressful start to a vacation: finding out you don’t have the room you booked. Multiple people say it happened to them after going through the same travel agency on Facebook.

Laurie and Richard Hoffmann and their three kids wanted to spend spring break splashing in water parks in the Wisconsin Dells. But that didn’t happen.

The Hoffmanns booked their room months before but never got a confirmation number. One day before their stay, they asked Club Wyndham at Glacier Canyon about their reservation.

“They asked us who we made it through, we told them Destination Vacation

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Gujarat Cybercrime News: Travel agent duped of 8L over online bitcoin trade | Letter News

LETTER: A 34-year-old resident from Pal was cheated of Rs 7.88 lakh by cyber crooks. Victim Yogesh Bokde, a travel agent by profession, was lured with bitcoin trading task to earn money from part-time work.
It all began with an innocent message over WhatsApp that proved costly for him. He started losing huge amount to the crooks even as Surat cybercrime police booked 12 unknown persons for duping Bokde.
Bokde runs a travel agency from his home in Pal area and on August 3, he received a message from a woman named Aishwarya. She identified herself from Bloomberg India
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Popular travel agencies in Delhi

Travel agencies in Delhi are scattered throughout the city, offering an array of services, from booking flights and hotels to arranging tours and transportation. But their influence extends beyond just vacation planning. They leave a significant mark on Delhi’s economy and real estate market. Their need for office spaces and collaborations with hotels encourage property development and boost the hospitality industry, respectively. As Delhi’s travel agencies thrive, so does the real estate market, contributing to the city’s economy and prosperity.

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Business landscape of Delhi

Delhi is home to many businesses, from small

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