If you’re a regular reader of these Agents Perspectives (email me at ptickner@customgb.co.uk, it would be good to meet you), you’ll be familiar with my mantra of “Travelling Less Seeing More” and my top 5 stories are just another very good illustration of just how this can be done. As all these attractions are a short hop from London Heathrow, it makes better sense to base them in a fine country house hotel so that you can offer them a stylish, travel less, see more start to their UK visit before they head into London.

For much the same reason, interest in Cotswolds-based tea room tours is also growing, as is awareness of new travel experiences through the northern gateway of Manchester where the World…

To the uninitiated, choosing a river cruise can be daunting. In Europe alone, more than two dozen companies offer extended river cruises. The first thing you want to know is what differentiates each company from another? 

Complicating matters is that all river cruisers operated by all companies, with few notable exceptions, are built on the same platforms. That means they all look pretty much alike, with the same number of decks and measuring the same dimensions. The exceptions are Crystal Mozart and the coming this spring, AmaMagna, both of which are double the width of the traditional river cruiser.

  — Travel Research Online
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The truth is: If you read all the articles and informational bulletins available to you pertaining to the travel industry, you won’t have enough time to sell, service or manage your current client base. You will be too busy “learning.”

Although information is everywhere, knowledge is still king. But time remains the limiting factor. This being the case, what can you do to gain a leg-up on the competition?

Google the words “travel agent” and see for yourself how many options pop onto your screen in less than a blink of an eye. (The answer is just a tad under 30 million in ¼ of a…