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Need to Know is part of TravelAge West’s commitment to give a voice to the travel advisor community. We poll travel advisors each month and deliver timely research that captures their attitudes about the latest travel trends and industry topics. We believe it’s important to offer advisors a chance to share their perspectives and understand what their peers are experiencing.

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Travel advisors say that the worry over high travel prices is a new phenomenon, and most advisors feel that it will cause a slowdown in travel demand next year.

Consumers Are Finally Growing Wary of High Travel Prices

08.01.2023

Kenneth Shapiro

Research shows that concern over pricing is a current and future threat to the travel industry... Read The Story

Client demands are taking a toll on travel advisors.

Nearly One-Third of Travel Advisors Are Feeling Burnt Out

07.17.2023

Kenneth Shapiro

Need to Know research: Clients’ travel demands are taking a toll on travel advisors, with 32% believing their current workload is not sustainable... Read The Story

While most advisors identify as full-time professionals, most advisors do not take issue with part-time travel agents and believe that there should be more travel agent jobs.

Part-Time Travel Agents Make Up a Third of the Travel Advisor Workforce

03.27.2023

Kenneth Shapiro

A new Need to Know survey by TravelAge West shows that most travel advisors are actually full-time professionals. They also share that new advisors starting out need to first understand what a travel agent does before crafting their business.... Read The Story

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Consumers Are Finally Growing Wary of High Travel Prices

Nearly One-Third of Travel Advisors Are Feeling Burnt Out

Part-Time Travel Agents Make Up a Third of the Travel Advisor Workforce

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