travel agency

noun

: an agency engaged in selling and arranging transportation, accommodations, tours, and trips for travelers

called also travel bureau

Examples of travel agency in a Sentence

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Some of the country’s best excursions include a trip to Loch Ness and hiking through Cairngorms National Park. Brazil For Virtuoso advisor Kimberly Denison, founder of luxury travel agency Denison Travel, South America’s largest country tops her list for family travel in 2025. Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024 Search results on an online travel agency, for instance, must include the maximum total of all mandatory fees or charges people will have to pay. Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 17 Dec. 2024 Maurice Eugene Smith, founder and CEO of the Eugene Toriko travel agency, was charged with defrauding George Mason University and its foundation, which spent $159,756 for what the FBI describes as a sham. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024 World & Nation Will Russia bring its war on LGBTQ people to Ukraine? March 3, 2022 One man arrested for allegedly running a travel agency for gay customers faces charges of organizing activities of an extremist organization. Dasha Litvinova, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for travel agency 

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of travel agency was in 1898

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“Travel agency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/travel%20agency. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

travel agency

noun
: a business that plans and arranges for tours, transportation, and lodgings for travelers
travel agent noun

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