Dreaming your holiday to Sri Lanka in this year? In 2018 lonelyplanet rate Sri Lanka as a top-rated travel destination among their travel destination rating list. it's 10 years after taking over from the civil war and Sri Lanka is a 100% safe place for world travelers to experience their annual holiday. last 10 years tourism is becoming the highest economic development source.
Tailor Made holidays (or we call it bespoke holidays) is the main travel theme for travelers. because Sri Lanka is a tropical island in Asia and there only summer season and winter season. Raining to the southern side of the country from April to October in southern monsoon and Raining to Eastern side of the country from August to March. (Please check our tailor-made holiday article for more details)
How to find a good travel agency or tourist chauffeur for your holiday?
01. The first step for all of us to search in google.com, yahoo.com, msn.com or ask.com
You will type Sri Lanka travel agents, Sri Lanka travel agency, Sri Lanka tourist chauffeurs, Sri Lanka tour packages, Sri Lanka tour companies and you will find internet search results. now you can click on a company name and read their website. about us page, their location, sample tour packages and more details.
02. The second step is to check in tripadvisor.com. now tripadvisor promote hotels and local experiences on their website. there are lots of round tour programs for Sri Lanka in tripadvisor.com website. the disadvantage is you cannot customize those trip offers. if you like for ready-made package you can book it online within a few minutes and the travel agent will confirm your booking within 24 hours. read the customer reviews and their experience before you book the trip. it's very difficult to post fake reviews to tripadvisor because their system is very sensitive and secured. there are live feedbacks and human posted only.
03. The Third step is to check travel agency reviews in tripadvisor.com website. after you select a company name from google search now you can read more about that company in tripadvisor website. most of the genuine companies maintain their customer feedbacks in tripadvisor page. the highest guaranteed travel forum and support network for tourist is tripadvisor. it's very difficult to join with tripadvisor for a local experience provider or local travel agency because tripadvisor has lots of verifications before they accept local supplier.
04. The Forth step is to check the travel agency on google pages and reviews. google.com reviews and pages getting famous and you can read some reviews posted in google reviews. their in google map whether the company has marked their location in google map. on google page, there will be photos of office, staff, and packages.
05. The Fifth step is to check the travel company on facebook pages. among social media, Facebook is becoming the number one every day. every company posts their updates, offers, status, promotional products, customer reviews in facebook page and most of them promote facebook page with advertising. check whether your selected company has their facebook page and it's updated for a long time.
06. The Sixth step is to talk with your travel consultant or travel executive in the selected company. as per the above 06 steps if you decided what travel company you like then go to their contact page or tour inquiry page and submit your tour requirement. most of the active travel agents response within 24 hours by email or they will call you. nowadays they like to reach you via live chat or what's app because it's prompt. once they contact you to ask the questions. you can talk with the travel consultant and check with him for his experience. ask from him for tour suggestions. an experienced person can provide you more information over the phone without delay. keep in touch with him via what's app or live chat then you can get update at any time for immediate recommendations.
07. The Seventh step is to decide whether you change your travel agent or proceed with the selected travel agent in Sri Lanka. if it's tailor-made holiday to Sri Lanka you will need to discuss with your consultant to arrange what type of tour itinerary you like, what are the sightseeing and places you would like to visit, what kind of vehicle and tourist chauffeur you like, select interesting hotels and fix with tour budget. some times you will uncomfortable they way your travel consultant work may be their prices high or maybe their hotel options not flexible or service time not matching with your interest then change your local agency.
08. The final step to confirm with your local travel agency. Paying a tour advance to local agency usual and from 30% to 70% of the tour advance amount will request from you at the time of booking. and after they receive the payment only they will start the reservation process for your hotels and sightseeing activities.
Now the difficult part, you need to wait till your right date but for all of us, it's nervous to wait to start a holiday.
Tailor Made holidays (or we call it bespoke holidays) is the main travel theme for travelers. because Sri Lanka is a tropical island in Asia and there only summer season and winter season. Raining to the southern side of the country from April to October in southern monsoon and Raining to Eastern side of the country from August to March. (Please check our tailor-made holiday article for more details)
How to find a good travel agency or tourist chauffeur for your holiday?
01. The first step for all of us to search in google.com, yahoo.com, msn.com or ask.com
You will type Sri Lanka travel agents, Sri Lanka travel agency, Sri Lanka tourist chauffeurs, Sri Lanka tour packages, Sri Lanka tour companies and you will find internet search results. now you can click on a company name and read their website. about us page, their location, sample tour packages and more details.
02. The second step is to check in tripadvisor.com. now tripadvisor promote hotels and local experiences on their website. there are lots of round tour programs for Sri Lanka in tripadvisor.com website. the disadvantage is you cannot customize those trip offers. if you like for ready-made package you can book it online within a few minutes and the travel agent will confirm your booking within 24 hours. read the customer reviews and their experience before you book the trip. it's very difficult to post fake reviews to tripadvisor because their system is very sensitive and secured. there are live feedbacks and human posted only.
03. The Third step is to check travel agency reviews in tripadvisor.com website. after you select a company name from google search now you can read more about that company in tripadvisor website. most of the genuine companies maintain their customer feedbacks in tripadvisor page. the highest guaranteed travel forum and support network for tourist is tripadvisor. it's very difficult to join with tripadvisor for a local experience provider or local travel agency because tripadvisor has lots of verifications before they accept local supplier.
04. The Forth step is to check the travel agency on google pages and reviews. google.com reviews and pages getting famous and you can read some reviews posted in google reviews. their in google map whether the company has marked their location in google map. on google page, there will be photos of office, staff, and packages.
05. The Fifth step is to check the travel company on facebook pages. among social media, Facebook is becoming the number one every day. every company posts their updates, offers, status, promotional products, customer reviews in facebook page and most of them promote facebook page with advertising. check whether your selected company has their facebook page and it's updated for a long time.
06. The Sixth step is to talk with your travel consultant or travel executive in the selected company. as per the above 06 steps if you decided what travel company you like then go to their contact page or tour inquiry page and submit your tour requirement. most of the active travel agents response within 24 hours by email or they will call you. nowadays they like to reach you via live chat or what's app because it's prompt. once they contact you to ask the questions. you can talk with the travel consultant and check with him for his experience. ask from him for tour suggestions. an experienced person can provide you more information over the phone without delay. keep in touch with him via what's app or live chat then you can get update at any time for immediate recommendations.
07. The Seventh step is to decide whether you change your travel agent or proceed with the selected travel agent in Sri Lanka. if it's tailor-made holiday to Sri Lanka you will need to discuss with your consultant to arrange what type of tour itinerary you like, what are the sightseeing and places you would like to visit, what kind of vehicle and tourist chauffeur you like, select interesting hotels and fix with tour budget. some times you will uncomfortable they way your travel consultant work may be their prices high or maybe their hotel options not flexible or service time not matching with your interest then change your local agency.
08. The final step to confirm with your local travel agency. Paying a tour advance to local agency usual and from 30% to 70% of the tour advance amount will request from you at the time of booking. and after they receive the payment only they will start the reservation process for your hotels and sightseeing activities.
Now the difficult part, you need to wait till your right date but for all of us, it's nervous to wait to start a holiday.
