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CRH · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Hello
Looking into flying to Vancouver in early April. Does any one out there have any good travel agents to reccommend. We live in Seoul and we see bunches of them in the paper every day.The ones I used before bent me over on the price of the fare...Does any one here know the name of a good travel agent (preferably one that speaks English)....

Any advice on this would really be appreciated
Cheers
CRH

mack the knife · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: standing right behind you...

before you call any travel agent...call the airlines and find out their prices...often, travel agents will quote a higher price!! on top of that, travel agents will tell you the flight is booked when it is not...

a travel agent that gives you a good deal one day may not have the best deal going the next...just works that way...you simply must shop around...

princess · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia

I can tell you to stay away from Zenith Travel.

IconsFanatic · Joined: 19 Jan 2003

For some reason, if you go to Air Canada's website and try to buy direct, the prices are 3x higher.

There's logic for you.

Lost Seoul · Joined: 10 Jan 2003

Here is a good travel agent in Seoul.

STA Travel
110-122 YMCA Building
Room 505
9 Chongno 2-KA
Chongno-KU
SEOUL
Tel: +886 (0)2 733 9494
Fax: +886 (0)2 732 9568

canukteacher · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul, Korea

Go directly to the airline. Air Canada has an office in Seoul. I have yet to find a competent travel agent in this country.

Good Luck

CT

bucheon bum · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

I 2nd the STA travel branch in the YMCA building. The YMCA building area has numerous travel agents. If you don't like one price quote, just go to the adjacent travel agency.

The Man known as The Man · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:25 pm Post subject:

Zed · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Shakedown Street

snufalufagus · Joined: 10 May 2004

When I use a travel agent in Korea I use

Apple Travel - it's in the USO office's at Camp Kim outside exit 10 of Samgakgi Station (Line 6). It is in the USO office, before you need to show ID to enter the Army Base (Camp Kim) ... services are free

http://www.uso.org/korea shows their phone number

The Man known as The Man · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:22 am Post subject:

pauline · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Location: Incheon, Korea

snufalufagus,

What ID must I show? Do I need to be in the army or to be a US citizen? I thought that was necessary to enter Camp Kim

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

I hear good things about Shoestring travel in Hongdae

http://www.shoestring.co.kr/en-main.htm
(02) 333-4151

wjdwhdgh · Joined: 10 Apr 2007

Soho Travel

The email is [email protected] or [email protected] they are really efficient and extremely helpful. Give them an email, and ask them for the number- I'd say they speak pretty English .

reactionary · Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Location: korreia

Absolutely do not use Zenith travel as others have said. Sometimes their prices are the lowest but they are UNRELIABLE. After having paid 2 months in advance I was told, a few weeks before departure, that the flight was booked and I'd have to change the time - impossible as I had a connecting flight. Eventually it all worked out in the end, but definitely not worth the stress just to save 100,000.

In my book, if you've paid, everything is GUARANTEED - no questions. Zenith does not share this belief. They sell first and verify later.