Dear deguv-ga;
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.
BUDGET TRAVEL.COM offers this fantastic site that lists on its site a
huge directory of travel agents (there appears to be more than a
hundred) directly of their website and email addresses (for those who
have them). Additionally the site lists a number of other links to
other sites that also offer lists.
http://www.budgettravel.com/germanta.htm
IDT – INDEX DEUTSCHER TOURISTIK also has such a list and will prove
very helpful especially if you speak German.
http://www.infosys.de/idt/ If you don’t, fear not, you can always use
Google Translator: ://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en. I
translated the page and found it relatively accurate. Here there are
about 90 agencies listed. Follow the links under the heading “FLUGE”.
In Germany there are Consolidators/Bucket Shops/Wholesalers that buy
in bulk and sell airline tickets to the public. Some even sell airline
tickets at less than published fares plus packages that include
accommodations. Package tours are always much cheaper than doing the
airfare and comparable accommodation separately. They also offer more
in information and helpful travel tips/information.
Here you will find about 1000 successful search terms to aid you in
finding discount airline tickets in, around or to Germany:
AIRLINETICKETSFINDER.COM http://www.airline-tickets-finder.com/.
Simply put “Germany” after your search term in any major search engine
to get results.
Here is a list of “bucket shops” or consolidators of discount tickets.
Unfortunately, there aren’t many listed here from Germany but the ones
that are here will give you an idea of how they work. ETNAGENTS.COM
http://www.etn.nl/bucketshops/
GONOMAD http://www.gonomad.com/transports/0012/hasbrouck_miniguidefaq.asp
offers an excellent article about finding bucket shops and
consolidators.
This is a great newsgroup post that has come very informative stuff
about getting the best deals on flights. You’ll have to examine it to
see if there is anything her of interest to you: “Airline information
on-line on the Internet FAQ”
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/travel/air/online-info/
Many of my searches kept bringing me back to this site, which derives
its information from 4 MILLION COSOLIDATORS AND BUCKET SHOPS!
FLIGHTS.COM http://apps.flights.com/flights/mainPage.jsp?tab=DC
Here’s their business blurb: “Travel Information Service (TIS)
TIS provides an online searchable interface to a database of more than
4 million consolidator fares from Belgium, Czechoslovokia, Finland,
France, Germany, Luxemburg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, and
Switzerland. Eventually the database will include fares from
Australia, Greece, Norway, Sweden, the UK, and the USA. The database
is updated daily. TIS uses a secure server for credit card information
and allows you to place air, hotel, and car reservations online. For
more information write to T.I.S.S. GmbH, Am Wollhaus 12, DE-74072
Heilbronn, call +49 7131-9648-20, fax +49 7131-9648-29, or send email
to info@tiss.com.”
Using my search strategy you may not only find many travel agents,
given enough time you just “might” find all of them! Below you will
find that I have carefully defined my search strategy for you in the
event that you need to search for more information. By following the
same type of searches that I did you may be able to enhance the
research I have provided even further. I hope you find that that my
research exceeds your expectations. If you have any questions about my
research please post a clarification request prior to rating the
answer. Otherwise, I welcome your rating and your final comments and I
look forward to working with you again in the near future. Thank you
for bringing your question to us.
Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga
INFORMATION SOURCES
BUDGET TRAVEL.COM
http://www.budgettravel.com/germanta.htm
IDT – INDEX DEUTSCHER
http://www.infosys.de/idt/
Google Translator
://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en
AIRLINETICKETSFINDER.COM
http://www.airline-tickets-finder.com/
ETNAGENTS.COM
http://www.etn.nl/bucketshops/
GONOMAD
http://www.gonomad.com/transports/0012/hasbrouck_miniguidefaq.asp
“Airline information on-line on the Internet FAQ”
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/travel/air/online-info/
FLIGHTS.COM
http://apps.flights.com/flights/mainPage.jsp?tab=DC
SEARCH STRATEGY
SEARCH ENGINE USED:
Google ://www.google.com
SEARCH TERMS USED:
Germany airline ticket consolidators
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Germany+airline+ticket+consolidators
Germany travel agencies
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Germany+travel+agencies
Germany travel agents
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Germany+travel+agents
Germany “bucket shops”
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Germany+%E2%80%9Cbucket+shops%E2%80%9D |
