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travel agency

American  

noun

  • travel agencies
    plural
  1. a business that accommodates travelers, as by securing tickets, arranging for reservations, and giving information.


travel agency British  

noun

  1. an agency that arranges and negotiates flights, holidays, etc, for travellers

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Petros Zissimos, managing director of the travel agency Hellenic Holidays, said that’s a common experience for travelers bound for Milos due to the strong “Meltemi” wind pattern that blows through the Aegean.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

And I’ll make my financial case for how I justified writing a lump-sum check to a travel agency so large that I could picture my bank account clutching its proverbial pearls.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

The excuse this time is that his wife Elizabeth wants to open her own travel agency, and can’t get a bank loan.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

In May, the average price of a round-trip domestic ticket sold through a travel agency was $628, up nearly $100 from a year earlier, according to Airlines Reporting Corp., which tracks agency ticket sales.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

The travel agency is why he hasn’t come with me on this trip: the months before Christmas are a hectic time in the travel business.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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