travel agent
Americannoun
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a person who owns, operates, or works for a travel agency.
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a travel agency.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of travel agent
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The travel agent from Internova Travel Group, one of the world’s largest travel-services companies, secured a full refund from a hotel with a famously strict no-refund policy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Guests who booked flights via a travel agent should contact the travel agent directly to request a refund.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
“I’m going to be honest: Clearing your cache and going incognito to ‘beat’ flight pricing is largely a myth,” said Katie Lynn Reynolds, a travel agent at Travelmation.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
The Jansaris did manage to travel to Ahmedabad after booking a later trip through a travel agent in Leicester.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
I had explicitly instructed my travel agent to choose something inexpensive, in the thirty-to-forty-dollar range.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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