Travel Consolidators - Things To Know
By Jay Bauder, Mon Dec 26th

Things to Know about Travel Consolidators

Travel consolidators are high-volume ticket brokers. Theypurchase large scale tickets and sell them to customers for alower price than the published fares.

A travel consolidator buys a large amount of tickets directlyfrom the carriers or the airline companies. This way they getdiscounted prices because of the volume they purchased. Theynegotiate with these carriers so they get big discounts. Sometravel consolidators even have their own contracts with theairline companies.

However, they only negotiate for a specific region. Somewherethey know that is a popular destination, this way they couldsell their tickets faster. Some consolidators are even owned bythe carriers themselves. Big airline companies normally haveseveral travel consolidators under their wing. These are donebecause there may be instances that a number of seats are notsold for a specific flight. What the carriers and theconsolidators do is to sell these empty seats at a lower fare.Consolidators buy the extra tickets at a lower price and sellthem to travelers on a lower fare than the published rates.

It is not publicly known how consolidating works for travel.Consolidators get their tickets in a much lower price than anordinary person because of the volume of tickets they bought.This way they could resell the tickets at a much lower price totravelers. But they do make profits. Yes they sell tickets at alower rate but that doesn't mean that they are sacrificing theirprofit. Everything



is all about money. And they well know how tomake money. They also sell the tickets with the same price asthe published fares. This way they earn a bigger profit.

They have their own market. Some consolidators sell theirtickets to travel agents alone and some sell them both to thetravel agent and the public. Some also sell their tickets online.

Travel consolidators even come with different classifications.There may be those who only do wholesale, meaning they reselltheir tickets in volume. Other travel consolidators might bethose specializing on the destinations. This means that theyonly buy tickets on specific regions. However there are alsothose that specialize on multi-stops or those tickets on fightsthat have several stops.

Like any other jobs travel consolidators have their own plusesand minuses. They have the privilege of buying tickets below thepublished fares and have the liberty of buying them until thedeparture date of the said flight. However, they also have theirown setbacks. The ticket that they could buy only goes on aspecific route which narrows their market. Another thing is theyhave to negotiate well because it means profit!

About the author:

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