Travel mobile applications and travel agencies ?

Last week I was writing about the connection between internet, mobile applications and  tourism, so now I would like to continue this topic.  In this week, my second blog topic's is the situation of the travel agencies.

Tourism is based on the needs of passengers. A typical traveler uses a smart phone not only to stay connected with friends and family back home via calling and texting, but also to learn and find places within the new destination.  

Tourism is based on the needs of passengers.  The travel agencies have to make packages and services, what is fits for the needs of tourists. So because of the developing of technology and the changing of needs, the travel agencies have to change also in a better way.

In the life of travel agencies, internet also played an important role, because they are working with different type of booking system. For example they are working with various hotel's reservation systems, or with airline companies reservation systems.

But nowadays there are more opportunity for the travel agencies too because there are developed mobile applications for travel agencies too.

There are some advantages, if a travel agency has own mobile application. For example:

·         travel agency can communicate easily the image of the agency
·         with this application the agency can reach more people, than before
·         the tourists can obtain information easily about the services of the travel agency, or they can even       order those package or services faster and easier.
·         who is download this application, can be up to date about the special offers and promotions from       the travel agency.

Travel booking simpler and faster with smartphones, By using the travel application the visitors can get detailed information about the travel packages, they can read useful information,  and descriptions about the  destination, and they can found pictures about the hotels and about the city or about the custom of that nation. In addition who wants to travel, they can book the trip through the mobile application, even they can take insurance for the trip, in the case if something is happens with the tourist.

Additional features of the application include the presentation of the destination, famous cities, a description of the main attractions. The smartphone app shows local restaurants, bars, entertainment venues and other tourist point of view a list of important sites. And the tourist can read comment about the places, because the guests who were there earlier can leave a comment, ot they can rate the places with stars.

The application can be implemented to quickly and easily book flights and purchase tickets for long-distance buses, ships, trains, and even car hire. Of course, the insurance can be concluded in the associated mobile phone.

I am in interested in this theme also, because in the last week me and the others travelled to Budapest and we booked our tickets on the internet, but ther was some people who could not print the tickets so there was an solution. The solution was the application of the airlines company, because the companie accept the e-tickets also. So we found a better way for the problem.

If the travel agency services includes the ticket sales, by using the application , the travellers have options to order the tickets on their phone. In addition, visitors can view a descriptions of different programs and the application can also provide recommendations to meet the interests of the user.

So in conclusion, if they would like to stay competitive in the market, they must be appear in the mobile marketing market too.

If you have questions or reactions, do not hesitate to write comments. :)