In Reply to: bookings posted by sandybear on Wednesday, 22. October 2008 at 17:28 Bali Time:
offers that you couldn't get by booking for yourself. BTF readers seem to do their TAs work for them happily handing over a commission for very little service. They research the hotels, the price and all the other dos and donts but still go back the TA and get them to book for them. And yes there are those that will get you out of trouble if you need it, but TAs like that are, in my experience, few and far between and don't come cheap.