In Reply to: Thanks - that is very helpful posted by treefrog on Sunday, 13. June 2010 at 07:30 Bali Time:
As I am on the west coast,we have a large number of very good travel agents that work the asian market...I do all my research first on-line, then get the agent to see if they can match or beat the prices I get...often, they can, as they can ring up their contacts and see whats coming down the pike.I prefer to have the agent do the booking, just in case there is a screw up while I am away...I want someone I can call to clear things up(tho this has never happened.)
I have found that the airlines themselves have better prices than travel site resellers.... often the "great " price you see on resellers involves long layovers or odd connections. Travelling from N.America to Bali is long enough without spending endless hours in an airport waiting for the connection.