Why Use a Travel Advisor? 10 Reasons to Choose Bursch Travel
Planning a vacation should be exciting, not overwhelming. With countless destinations, cruise lines, resorts, and online booking options, choosing the right vacation can be complicated.
That’s where a professional travel advisor makes a difference.
Since 1956, Bursch Travel has helped travelers plan memorable vacations with personalized service, expert recommendations, and professional guidance.
Whether you’re planning a European vacation, an Alaska cruise, an all-inclusive getaway, a family adventure, or a once-in-a-lifetime journey, our experienced travel advisors help you make informed decisions and travel with confidence.
Here are 10 reasons travelers choose Bursch Travel instead of planning their vacations alone.
1. Save Time Planning Your Vacation
Planning a great vacation involves much more than choosing a destination. There are flights, hotels, resorts, cruise lines, transportation, tours, travel protection, and countless other details to consider.
A Bursch Travel advisor does the research with you, helping narrow down the choices based on your interests, travel style, budget, and priorities. Instead of spending hours sorting through hundreds of options and online reviews, you can work with someone who knows what questions to ask and where to look.
You still make the decisions. We help make those decisions easier.
2. Get a Vacation Designed Around You
The best vacation isn’t necessarily the one with the highest online rating. It’s the one that’s right for you.
Our advisors take the time to learn what you want from your vacation. Do you prefer a small boutique hotel or a large resort? Guided sightseeing or exploring independently? A relaxing beach or an active adventure? A lively cruise ship or something quieter?
Those details matter.
Rather than simply finding an available vacation, a Bursch Travel advisor helps match you with travel experiences that fit your interests, expectations, and budget.
3. Benefit from Decades of Travel Experience
Bursch Travel has been helping people travel since 1956.
Over the years, our advisors have planned vacations around the world and helped travelers navigate everything from simple getaways to complex international itineraries.
Our advisors also travel themselves. Their firsthand experiences with destinations, resorts, cruise ships, tours, and travel suppliers provide insights that can be difficult to get from an online description or review.
When your advisor hasn’t personally experienced something, they can also draw upon the knowledge and experience of the larger Bursch Travel team.
4. Get More Than Just a Price
Finding the lowest advertised price isn’t always the same as finding the best vacation value.
Our advisors help you look beyond the initial price to understand what you’re actually getting. That can include the location and quality of your accommodations, what’s included in a cruise or resort package, flight schedules, transportation, cancellation policies, travel protection options, and other details that can affect your experience.
We also work with a wide network of trusted travel suppliers and can help identify available promotions, packages, and amenities when they apply to your trip.
Our goal is to help you spend your vacation dollars wisely—not simply choose the first deal you find online.
5. Have Someone to Call When Travel Doesn’t Go as Planned
Flights get canceled. Weather changes. Travel plans get disrupted. Hotels and cruise itineraries sometimes change.
When you’ve booked everything yourself, figuring out what to do next is usually up to you.
When you book with Bursch Travel, you have a professional travel advisor who knows your trip and can help you understand your options when unexpected situations arise.
We can’t prevent every travel disruption, but having an experienced person to turn to can make a stressful situation much easier to navigate.
6. Work With a Real Person Who Knows Your Vacation
Online booking sites are designed to process reservations. A Bursch Travel advisor is there to build a relationship.
Your advisor gets to know your preferences, travel history, priorities, and the experiences you enjoy. That knowledge can become even more valuable over time.
When you’re ready for your next vacation, you don’t necessarily have to start your research from scratch. You can call someone who already understands how you like to travel.
For many of our clients, their Bursch Travel advisor becomes their trusted resource whenever they’re ready to explore somewhere new.
7. Benefit From an Entire Team of Travel Experts
When you work with a Bursch Travel advisor, you aren’t limited to one person’s experience.
Our advisors work together and share knowledge about destinations, cruise lines, resorts, tour companies, travel suppliers, and their own firsthand travel experiences.
Some advisors have extensive experience with cruises. Others know Europe, Alaska, Hawaii, destination weddings, all-inclusive resorts, group travel, or other types of vacations especially well.
That collective knowledge helps us connect travelers with the right expertise for their trip.
8. Get Expert Help With Complicated Vacations
Some vacations are relatively easy to book. Others have a lot of moving parts.
International trips, cruises, multigenerational family vacations, destination weddings, group trips, and customized itineraries can involve multiple reservations, transportation arrangements, deadlines, documentation requirements, and other details.
Our advisors help organize those pieces and guide you through the planning process.
That means you can spend less time worrying about logistics and more time looking forward to your vacation.
9. Work With a Family-Owned Travel Agency That Values Relationships
Bursch Travel is a family-owned travel agency that has been serving travelers for generations.
Our business has grown because of relationships—with our clients, our employees, our travel partners, and the communities we serve.
Many of our clients return to Bursch Travel vacation after vacation and refer their friends and family to us. We don’t take that trust for granted.
When you plan a vacation with us, our goal isn’t simply to make a reservation. It’s to earn the opportunity to help you with your next trip, too.
10. Travel With Greater Confidence
A great vacation starts long before you leave home.
From choosing the right destination and making reservations to preparing for departure and navigating unexpected situations, your Bursch Travel advisor is there to guide you through the process.
You’ll know who helped plan your vacation, who has the details, and who you can contact when you have questions.
You can book a trip almost anywhere.
At Bursch Travel, we believe the difference is having an experienced travel professional helping you plan the right trip for you.
Frequently Asked Questions About Working With a Bursch Travel Advisor
Is it worth using a travel advisor instead of booking online?
For many travelers, yes. Online booking can work well for simple trips, but a travel advisor can be especially valuable when you’re planning a cruise, international vacation, family trip, group vacation, or a journey with multiple moving parts.
A Bursch Travel advisor helps you compare your options, choose travel experiences that fit your preferences and budget, and take care of many of the details. You also have a real person who knows your vacation and can assist when questions or unexpected situations arise.
Does it cost more to book with a Bursch Travel advisor?
Not necessarily. The price you see online doesn’t always tell the whole story. Our advisors help you compare the overall value of different options, including accommodations, locations, inclusions, promotions, cancellation policies, and other details that can make a difference in your vacation.
Bursch Travel does charge professional planning fees for some services and types of travel. Your advisor will explain any applicable fees so you know what to expect before the planning process begins.
Can a Bursch Travel advisor help if something goes wrong during my vacation?
Yes. One of the benefits of working with a travel advisor is having someone to turn to when your plans don’t go as expected.
Flights can be delayed or canceled, weather can affect itineraries, and travel suppliers sometimes make changes. While we can’t prevent every disruption, your Bursch Travel advisor can help you understand your options and work with travel suppliers when assistance is needed.
Do I need to live near a Bursch Travel office to work with an advisor?
No. You don’t need to live near one of our offices to plan a vacation with Bursch Travel.
Our advisors work with travelers both locally and from across the United States. Depending on your preference and location, vacation planning can be done by phone, email, or virtually. If you live near one of our offices, you may also have the option to meet with your advisor in person.
What types of vacations can Bursch Travel help plan?
Our travel advisors can help with a wide variety of vacations, including ocean and river cruises, European vacations, Alaska and Hawaii trips, all-inclusive resorts, escorted tours, family vacations, honeymoons, destination weddings, group travel, and customized international trips.
Our advisors have different areas of experience and expertise, so we can help connect you with someone who is a good fit for the vacation you’re planning.
How do I find the right Bursch Travel advisor for my vacation?
Start by telling us a little about the vacation you’re considering. You don’t need to have everything figured out before contacting us—that’s what we’re here to help with.
We’ll help connect you with a Bursch Travel advisor based on your destination, type of vacation, and travel-planning needs. From there, your advisor can learn more about what you’re looking for and help you take the next steps.
Ready to Start Planning Your Next Vacation?
Every traveler is different, and so are our travel advisors.
Our team includes advisors with experience planning cruises, European vacations, Alaska adventures, all-inclusive getaways, family vacations, destination weddings, group travel, and customized trips around the world.
Tell us where you’re thinking about going—or simply tell us the kind of vacation you’re dreaming about—and we’ll help connect you with a Bursch Travel advisor who can help.
