History And Origins Travel Agent
British company Cox & Kings is often referred to as the world’s oldest travel agency, but it only rests on the first banking service which was established in 1758, which provided for the rich client.
However, modern travel agency, which first appeared is known in the second half of the 19th century. At that time, Thomas Cook, in addition to developing a tour package, also form a chain of agency in the last quarter of the 19th century, which has links with the Midland Railway project. They not only sell their travel packages to the public, but in addition, represent the other tour companies.
Another pioneering institution in the UK travel agents are Dean & Dawson, who is the leader of the Polytechnic Society of Travel agency or the Polytechnic Touring Association and Co-operative Wholesale Society.
While the oldest travel agency in North America is the Brownell Travel. On July 4, 1887, Walter T. Brownell led the ten tourists pass up the tour in Europe, by arranging the shipping from New York to ride the SS Devonia.
Travel agencies became more common with the development of commercial aviation, which began in 1920. Initially, the majority of travel agents serving the upper middle class consumers, but the post-war world with the advent of mass-market package holidays has resulted in travel agencies that operate in most of the city’s main streets England. They offer service parties and events for the working class clients who are looking for a convenient way to fill the holiday on the coasts.