Anyone know of a website where I can get a quote on a custom holiday?

I want to find out an approx cost of a trip which would span a few countries and use both train and plane.

I don't have the time to drop into an agency at the moment

I'm sure if you rang a travel agent they'd email or fax you back a quote

www.sunloverholidays.com.au

They only handle domestic holidays in Australia. But you can select packages, specify numbers airfare and accomodation. Its easier to ring them. They offer some good deals.

IF your going international, call flight centre.

www.flightcentre.com.au

Hmm, spanning a few countries, surely domestic tiny!

Harvey World Trvael will do it by phone - just tell them where you want to go and they put together a package. They will do just travel, or they will do travel AND accommodation. Basically they will tailor it to your needs.

just go to their website and then get in touch with a consultant.

most other agencies do this also, but Harvey are the best.

you wont find a website that you can plan complicated itinerarys on.

if your after domestic (prefferably qld) call me on 13 88 30 and you will get the QTC (qeeensland travel centre) which is the direct arm of Sunlover Holidays.

tiny you dont work for them do you or know someone who works there..

Kat one of the people on here is a flight centre agent in bulimba i think... u could email her with what you want.

also i do know that Flight Centres do email quotes but dont waste their time unless your actually going to go. making people do quotes for travel in a few years time is worthless just grab a few brochures and work things out urself.

it's often cheaper to plan your trips yourself.

every backpacking trip I've done through Asia, Europre, Middle East I've only booked my initial journey and my return journey. from there I just organise as I go and it's way cheaper, especially in Asia.

i used flight centre to get my tix, just gonna pretty much wing it from there, although they offered to book other flight and rail etc, i chose not to tho. going to the uk and europe, i leave on sunday woooo. but yea they were really helpful.

have fun bro!

i dont know about you guys but i buy the $2800 Star Alliance round the world ticket beats any other ticket, and as for bothering people well its their job and they do it if i ask them, i usualy ask a few months before hand

oh yeah and i get my tickets from flight centre, i get discounts nowdays too which is nice, also flight centre are based all over the world so id pick them over harvey

last edited by darius at 20:47:55 30/Sep/05

That's the thing. I don't want to waste anyones time because I am not ready to travel at this time.

Not to worry, I will see how I go with individual flights.

Thanks

If it's just pie in the sky stuff you're probably well served if you just find a random (popular) forum (somethingawful for example) and post your proposed itinery and ask the people to relate to you their experiences both costwise and the difficulties/tricks they found.

what countries and for how long? (hosteling, cheap food and transport)

usa / canada budget $40-50 us a day
western europe / scandinavia about €50 a day.
eastern europe €35 a day.

I actually have just found a new site I didnt know about, it does the whole world, not sure how comparable it is to the local web deals (Travel agents) in Australia.

I would prefer you book through flightcentre (as I have shares - and they suck at the moment) however, the search engine on this site is pretty legit.

http://www.cheapoair.com

Travel agents are useful for booking additional s***, and will lose money on the air ticket to sell you hotels, hire cars, insurance, where they get higher commissions, so keep the big picture in mind if you are having a 'luxury' holiday (it benefits you and them)... otherwise for cheap travel (hostels, YHA type tours), book your flight online and then rock up or pre-(ring/email)bookings for the rest of your travels...

Thanks twat.

Least I now have an idea of flights *faints from shock*

less than 12 hours til my plane takes off, woooooo. just a shame i missed oktoberfest, but i'll still have a great time.

Kat, just call flight centre, HW travel or sta and let em know u are just looking for quotes. then when one of them gives u a decent price and a sort of itinery, email the price back to teh other 2 and get it cheaper as they start a bidding war. we saved over $500 on our rnd the worlders this week by doing that.

I agree with spidz. Also i avoid FC on principle, for their lies and false advertising.

If doing Europe, you are much better to just get a cheap flight to london and back, and book the rest out of there (the market is very cutthroat so you will get big savings), or for Asia, hit Bangkok and book from there.

If doing Europe, you are much better to just get a cheap flight to london and back,

thanks for the tip