Back Ground: Five days ago I created a topic here asking about the Touring Plans Travel Agency. My question, specifically, was about the travel professionals that are currently associated with Touring Plans. There have been other threads asking about working with travel agents in the past and for the last few years I have said I will always work with a TA but it is important that I trust my TA. I think we all have to find the professionals that we respect and trust. There are a couple of amazing liner TAs not working for touring plans, and there could be some liner TAs that might not work for you. (Please support people in the travel industry!).
Although I am posting this under WDW, as a DVC owner, I generally will only book room for a couple of nights with a TA to extend a DVC stay and right now, that won’t happen for a couple of years. So this booking was for a short Universal stay in the fall- I AM GOING TO HHN!
Len posted the list of Touring Plans Travel Advisors in my original thread:
- Stephanie Hudson
- Sarah Goff
- Missy Blair
- Alex Cenac
- Michelle McKnight
- Nicole Rosen
- Kelly Ybarra
- Gina Akin
- Jennifer Upton
- and Annette (Owens) Jackson
Any liner that found touring plans or lines through the original wdw today knows, trusts, and respects Annette Jackson. BUT I started working with Michelle McKnight when I booked my first cruise. I had first reached out to another liner at that time and after 6 weeks of trying to get a quote I found Michelle through a cross check of the liner TA list and referrals from the RC Blog forum. Michelle had me booked within hours and she repeatedly sent me those amazing emails “your price dropped, I have rebooked you- your new invoice is attached”. Of course, those emails never came with a Disney cruise…but that is Disney, not Michelle. I trust Michelle and she never questions my craziness (a trait I treasure).
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