“Before COVID I had an another travel agent working with us for a number of years, many years so we were able to provide service to leisure travel central travel, a bit of corporate travel, whatever travel arrangements required packages and tours,” said Walter Rodrigues, Bestway Travel Agency travel consultant.Rodrigues noted their agency has had to pivot, catering now to customers who travel for essential reasons.
“We are getting customers in, calls in, that do need this service, and we’re able to make out, not necessarily a profit. “It’s just that we’re able to pay some of the costs of keeping this office and and other things going. If we did not have that type of group, we would have had to close for sure. For sure.”Questions about the new travel restrictions? Expert breaks it all downClaire Newell, a Vancouver-based travel expert, admits it’s a hard time for the industry but feels optimistic for future travel.