travel agent for non-traditional itineraries
Curt Fischer
Can anyone recommend a travel agent based in Japan that specializes in
multiple-destination itineraries? Something like what is called a
"bucket shop" in English?
I want to go on a trip from Japan to the US with a stay in Europe,
without returning. Your usual "one way" or "round trip" search options
on most sites don't cut it for me, obviously.
How do you say "multiple destination itinerary" in Japanese? Something
like 複雑な旅行日程 was the closest I could come up with, but that is
still a fair ways short of the goal.
--
Curt Fischer
John W.
Why don't you just get an around the world ticket? Might be cheaper in the long run.
John W.
Curt Fischer
Do you know any travel agents based in Japan that sell round the world
tickets?
Many agencies specializing in RTW tickets in the US only sell fares
originating in a US city.
--
Curt Fischer
John W.
Try airtreks (www.airtreks.com). I didn't play around too much, but
they let you pick your departure city from a large number of
international airports (Tokyo and Osaka are on their list, and you can
email for cities not listed).
John W.
Hibijibi
> Curt Fischer <cr...@po.cwru.edu> wrote...
> > Do you know any travel agents based in Japan that sell round the world
> > tickets?
> >
> > Many agencies specializing in RTW tickets in the US only sell fares
> > originating in a US city.
>
> Try airtreks (www.airtreks.com). I didn't play around too much, but
> they let you pick your departure city from a large number of
> international airports (Tokyo and Osaka are on their list, and you can
> email for cities not listed).
I ran across a similar problem recently. Unfortunately, here's what
Airtreks website led me to:
"Please note that this web site is for Flight Centre in the USA. If you are
not a resident of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA please visit the appropriate
Flight Centre web site in your own country for products and pricing that are
relevant to you."
There is no Flight Centre web site in Japan.
hibijibi
--
Global economy. Not.
cc cc
"Curt Fischer" <cr...@po.cwru.edu> wrote in message
> Can anyone recommend a travel agent based in Japan that specializes in
> multiple-destination itineraries?
If you are a group of more than 50 persons, JTB will make your itinerary.
Seriously, any agency can get you any sort of avalaible ticket or package
departing from Japan. Take one next to your place, make sure they accept
credit cards (to reserve and that they actually charge you later when they
print the ticket and not "before" like the usual gaigin agents).
> I want to go on a trip from Japan to the US with a stay in Europe,
> without returning. Your usual "one way" or "round trip" search options
> on most sites don't cut it for me, obviously.
2 years ago, that sort of ticket was common (that was an usual "round trip"
Japan to US/Canada with a stop-over in a European city). American carriers
proposed it.
The price was interesting. I'm not sure that still exists, there is none in
this month's ABroad. When do you want to travel ?
If it's before next October, that won't be cheap. It's expensive this year.
A collegue bought a one way Kansai-London for 74 000 yen, for next July, and
he was on a waiting list for a while.
If you have enough time, it's probably cheaper for you to fly to the US
first and you'll get a round-trip to Europe from there. You may get a one
way Narita to the US under 50 000 yen.
Give a call to Northwest or United, or if you don't speak eigo, go to a
Japanese agency on a week-day (when they are not too busy and when their
computers are on), and tell them to call all the companies to check the
possibilities.
CC
Curt Fischer
cc cc wrote:
>
> "Curt Fischer" <cr...@po.cwru.edu> wrote in message
>
> > Can anyone recommend a travel agent based in Japan that specializes in
> > multiple-destination itineraries?
>
> If you are a group of more than 50 persons, JTB will make your itinerary.
Does anyone know 49 people that want to fly from Japan to Europe and
then the US? :-)
> Seriously, any agency can get you any sort of avalaible ticket or package
> departing from Japan. Take one next to your place, make sure they accept
> credit cards (to reserve and that they actually charge you later when they
> print the ticket and not "before" like the usual gaigin agents).
>
> > I want to go on a trip from Japan to the US with a stay in Europe,
> > without returning. Your usual "one way" or "round trip" search options
> > on most sites don't cut it for me, obviously.
I see how this may have been misinterpreted. I meant, I need to start
in Tokyo, fly to Europe for a week or two of crazy merriment, and then
fly to the US. This is the end of the trip because I will be
(triumphantly?) repatriating to the US.
> 2 years ago, that sort of ticket was common (that was an usual "round trip"
> Japan to US/Canada with a stop-over in a European city). American carriers
> proposed it.
> The price was interesting. I'm not sure that still exists, there is none in
> this month's ABroad. When do you want to travel ?
> If it's before next October, that won't be cheap. It's expensive this year.
Unfortunately my schedule permits travel only in the cash-destroying
travel month of August.
> A collegue bought a one way Kansai-London for 74 000 yen, for next July, and
> he was on a waiting list for a while.
I used the airtreks.com site that John W. recommended and received a
quote of between $1000 and $1300 for my suggested
Narita-Vienna-(overland to Amsterdam)-Amsterdam-Boston itinerary. If
this turns out to be true, I will be very satisfied with that price. I
didn't see the part about needing to be a US resident. After all those
lazy Americans get back from their labor day holiday, they are supposed
to contact me and work out the details or something.
> If you have enough time, it's probably cheaper for you to fly to the US
> first and you'll get a round-trip to Europe from there. You may get a one
> way Narita to the US under 50 000 yen.
I figured that would be a possibility. I'm hoping to avoid that
though. I have long hoped to cross the International Date Line only an
odd number of times in my life. If I fly to the US first, my precious
dream will remain unrealized.
Thanks to all for their help in this thread.
--
Curt Fischer
Michael Cash
gasped and wheezed:
>
>
>cc cc wrote:
>>
>> "Curt Fischer" <cr...@po.cwru.edu> wrote in message
>>
>> > Can anyone recommend a travel agent based in Japan that specializes in
>> > multiple-destination itineraries?
>>
>> If you are a group of more than 50 persons, JTB will make your itinerary.
>
>Does anyone know 49 people that want to fly from Japan to Europe and
>then the US? :-)
All of us know at least that many people who *want* to. What you need
is 49 people who can and will.
As my parental unit was fond of telling me, "Want in one hand and shit
in the other one. See which one gets full first."
--
Michael Cash
"I used to have a dog named Michael Cash."
Prof. Ernest T. Bass
Mount Pilot College
http://www.sunfield.ne.jp/~mike/
Kevin Wayne Williams
>
> As my parental unit was fond of telling me, "Want in one hand and shit
> in the other one. See which one gets full first."
Up in Hoosier country, it was "Wish in one hand, and piss in the other.
See which one fills up the fastest."
KWW