Exam 10: Travel Services

A guided tour through Cape Chignecto Provincial Park in Nova Scotia to learn about the wildlife, vegetation, and unique ecosystem is an example of ___________________.

The type of accommodation helps to determine the price of a tour.

Which of the following is an advantage to taking a packaged tour?

A tour operator can sell directly to the consumer or directly to a travel agency.

Incentive travel is particularly effective as a reward in which field?

Examples of early tours are found in the desire for noblemen to educate their sons.

Specialty travel agencies specialize in business travel because these customers are less price sensitive.

If you purchase an all-inclusive tour, what is included?

The price of a tour depends on ____________________.

The elimination of commissions to travel agents and the introduction of service fees for customers came as a result of _________________.

A travel agency that deals exclusively with business travellers is referred to as a "full service" agency.

The first organized tour was created by Thomas Cook; it ______________________.

As a tour operator in your province, you have decided to take advantage of your knowledge of personalities and life stages to create two new deluxe six-day tours.The first tour is aimed at young, allocentric professionals who enjoy hard adventure.Your second tour is aimed at retired baby boomers with psychocentric personalities who wish to take a cultural/heritage tour.You must design two tours, one for each group, and include the following: a)definitions of each personality type b)a name based on the activities you have arranged c)the gateway city and mode of transportation d)the type of accommodations and food service e)three highlighted activities you have arranged f)a keepsake gift reflecting the travellers' experiences

Travel counsellors can sell products offered by tour wholesalers and tour operators.

The travel product can be distributed in a number of ways. a)Identify and describe two different distribution methods. b)Discuss the merits of each program. c)Explain who uses each method of distribution and why.

If the travel brochure says the tour will visit an attraction, it just means that the travellers will view the attraction from the bus window.

Promotion is one of the earliest considerations when developing a tour.

What does the industry call a private company that negotiates a bulk purchase price on seats from the airlines and then sells them at a discount to travel agencies and tour operators?

On which type of tour does a different company representative meet the group at each destination to ensure that they have no problems and to act as a guide for that particular city?

Travel counsellors play an important role because _________________.