The whole concept of the travel agent is absurd. They appear to be agents of the traveller but are actually agents of the airlines.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What has happened to the good old-fashioned travel agent? I want to go to a really posh travel agent and have them organise everything for me. I don't want to do things on the Internet.
I didn't have any agent; I've never had an agent.
Agents are deal makers, and they're really, really good at making deals. But they're also exceptionally helpful after the deal is made - agents act as a good intermediary between authors and publishers whenever disagreements come up.
The key factor is whether the agent is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives, which screens its members and requires them to uphold a Canon of Ethics.
I mean normally you have your agent call the other agent and all the agents talk and then finally you get a phone call and you hear some misrepresentation of what someone else had to say.
I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
I do hear about these actors who go on vacations to Bali for three months, and their agents are banging their heads against a wall trying to find their clients - but that's not me. I'm working hard every day. Enjoy your vacation.
An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
It's all a matter of how agents want to handle their clients.