Modes Of Reservation

Reservation request known as RR is the main communication channel between an agency and the service agency on behalf of customer.so,RR should be able to communicate all the requirement,desire and wishes of the clint.There are different modes of reservation.
-Letter or printed form.
-Telex,Fax,email.
-Verbal,telephone,personal contact.
-computer reservation system.
commitment to provide service is express by accepting on the reservation request.It is adviced to have written proof of every reservation process.Develop a system of official record keeping of the conformation from the service agency.
                  In many travel agencieswhere they have a big volume of business,they prepare printed RRto book and conform the service.The printed form contains space to fill the required information required to inform to the concernted agencies.If there is no printed RR a travel agent need to write a letter.The letter of RR,should be countersigned by the service agency as an acceptance and returned to the travel agency for filing purposes.

Importance of selling in tourism

A plain  is flying in the sky with a passengers,a man is visiting a heritage site,people are enjoying in a resort.A man is rich,A destinaation is prosperous,and a country is rich because they are able to sale.Potential is not money,resources are not richness.
             Only sale generate money to the company and wealth to the society.Richness or prosperous destination of many country is due to its ability to sale exchannge.It is really true that "nothing happens until a sale is made".Until a sale is happened all activities incurred costs.It is only sale generated revue,which is converted into benefit to the proprietors aginst investment,to the employes by ensuring continuity of their jobs and future promotion,to the community by increasing their standard of living,to the government by paying tax,to the consumers by suppling satisfaction.The motor of richness moves by money and money is generated by sales."sales are the dynamic power to generate economy".
             Tourism is joint effort.different agencies are organizations are involved in tourism.It is managed from different level.But only business agency are involve in sales process.Neither government NTO can sale tours local are involved only in providing services.Sales people of a travel business are the people involve in sales process.