We have won a competition to spend £500 at a local independent travel agents. The woman I spoke to said we could spend as much or little as we wanted - she'd be as happy to do a weekend in the UK or long haul.
The planets have aligned and it turns out that next Easter our school holidays are different to many other places. We've therefore been thinking it might be a good opportunity to get to Florida with the kids once and for all.
I rang the travel agent yesterday and she has come back with a disappointingly high quote for mediocre looking accommodation. I know I can do it much cheaper and better (I've looked). I'm a bit of a control freak with holidays, we don't have much money but we always manage to have really good ones. I've never used a travel agent and I don't know what they do. Can I ask her to just book the flights and we'll do the accommodation or is that cheeky? Can they book flights through budget companies such as Norwegian? I'm taking it that they would have to book villas through their own suppliers? Any advice from travel agents welcome, I don't want to offend her when we have been really lucky, but I equally don't want to be disappointed when we've spent more than we ever have before...