Would you pay for this service?

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Just curious would you pay for a personal travel adviser. In this situation?

Family can't afford to fly, want to try travel to Barcelona so will have to travel by car. They don't want the hassle of searching for days on holiday rental sites but know that they want to travel for a max of 5 hours per day by car and simple want to book a package that includes, ferry, places to stay on the way to there destination and a property at there destination that is within 50 miles of Barcelona.

I wouldn't personally, as I enjoy trawling the net.

Nope. A decent travel agent can do that anyway for free (well their commission).

I wouldnt. I would look for a campervan rental instead. I doubt the ferry, accommodation and food on the way is going to beat plane tickets in price. This is coming from the perspective of somebody who spends 3-5 weeks holidaying by car/campervan each summer.

No - I'd do it on the internet myself
But - really, with the cost of ferry plus car hire plus petrol and places to stay on the way, can this really be cheaper than flying?

Trailfinders may well do this for free, they did for me, although that was a long haul flight. Travel agents have access to better deals than mere mortals (eg: flight + hotel was cheaper than the flight alone on airline website).

I used to use a lady at travel counsellors who do this sort of thing for free but she no longer works for them. There will be one in your local area so would suggest that you google it.

I think that it's Ryanair that fly to Girona very cheaply and that's only an hour north of Barcelona. if you do that and hire a car then the holiday could be split between time in Barcelona and time on the more beachy coast.