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ANGELINA COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - Multiple agencies cooperated on a sting to identify stores selling alcohol to minors.

The Coalition, an agency funded in part by TxDOT, partnered with the Angelina County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission in an effort to decrease incidents where minors are able to obtain alcohol.

Under the direct supervision of officers, juveniles under the legal age to drink were used as decoys to enter businesses licensed to sell alcohol and attempt to make a purchase.

“Underage drinking has unintended consequences for youth, such as increased risk for car crashes, sexual assault and long-term addiction. Local retailers must train their employees on the laws concerning the sale of alcohol to minors, and they should set an expectation among their staff to ask for ID and deny alcohol sales to anyone under the age of 21,” said Sharon Kruk, executive director of The Coalition.

During stings run in January and February, one store was identified that did sell alcohol to minors, while 29 stores did not. According to a release from The Coalition, administrative action was taken against the employee of On the Road #125, 3049 State Highway 103 W, who did make an illegal sale.

Sale of alcohol to a minor is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine up to $4,000, confinement up to a year in jail or both.

Stores that did not sell to minors during the sting are listed below. Agency representatives said they commend these stores for helping to combat underage drinking.

· Walgreens, 102 N Timberland Drive;

· Uday #30, 612 W. Frank Avenue;

· Walgreens, 612 N. Frank Avenue;

· Zaks Food Mart, 1902 W. Frank Avenue;

· Lucky’s, 103 N. Timberland Drive;

· Big’s #3819, 103 N. John Redditt;

· Lucky’s #2, 3385 Ted Trout Drive;

· Brookshire Brothers #10, 5750 Ted Trout Drive;

· A2Z Food Mart #1, 904 S. John Redditt;

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· Big’s #3814, 1004 S. John Redditt;

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· Super Mart, 702 Southwood Drive;

· Brookshire Brothers #25, 1807 W. Frank Avenue;

· Family Dollar Store #6227, 1891 W. Frank Avenue;

· JR Food Mart, 1114 E. Denman Avenue;

· On the Road #101, 1001 E. Denman Avenue;

· Pilot Travel Center, 1920 E Denman Avenue;

· Big’s #3820, 2400 E Denman Avenue;

· Dollar General Store #6268, 2422 E Denman Avenue;

· Family Dollar Store #9124, 2500 E. Denman Avenue;

· Uday #31, 6480 S US Hwy 69;

· Brookshire Brothers #52, 885 US Hwy 69 S;

· Tobacco Barn #52, 885 US Hwy 69 S;

· Dollar General, 790 Hwy 69 S, Huntington;

· Family Dollar, 593 Hwy 69 South, Huntington;

· Huntington Travel Center, 191 S US Hwy 69, Huntington;

· Homer Mini Mart, 7075 Hwy 69 S; and

· On the Road #102, 2909 E Denman Avenue.

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Planning a trip can be easier through an online travel agency than if you handle each aspect of the planning separately. You can book hotels, air travel, rental cars, and more through a single site, and booking everything together sometimes results in discounts. By inputting a destination, a range of dates, and other preferences, you will see a list of options for each aspect of travel.

The best online travel agencies offer options from the largest number of airlines, hotels, car rental agencies, and more. Look for sites that offer discounts for combining reservations for different aspects of your trip. For example, the best sites will have lower rates if you book both plane tickets and a hotel through their services. The best sites also provide reviews from customers who actually have booked through the service. These are our top picks.

• Best Overall: Booking.com
• Best Budget: Skyscanner
• Best Price Predictor: Hopper
• Most Innovative: Kiwi.com
• Best for Eco-Conscious: Kind Traveler
• Best for Social Impact: I Like Local
• Best for Design-Forward Homestays: Plum Guide
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Frequently asked questions, methodology, best overall : booking.com.

 Booking.com

This industry leader offers one of the most comprehensive trip planning platforms on the Internet.

Lots of options to choose from

Interface is easy to use

Numerous filters to customize your search

Tricky to tell whether changes/cancellations can be made with Booking.com or the vendor directly

Booking.com was founded in 1996 and has grown into an industry leader that stands out for being one of the most comprehensive trip planning platforms out there. From one website, you can compare and book accommodations, flights (including one-way and multi-city flights), sightseeing activities, and even airport taxis. The website lists more than 28 million accommodation options, from hotels, hostels, and B&Bs to vacation homes and luxury resorts—you can browse more choices per destination on Booking.com than other online travel agencies. The website also performs well on cost and typically returns lower-than-average prices for flights and hotels. 

Booking.com's interface is also easy to use. On the home page, search for a hotel by entering your chosen destination and dates. Then, use the extensive list of filters—such as price range and distance from the city center—to narrow the results down and find the best fit. You can also search for a specific hotel, or seek inspiration by clicking through options grouped by destination or property type or by topic such as the country’s best Michelin-starred hotel restaurants or the top cities for vegan travelers. The flights, car rental, and other tabs are just as intuitive. 

Best Budget : Skyscanner

 Skyscanner

You can compare prices across airlines, hotels, and car rentals.

Simple interface

Option to toggle searches between specific dates or by monthly calendars

Search Everywhere button is great for spontaneous planners

Extra clicks are required to make a final purchase

Must read fine print for changes/cancellations—may need to deal directly with the vendor

Ads on the sidebar can be distracting

Find deals on airfare, hotels, and car rentals with an aggregator site like Skyscanner , which uses a metasearch engine to compare prices from all online travel agencies and the airline, hotel, or car rental company in question. Run searches with fixed dates, opt to compare airfare prices month to month, or click “Cheapest Month.” Searches also include options for nearby airports or non-stop flights only. With hotel searches, you can choose to select only from properties with free cancellation, a cleanliness rating of 4.5/5 or higher, or 3- or 4-starred hotels only. Car rental searches include an option to select “return car to different location.”

Once you’ve found the best rate, click on the link to be redirected to the third-party site to make your booking. Feeling spontaneous? The Search Everywhere button on the homepage offers a list of the cheapest flight deals for destinations both locally and across the world—just plug in your departure airport first.

Best Price Predictor : Hopper

The company claims a 95 percent accuracy rate at predicting when flights and hotel rates will be cheapest.

Color-coded system makes it easy to determine cheapest days to buy

App is easy to use

Option to track flights and receive alerts when the best time to buy arises

Some have mentioned the app functions better as a research tool than a booking tool

Unclear whether Hopper will price match if you find a cheaper flight elsewhere

Hopper is a travel app available on iOS and Android that aims to help travelers save on airfare by usng historical data and their own algorithm to predict when flights will be cheapest. Just type in where and when you’d like to fly and Hopper will present you with a color-coded pricing calendar indicating how much tickets are likely to cost. (Green is the least expensive, then yellow, orange, and red for most expensive.) Hopper will also recommend you either buy now or wait, or you can choose to watch a trip and receive notifications on the best time to buy. In addition, the app has expanded to offer hotel and car rental price predictions, too.

Some newer features since the app’s inception in 2009 include an option to freeze a price for a limited time—for an extra fee—as well as exclusive app-only discounts. Hopper is free to download, and you can choose to book directly through the app, though some users mentioned they use Hopper as more of a research tool before booking directly with the airline or hotel. The company claims a 95 percent accuracy rate at predicting flight rates up to a year ahead.

Most Innovative : Kiwi.com

This metasearch engine scours the web to piece together the ideal itinerary using planes, trains, buses, and more.

Creative itineraries get you where you need to go, especially if you’ve got a multi-stop trip

Kiwi Guarantee offers rebooking or cancellation protections

Nomad option appeals to travelers with a lot of flexibility

Creative itineraries mean you may not fly out of the same airport you flew into

Kiwi Guarantee has an additional fee

Charges all-in-one fee for booking flights, trains, buses (though you can always purchase a la carte)

Travelers planning multi-city destinations and seeking a bargain, as well as those looking to take planes, trains, and automobiles to get there, might consider Kiwi . Kiwi is a metasearch engine that scours and pieces together itineraries from various airlines (even if they don’t have a codeshare agreement), considers multiple airports (even if your arrival airport is different from departure), and offers booking options, whether you’re looking at very specific dates or more general ones (up to 60 nights).

Some will find the ability to make multiple bookings for a particular trip more convenient than going at it manually several different times, though note that you must opt into the Kiwi Guarantee program to access rebooking and refund protections should your reservation change or be canceled. Kiwi’s Nomad option allows you to plug in a bunch of destinations you’d like to visit and the length of your intended stay, and the website will churn out the most affordable itineraries for review.

Best for Eco-Conscious : Kind Traveler

A give-and-get business model means booking accommodations with exclusive perks, a donation to environmental organizations, and more.

All participating hotels include a local give-back component

Exclusive savings and perks

Participating hotels are located in some of the most beautiful places in the world

Inventory is much smaller compared to other booking platforms

Some of the amenities mentioned are based on availability only

In 2022, Kind Traveler (an online trave agency focused on hotel bookings) announced an increase in environmentally and socially conscious hotels, charity donations, voluntourism opportunities, and additional perks like waived resort fees or a welcome amenity.

Unlock exclusive hotel rates and perks from participating Kind Traveler hotels with a minimum $10/night minimum donation to a local charity. For example, stay at the Six Senses Laamu in the Maldives and receive up to $33 off the nightly rate and perks such as a food and beverage credit and an Earth Lab or Alchemy Bar workshop when you make a donation to Manta Trust. The organization funds coastal research to protect the island nation’s large yet fragile population of reef mantas.

Select from more than 140 participating hotels from the Hawaiian Islands to Bozeman, Montana, and the Maldives. Charities include wildlife, human rights, arts, education, and environmental preservation organizations.

Best for Social Impact : I Like Local

Choose from a host of travel experiences with the peace of mind that 100 percent of the cost goes directly to local partners.

Social impact mission woven into organization’s business model

Immersive experiences led by local guides

Range of experiences offered

May not be best fit for those seeking upscale, luxury experiences and stays

Can’t sort experiences by a list of countries (though an interactive map is available)

No experiences outside of Africa and Asia

For an online travel agency with a booking platform designed to route dollars spent directly to the communities travelers intend to visit, consider I Like Local . Visit the website to browse a host of travel experiences in countries including Indonesia, Kenya, and Cambodia. Experiences include homestays and farmstays as well as wellness and culturally oriented experiences—from cooking and cycling tours to weaving classes.

To search for an experience, select from drop-down items like travel dates and experience categories, or view a global map and click on a country to view experiences that way.

The platform got its start in 2014 and has grown to 4,000 local hosts across nearly 20 countries. As a social impact organization, 100 percent of each booking fee goes to local hosts. To date, 16,000 travelers have booked with I Like Local.

Best for Design-Forward Homestays : Plum Guide

Browse and book seriously vetted, design-forward vacation homes.

Highly curated inventory of vacation rentals across the world

Design-forward

Thorough vetting process

Does not publish guest reviews

Other platforms have homes available across more destinations

When it comes to booking a vacation home, serviced apartment, or condo, travelers are spoiled for choice. Plum Guide is an online travel agency that specializes in accommodations—though not just any home makes its directory. The company claims that each potential home listed on its site must jump through 150 hoops to be included, from internet speed and mattress and pillow quality to the showers’ water pressure and the home’s proximity to dining, shopping, and attractions.

Search by a featured collection on the website such as “ pet-friendly homes ” or “one-of-a-kind homes in Palm Springs.” Scroll to the bottom of its homepage to view its top destinations, as well as a list of all destinations where Plum Guide homes are available, including Barbados, Mexico, Portugal, Switzerland, the U.S., and Turkey. Note: From the top right-hand corner of the site, use the dropdown menu to select currency of choice.

As long as you know what you value most out of your travel experience—such as affordability, social impact, or luxe accommodations—there’s an online travel agency to help plan your next trip. Be sure to read the fine print, as some agencies are third-party websites and not direct vendors. If you're not sure where to start, Booking.com is your best bet for a smooth user experience and hard-to-beat offers on flights, hotels, and other travel arrangements.

What Is the Biggest Travel Agency?

Our choice for best overall, Booking.com, is known as an industry leader with listings for all major hotels, airlines, car rental companies, and more. It boasts more choices for accommodations per destination than any other site, and we found its interface to be user-friendly.

Are Online Travel Agencies Worth It?

This depends on your needs and priorities. The best online travel agencies certainly can save time by booking everything all at once. However, if you're someone who is good at haggling and enjoys the details of planning a trip, you might be able to find better deals by reaching out to hotels or other destinations and speaking to someone personally.

Is It Cheaper to Book Online Than With a Travel Agent?

Not always. A travel agent you know and trust should have the experience and connections to find deals that can match or surpass what you'll find online. Additionally, if something goes wrong, travel agents provide you with an actual person you can use as an advocate to correct the problem . But if you don't have access to a good travel agent, online sites still provide plenty of ways to streamline planning and save money .

We considered dozens of online travel agencies and narrowed down the options based on user experience, volume and quality of inventory, unique offerings and specials, and customer reviews. We also assessed travel companies’ environmentally and socially conscious policies.

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Strong Domestic Travel Demand Elevated Sales to Another Record Month

ARLINGTON, VA – March 21, 2024 – Today, Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC) released data showing February air ticket sales totaled $8.9 billion for U.S. travel agencies — a 6% increase from February 2023 and the second-straight month with agency sales setting a record according to ARC data.

Results for February 2024 showed:

“Americans continue to prioritize domestic travel in the early part of the year, with year-over-year trips to U.S. destinations outpacing those of international trips,” said Steve Solomon, chief commercial officer at ARC. “Airlines are seeing robust demand from both corporate and leisure travelers, signaling the continued health and anticipated growth in air travel for 2024.”

February ancillary sales increased 34% year over year to $29 million, while ancillary transactions increased 47% to 476,633 over the same period.**

More detailed information is available on ARC’s sales statistics page .

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• The average ticket price (USD) is for a round-trip ticket settled through ARC for an itinerary that included only U.S. domestic travel.
• Passenger trips include the total number of passengers taking a trip from one airport to another using direct or connecting flights. Newly issued trips are added, and refunded trips are deducted to provide a net view of traveling passengers.
• U.S. domestic passenger trips include the total number settled through ARC where the itinerary is wholly within the U.S. International passenger trips include the total number settled through ARC where some or all the travel occurs to airports outside the U.S. or originates outside the U.S.
• Total sales are equal to the total amount paid for a ticket, which includes taxes and fees.

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• Includes fees for products and services such as upgraded seats, checked bags, an unaccompanied minor, pet-in-cabin, etc.

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Our first office was located near UCLA in Westwood Village, California, because I thought professors planning sabbaticals would make for great clientele. With a developing reputation in the travel industry, the company grew and I opened a second office in 1980, followed by more branches across the Golden State.

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Real-estate agents are going extinct just like travel agents did, award-winning professor says. ‘You just don’t need’ them anymore because of the internet

Last week, the National Association of Realtors, one of the country’s largest industry associations, reached a groundbreaking $418 million settlement over an alleged conspiracy to inflate realtors’ commissions. Some have said the settlement signals an end to real-estate agents as we know them. But an award-winning finance professor, specialized in housing economics, says the demise of this particular profession has been coming for a while. 

Indeed, Andrew C. Spieler , a distinguished professor in business and finance at Hofstra University , likens real estate agents to travel agents. Like travel agents, realtors were once the “gatekeepers” of information. They had access to MLS listings that consumers couldn’t find on their own, so buyers had to be much more “dependent” on their agents to even start house hunting, Spieler tells Fortune. 

“You just don’t need them,” he says in regard to both travel agents and real estate agents. “I mean, there’s still a few out there, but it’s going to compress the industry.” Spieler is an award-winning academic who has won several industry awards for his real-estate research. 

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It’s not rocket science, he says. It’s the internet. Online, homebuyers have access to nearly all the information they’d need to purchase a home. On websites like Zillow and Realtor.com, consumers get almost all of the details they’d want to know, plus photos of the property. 

Questioning the use of real estate agents was “inevitable even without the settlement,” Spieler says. “If you think about what an agent does for you, I think it’s very different than what they used to do for you because so much more information is available on the internet.”

Before the advent of the internet (and online real estate marketplaces, more specifically), homebuyers had to be much more “dependent” on their real estate agents to even show them inventory, he says. In fact, it was hard to even start house hunting “unless you happened to be driving by and someone had a for-sale sign.” Back in the day, real estate agents would just print out the MLS listings (that only they had access to), or “if you’re lucky, [they’d] email it to you,” Spieler says. 

“Now, that part of the process is completely removed,” he says. “The buyers are so much more informed. And to me it comes down to, ‘What am I paying for as the buyer?’”

Really, the main purpose a real-estate agent serves now is getting the transaction done with the “least amount of stress,” Spieler says. They still can be useful in situations where buyers or sellers need to make a quick move to avoid a “misstep” in the transaction.

Let’s talk commissions

Getting back to the NAR settlement itself, another main concern buyers and sellers have with using real estate agents today is commission rates. NAR agreed to pay the $418 million in damages across several antitrust lawsuits, including the $1.8 billion verdict that landed on Halloween last year. These found NAR and other brokerages conspired to inflate realtor commissions. While NAR still denies any wrongdoing in these cases, the organization said it would prevent broker compensation offers on MLS and require users to complete written representation contracts with buyers.

Commission rates can be particularly sour for buyers and sellers of expensive properties. Take a $2 million home, for example. At a standard 4% commission rate, the realtors on the transaction would take home $80,000 (although that figure is distributed among the buyers’ agent, the sellers’ agent, and a broker). Typically, a commission rate falls between 4% and 6% of the transaction price.

“That’s a lot to pay for,” Spieler says. “And for what? Sometimes you sell the house pretty quick. You find the person, and you’re shuffling some papers. It’s a lot of money when you think about it.”

In total, analysts suggest Americans pay about $100 billion in real estate commissions each year, but the result of the NAR settlement could cut that by 30%. With such a steep drop in commissions earnings, some experts argue this could mean the demise in real estate agents—or as Spieler puts it, a major “compression,” or downsizing of the profession. Currently, there are about 1.5 million realtors in the U.S.

Other real estate experts, however, argue the NAR settlement won’t really change that much in the long run. 

“I do think we’re in for a little shake-up, but in the end, we’ll find a workaround all the way back around to where we’re doing business very similar as we are today,” Ken Johnson, a former broker and current associate dean in the Florida Atlantic University ’s college of business, told Fortune ’s Alena Botros . 

But what the NAR settlement does indicate, however, is realtors could start making less on commissions. While realtors may hope for more transactions, they’re not a “commodity” like stocks, Spieler says. And with historically low inventory levels, there’s just less business to go around. 

“You’re going to squeeze some people out” of the real estate profession that way, Spieler says, which means “less profits in the industry. I’d expect you to definitely see a compression in agents.”

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Overall we enjoyed the whole trip a lot. Moscow is beautiful and clean. Thank you very much for your patience and excellent organization of this tour. Everything ran very smoothly and according to schedule. The guides met us on time at hotels or at our train carriage on arrival. They all spoke good English, had a good local knowledge and were very kind and helpful.

The tour lived up to all expectations

I’m most pleased with Travel All Russia in arranging our ‘Volga Dream’ Russia tour, I would recommend using your services again as every aspect of our tour went off without a hitch. The communication between our tour representative was excellent as we required additional days on both ends of our tour. The visa process and the logistics were flawlessly implemented.

We had a great time in Moscow!

Everything was perfect and we are very satisfied with services and accommodations.

Loved my time in Russia

The trip was great. Especially want to mention the guides I had on the extra days were exceptional. Both guides and drivers worked out well. Thanks again for all your help and attention. Loved my time in Russia, and still haven’t stopped talking about it.

Exploring Magnificent Russian Capitals, June 2017

Just want to say that our guide in St Petersburg was really outstanding. You really felt like someone was looking after you. Very observant - knowledgeable. We really enjoyed time spent with her.

Exploring Vibrant Moscow, June 2017

The experience was great!!! We had an excellent guide. The hotel was fabulous.

Thank you for your help !!! was an unforgettable trip.

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