In Reply to: who to book through (agent vs self) posted by scuzzi on Tuesday, 11. January 2011 at 14:35 Bali Time:
directly with the hotels and airlines myself and when i have a final price i check with one or two travel agents to see if they can beat it - i tell them how much i can do it myself.
I have had agents beat my price a couple of times including once quite handsomely. They happened to find a great package through garuda that gave the hotel we wanted at a much cheaper rate for a better room.
So worth a few phone calls or emails i reckon.