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Outsourcing Travel Services: Where Do We Draw the Line?

March 29, 2012 by Tawanna 6 Comments

It’s 9:30 on a business morning and I’m calling customer service to make changes to a reservation. I get a rep who I can barely understand, part due to our connection and part due to their accent. The company through whom I’ve made reservations is American. My travel is in America. I have very little time or patience to continue saying, “Can you repeat that please?” After their failed attempts to locate my reservation and a waste of 10 minutes, I hang up the phone highly annoyed.

What’s the deal? I get it about outsourcing. I don’t necessarily agree or disagree. It’s an issue that’s not black and white. However, I do believe that big popular companies, such as the one through whom I’ve booked this piece of travel, should at least give their home-base customers the courtesy of supplying home-based customer service agents during normal business hours. When I call at 2:15 in the morning during some super late change of mind, I kind of expect to get someone from overseas. And I’m thankful that someone is awake with me. But when I call at 9:30 on a Thursday morning, even if I don’t get an American per se, I expect to at least get someone that I can understand. Travel alone is stressful enough. Changing or making reservations shouldn’t be.

How do you feel about it?

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  1. anne patrone says

    March 29, 2012 at 8:00 AM

    I completely agree with you – especially as even some English accents can be hard to understand. Just spent some time talking to a girl from Virgin Air – she spoke so fast in a slightly Cockney accent that I often had to ask her to repeat herself – which made me feel like a complete idiot!

    Reply
    • worldtravelmom says

      March 29, 2012 at 10:38 AM

      Hi Anne, good point. In general, it’s a frustrating experience, especially when you have certain expectations of a company.

      Reply
  2. Mirian says

    March 29, 2012 at 10:09 AM

    I strongly agree!!!

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    • worldtravelmom says

      March 29, 2012 at 10:39 AM

      Mirian, sounds like you’ve had a similar experience.

      Reply
  3. Aisha G of HartlynKids says

    March 29, 2012 at 12:30 PM

    Agree – it is not about accents it is about comprehension. If I have to repeat myself to ANYONE three times or more, it’s not a good look.

    Reply
    • worldtravelmom says

      March 29, 2012 at 12:57 PM

      Well put Aisha! And I absolutely agree.

      Reply

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