So impressed. I've never used a service like this before since you know, day and age of all…read moreinformation at our fingertips and all that, but I was after somebody to take over the responsibility and find me the best deal out there on my upcoming trip to Australia with a few added stopovers. So with an appointment booked my partner and I went in. Service was very friendly and Peta was super helpful. She was able to find us a few different options for flights within the price range I was after. There was nothing I could fault! The appointment lasted an hour, she was completely transparent about our options and certainly secured us a great deal. We booked the trip on the spot. Cannot reccomend highly enough, they're conveniently located on George street and really great for helping to sort more complex travel plans that some of us just cannot be bothered taking the steps to sort out.

I found Bryton travel superb, they organised flights, transfer, hotel accommodation and internal…read moreflights when we travelled to Argentina and Brazil. Could not speak too highly of them

Thomas Cook majorly get on my tits…read more I booked a holiday through this branch last summer and admittedly it was a good deal. However all this crap about charging you an extra 40 quid to ensure you sit next to each other on the plane and giving you a measly 15kg luggage allowance for a long haul holiday really ticks me off. Then this year I attempted to book another great deal through their website. Their website wouldn't allow the booking to be completed and kept displaying an error code. So I took a screen print and went down to this branch the next morning, just in time for the exact holiday to double in price. The travel agent told me there was no way that holiday was being sold at the price on the website, despite my screen print. So apparently in some magical way I had created a copy of the web page showing the holiday at a cheaper price. The girl pretty much accused me of being a liar and when I told her that it was against the law to display prices which the company has no intention of honouring she simply shrugged it off. No worries Thomas Cook, I won't bother using you again.

I must thank the staff of Thomas Cook; Alfie, Craig, and a huge thank you to Laura who went above…read moreand beyond to organise our trip to Rome. Such a warm and friendly welcoming bunch, would highly reccommend, the service is outstanding.

STA Travel was my automatic go to place for travel advice when I decided to go on a trip to South…read moreAmerica a while ago. I think this was partly because I'd been bombarded with STA Travel banter while I was at university, with it being a travel agent specialising in youth and student travel and all that jazz. The idea of a round the world ticket has been my prospective get out of being an adult option for ages, and I am not lying when I say that I think about walking into STA Travel and just booking said ticket and leaving a farewell note on the kitchen table, everytime I pass its doors. When I finally figure out how to save money, I'll be legging it straight down here for the golden ticket to recklessness and sunshine, but for now, a couple of trips abroad, for a few months at a time after I finished uni, have done the job. The staff at this branch of STA were super helpful at assisting me with both of these trips, and seeing as they're all pretty young, and have done a substantial amount of travelling themselves, it's quite an inspiring place to come and get advice from people you can relate to, if you're young that is. I have just edged out of the "Youth" category, (*holds back the tears and the wrinkles*) but there are still some good flight deals and information to be had from the staff here, even if I am no longer classed as young.

I get annoyed with STA travel easily. There seems to be a growing competition about who had the…read moremost exotic and extreme gap year/ vacation. OK rant over. This branch seems to have constant clientele (or at least 4 months ago) and even though the people at the desk are friendly it seems to have a rather long waiting time. Plus you never really know who is next in line which can make it awkward. I was there to book a ticket home and was amongst people clutching fliers for exotic treks across Australia and walks across the Andes. The girl was friendly but told me to check their website as they don't usually cater for just flights (what I wanted) more they to tailor match full holidays. According to my friend who used them for her holiday in South America they were very helpful indeed. So my advice would be check their website first, it's what they seem to do anyway. Or try KAYAK for just flights and save you the waiting time. My friend who booked her round the world ticket said they were great for that. I guess it depends for what you want to do.

I've never really understood the need for a travel agent. My travel style is general to book cheap,…read moresnag an airbnb and wing it, so i've never really needed the promise of a 7 night tour to whatsit or a charming romantic country bed and breakfast get away. Until I decided that I too, would become one of the all inclusive junkies. I work a rather hectic job and as much as I love the bustle of vacationing in a new city, my travel style isn't really relaxing. Generally, I spend most of my vacation days at full tilt trying to see and eat as much as possible. But as I started looking at the upcoming year, I realized I might fancy sitting on a beach, eating buffet food, getting drinks brought to me and generally unplugging. It took 30 years but I finally understand the appeal of the "sit and do nothing" vacation. But the thing is, the "sit and do nothing" is much harder to find then the "book and explore willy nilly vacation". My go-to sites for flights suddenly became a huge, confusing wave of information when I wanted to book an all inclusive, lazy vacation. Jimmy Martin is right down the street from my house and I walk by it all the time, so I decided to take a sneak peek at their website first. It's a good website - clean, easy to navigate and has some pretty snazzy deals. It was enough to warrant a stop in for more information. My stop was quick, but the folks here were really helpful. I travel solo mostly, and all inclusives can be a pain in the butt to book for one person but they gave me some really useful tips/options, without making me feel like a leper for wanting to beach vacation solo. I was only in for a few minutes, but left with a few new places to consider and plans to return at a later date after snooping locations on their website to talk about booking something concrete. I'm not sure if a travel agent is going to be something that replaces my age old habit of internet surfing vacations, but in this particular instance, I think they may become my go-to for the rare lazy travel. If you seek a travel agent - they are very nice and worth chatting with/snooping online.

This is my favourite travel place ever! The staff are so friendly and eager to help and the prices…read moreare great. STA Travel are a travel agent specialising in travel for students and people under 26 years of age. The do everything from Europens City breaks, beach holidays to Round the World and everything you need to go with it such as visas, tour and treks, travel passes and insurance. I booked Round the World tickets here with Gary who was great and very informative and didnt mind my 1 million questions. They also allow you to pay up things which is a god send for when your skint but still want that holiday. Try having a look on their website, you can check out other people's travel blogs, look at pioctures, and get almost any information you could possibly think of. The company really is great!

The best place by far to book your holiday, or part of it. Value insurance, great deals on flights…read moreand a vast knowledge of hostels and hotels. They also do student deals which is great value for students on a budget. Friendly staff always full of advice to suit!

I think the Co-op have got it really right with their new advertisement; the strapline is something…read morelike enjoy travelling, not being a travel agent. I don't know what the Co-op is like with regards to travel but I have recently re-discovered how great it is to walk into a place and have someone capable give you what you want with informed, friendly helpfulness. Duncan at Flightcentre has become "our travel agent". (That still feels like a swanky, grown-up sentence, like saying "I've been to Paris every year I've been in the UK"... When you come from a country where there are no other countries bordering your own, the UK is part of Europe and Europe is exotic! But I digress....) Last year when we needed urgent flights for a family tragedy, Duncan just made it happen. He was great; the right amount of compassionate, efficient, helpful. When we decided to organise holidays this year, we headed straight back to him. He is a font of knowledge on Latin America, the Arctic and Antarctic (much to my envy!) and is helping us book an amazing trip to Cuba and Costa Rica later this year. It's been great talking to someone who's going to give us all the options of independent travel or a package and give us insight how best to make the most of our time and budget. He's also probably a bit of an expert on Australia, come to think of it - maybe being Australian is where his healthy dose of cheekiness comes from!

I'd walked past this travel agent at least fifty times, until a sign advertising vacancies drew me…read morein a month ago. It seems as though one has to CHASE down a job in Edinburgh sometimes, so I was pretty excited at the flashy advert. Sadly they seemed to be looking for quite permanent staff, and I have a degree to finish! However, I did learn a little bit about the company in the earlier stages of the process, and they seem alright. I suppose they do offer quite competitive prices to destinations all over the world, and are very nicely located on North Bridge, but most travel agents seem to offer the same thing these days. I'm pretty happy with my internet ticket scouring, and Skyscanner, but if you want something a little bit more traditional, I suppose it's a place to go!

If you're looking for a couple of weeks eating egg and chips and fighting in Benidorm, then Flight…read moreCentre probably shouldn't be your fist stop. If however, you're planning on a more interesting journey to The Americas, Asia, Australia or the further flung corners of Europe, then I'd highly recommend at least taking a look in here. If all goes well I'm leaving this broken country to go to Japan next year, and the prices I saw for flights here, while not exactly dirt cheap, are still a good bit less than I thought they'd be.

The Tourist Information Centre is your first port of call for...tourist information. This is the…read moreplace you come if you're new in town, Maybe you're lost, maybe you need to know how to get from A to B. If they don't know, they can at least point you in the right direction. Essentially the centre will tell you where streets are, which buses to get when to where, how to get to any of the cities tourist attractions. It also serves as a booking office for some of the cities tours and day excursions. They also provide office services, like printing and photocopying (not exactly sure why). You will also find a gift shop. Not surprising in Edinburgh for anything remotely related to tourism. Although this is actually not your usually tacky trash. Expect some tasteful thistle mugs and saltire stationery. I have to concur with the others though, this place can get crowded fast, and during the festival period don't expect to be able to get in the door after early morning.

Being quite lazy one afternoon I decided to enquire about bus times and routes in the Tourist…read moreInformation rather than checking the individual bus stop notices. Turned out to be a handy choice as I was swiftly provided with all the information I needed to set me off on my journey. One word of advice though, get there nice and early as there it can get excruciatingly congested with swathes of tourists - which I suppose is expected as it's every tourists instinctive information provider.