Even if you’re very skilled at using the Internet, a travel agent can help you when planning your trips. There are so many details to remember when you travel. Planning a trip isn’t just about finding the cheapest airline tickets and picking a hotel to stay in based on reviews you can find online. Sometimes having a real professional taking care of details for you can make a big difference.

Take a trip to Disney as an example. Travel agents can help you every step of the way. They can find you the best deals on plane tickets, sure, but travel agents can also handle your meal plan, making dinner reservations, booking you for special events like the Polynesian Luau or character breakfasts, and getting you tickets for areas in Disney that are not included with theme park entry, like water parks.

Disney has over 30 hotels on property. If you count hotels off site as possibilities, there are literally thousands of options to choose from. Tell a travel agent your choices. Do you want to be onsite or not? Do you want a themed hotel or is a plain one okay? Do you need to have a sit-down restaurant in your hotel or is a food court enough? He or she can pick out a place for you to stay much easier than you can on your own.

A travel agent can also take care of the more mundane details of your trip, like travel insurance , making sure you have all the paperwork done that you need, and arranging for car rentals or little necessities like subway cards. He or she can also give you personal recommendations for good places to stay based on real experience, as opposed to websites, which may be flooded with commercial opinions.

A travel agent is especially useful to use if you’re booking a cruise, because he or she will be able to get you discounts that are not available to the general public.