Destination Europe, the package division of Auto Europe, is reminding its Home Based travel agent partners, and all its travel agent partners, that they should book their clients’ Europe peak season vacations in advance to be sure to get them preferred arrangements.
“Destination Europe has some great values for clients and it is important that agents book fly/drive packages well in advance,” noted Destination Europe president Thorunn Reynisdottir.
She added that more and more American clients are realizing that fly/drive packages are a great way to see Europe. “Europe is very accessible by car and easy to get around,” said Reynisdottir. “We are finding that an increasing number of Americans feel very comfortable driving in all regions of Europe – including central and eastern European countries.”
That’s because fly/drives are a convenient way to get from one place to another and experience the destinations that clients most want to visit during their vacations.
“Not only is this an efficient way to experience Europe but also our fly/drive packages offer great value,” noted Reynisdottir.
Agents, she added, can ask Destination Europe to tailor make packages for their clients, or they can take a package off the shelf.
Agents are encouraged to book peak season early to realize fantastic savings. Destination Europe offers fly drive packages including airfare and a three day economy class car rental. Packages begin at: London $607; Frankfurt $689; Paris $709; Rome $827 and Amsterdam $727. These sample packages are for New York departures, for travel May 29 - Aug. 31, 2006. There are hundreds of additional city pairs and sales fares available.
Business class packages are also available. Destination Europe features early booking savings on upscale packages to Italy that include roundtrip business class airfare, seven day Mercedes Benz rental, 2 nights stay at a deluxe downtown hotel and a cell phone plus portable GPS beginning at $4,007 to Rome. Packages are also available to Florence, Venice and Milan from multiple departure cities.
Destination Europe and Auto Europe offer the full range of rental cars at over 4,000 locations in Europe and around the world. Luxury and prestige rental cars include Mercedes, BMW, Jaguars, Bentleys and Range Rovers. Sports cars include Ferraris and Porsches.
Destination Europe also offers over 10,000 4- and 5-star hotels throughout Europe. You can also arrange chauffeur services for tours and transfers for both your land vacationing and cruise vacationing clients, noted Reynisdottir.
Reynisdottir said that Destination Europe’s top fly/drive destinations this year are the U.K., France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland and Iceland, an ideal stopover vacation for clients going to Europe via Icelandair.
And, Reynisdottir added, Home Based agents can turn to Destination Europe to offer their cruise clients unique shore tours, such as chauffeur-driven excursions, along with their Europe cruises this summer.

Destination Europe Loves Home Based Agents
With its wide range of offerings, Destination Europe is the Home Based agent’s one-stop shop for off-the-shelf and customized packages that provide clients with great values and experiences they will not get anywhere else.
With Destination Europe, one call does it all. That is the pleasure of doing business with us. And Destination Europe is flexible and open minded when it comes to helping Home Based agents meet the needs of their clients.