Industry expert to offer insider travel tips to the public on Thursday, Sept. 5 at Aviation Museum of N.H.
LONDONDERRY, NH — If you think travel agents are consigned to a bygone era, think again.
Aviation Museum of NH volunteer and travel agency spokesperson Michael Fake will speak at the museum on Thursday, Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. about the ins and outs of the travel industry in 2024.
The presentation is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.
Fake is a retired chemical engineer whose feet are rarely on the ground for long. His wife Sharon Fake manages Travel Experts, a half-billion dollar travel agency, and the two are away often in Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, and other locales.
Sharon has the enviable job of testing travel experiences and locations around the world and relaying her observations back to over 650 agents.
When they’re not traveling around the globe, the Fakes are residents of Amherst.
In his presentation, Michael Fake will share some of the tips and tricks he’s learned from the couple’s many travels together, touching on current advice and strategies for how to use agents to book cruises, hotels, flights, safaris, culinary experiences, and more.
Attendees are invited to bring their travel questions and stories, and to participate in the program.
Travel agents, or advisors as they’re sometimes called, are helpful with more than booking flights and overcoming bureaucratic hurdles; they’re also a resource to assist travelers if a war breaks out around them, for instance.
A travel agent can serve as a life raft and a line back home in emergency situations, helping to ensure extraction of travelers from danger.
Through Michael Fake, attendees will hear about clients who found themselves unexpectedly amid geopolitical conflict, and also how to find travel agents who are passionate about empowering travelers to explore the world safely.
The program starts at 7 p.m. at the Aviation Museum of N.H. and is open to the public. The event is free and open to the public.
It’s the latest in the museum’s ‘Exploring Aviation’ program series, which is sponsored in part by Grappone Auto.
The Aviation Museum, a non-profit 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization based in the 1937 art deco passenger terminal at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, is dedicated to preserving the Granite State’s rich aviation past, and also inspiring today’s students to become the aviation and aerospace pioneers of tomorrow.
The Aviation Museum of N.H. was named “Best Place to Take Kids” and “Best Place to Geek Out” in southern New Hampshire in the 2024 HippoPress Reader’s Poll.
The Aviation Museum is located at 27 Navigator Road, off Harvey Road, in Londonderry, N.H.
For more information, visit www.aviationmuseumofnh.org or call (603) 669-4877 or email ldearborn@nhahs.org. Follow the Aviation Museum on social media at www.facebook.com/nhahs.