This Is the No. 1 Secret to Cheap Travel That Your Travel Agent Won’t Tell You

12. You can negotiate

Always try haggling. | Tim Boyle/Getty Images

According to the website loveEXPLORING, you can haggle with travel agents, but they won’t let you in on that secret. Travel agents hate when customers go with someone else because they got a lower price, and often, they’ll negotiate.

Keep in mind that when you use a travel agent, the first price you get is rarely the lowest rate available — instead, it’s an automatically generated rate that’s in line with the company’s parameters. If you find a lower price for the same trip, go back to your travel agent and see what he or she can do to shave the price.

Next: Stop paying more.