Hello, tursiops I am very sorry but never meant for you to take so much offence to my post about TA's and I apologies if I said something wrong or worded something poorly. I also never said TA's "suck" nor was I "pissy" I simply stated that I have not found them to save me money that does not mean they suck, if you look back at my post I listed many reason why they are good and the benefits they could offer someone I also even said I have used TA's a couple times in Nepal, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Angola, and Philippines. Yes I asked about a TA contact because yes I would like to save money and I am open to new ideas and ways of saving money. I happen to enjoy traveling and yes I do a lot of dive trip traveling too so I offered to try out a TA since everyone is saying they are cheaper and I am open to the idea of using a TA like I said they don't suck I just have not found them to save me money. However for me I need facts and figures to support that a TA will save me money I cant not just blindly use a TA and assume I am saving money. I want to do a cost comparisons. I am not trying to be rude or pissing by asking for this its just simple economic. Its like if your in the market for say a new Apeks DST 1st stage and your friends says its cheaper at "Bob's Dive Shop" so of course the first thing your going to do is call up "Jim's Dive Shop" down the road and get his price and then go online and see how much it is online and compare the prices. I don't think anyone will just blindly buy something just because some says its cheaper at a specific place, of course your going to want to see the numbers and compare them. So I was simply asking for some help for a TA because yes I am a cheap a$$ if there is an opportunity to save some money I will take it, hence why I am open to the idea of using a TA. You and many others on this thread have stated that TA's save you money so I want some help doing this. That is what SB is for its to generate discussions, ask questions, get help, etc. You see people posting all the time "where can I get ________ the cheapest" so I am asking this same question.
Also yes I am aware that you are talking about diving trips and using TA's so I am talking about diving trips also. In a couple months I am taking a diving trip to Indonesia. Probably headed to Labuan Bajo and Gili T, already looking at flights and sorting out visa's but if someone can give me a TA contact I would love to save some money. After that probably Dahab and then after that I am hoping international traveling is back to normal so I can do a liveaboard in Apo then probably back to Indo for end of the year to hit up Alor, Banda, or Raja and if my financial situation is good I would like to do a Bikini or Truk trip beginning of 2022 and after that who knows... hard to plan that far ahead. So I would love some TA help with these trips if anyone has any.
Once again I am very sorry if I offended anyone with my post I generally try and post respectful things. No sarcasm, no BS I was honestly just asking the question about TA's because I just want some facts, figures, number and contact info because yes I would like to save money also. And if they do save me money I will be the first one to admit I'm wrong. I also thought it would be nice for others on the forum since I travel a lot I could do an honest transparent review about how TA's can save you money on diving trips.