| Becky's travel has been founded
forty years ago and it started as a hobby by the founder,
Rebecca Savvides, hence the name Becky which is short,
distinctive and easy to pronounce. The reason it started
was because the owner liked very much to travel and despite
the five children she already had, she could still find
time to spend at the business.
The beginning has been extremely
difficult because at that time women who worked were
not taken seriously and she had to face the hostility
of the airlines and the disapproval of a husband who
thought it was an offence for the wife to work.
However, from the very beginning
the founder has seen the need of organized tours out
of Cyprus and was one of the very first people to organize
tours at first to the neighboring countries. It did
help that she spoke five languages.
Another need that she had seen
was cheaper prices for relatives of the UK soldiers
to visit Cyprus, so Charter Flights had been organized
at only 60% of the cost of normal flights. Since the
very beginning the motto of the company has been good
service because it is a pleasure to see happy people
who come back even after twenty years and tell you they
remember what wood times they had through the agency.
However times change and new
blood has come into the business. Three of the children
were interested to continue the family business, after
their studies abroad. It has been a blessing that the
old and new generation has blent together so well, as
the old generation has accepted the new methods of technology
and new generation has respected and listened to experience.
Becky's was maybe the first travel
agency to go into internet, and a lot of business is
conducted thru the internet. It is a far cry from the
beginnings when one had to book a call to Nicosia to
get hold of the space control and spend half a hour
on a simple booking, which is now conducted within a
maximum of five minutes.
However, an asset of Becky's
is the personal touch, especially as two of the ticketing
people have over twenty years continues service in the
company and a lot of experience and always try to find
the best value for money for customers. This is the
reason why the company deals with business accounts
whose people have sometimes to travel at a moments notice
as well as efficiently.
The company's premises have always
been where it started at 95, Arch. Makarios Avenue,
and a few years ago the whole building was bought by
the company and rebuilt completely.
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