Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class William Phillips | Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) Morale Welfare and Recreation held a Travel...... read more read more
Naval Support Activity Bethesda’s (NSAB) Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) held a Travel Expo at the Fitness Center aboard NSAB May 13.
The Travel Expo featured more than 20 vendors ranging from parking companies to hotel companies for service members to meet with and learn about travel options.
“The purpose of this fair is for the military community to have an opportunity to speak with different ticket and travel vendors that we work with,” said Alecia Pityk, MWR ticket and travel office manager.
Some vendors wanted to give service members a chance to get off base and enjoy themselves.
“I was in the navy for six years and I know when I was in the Navy I would get desperate for something to do,” said James Gillette, president of SeatStir, a self described seat filler company.
“You’re in a new place because you just got a new duty station, [traveling] can get you off base and gives you an opportunity to become invested in your new community.”
With parking being so hard to find while traveling, MWR had vendors specifically for parking.
“We know how often service members are traveling and what a nightmare airport parking can be, so we are offering a way to make traveling a little easier,” said Jim Pio, sales manager for the parking spot.
The MWR Ticket and Travel Office has two entities, one for tickets to events such as theme parks and sporting events, and the second is the travel office that can book trips like cruises.
“Our travel agent can do a bunch of different things, she can do cruises, all-inclusive resorts, and she can also book international flights and hotels,” said Pityk.
“We [MWR Ticket Office] have a lot of tickets to a bunch of different places like Universal Studios in Florida and tickets to places that are local,” said Pityk.
Most of the tickets the Ticket Office has are obtainable the day you go in, but some tickets need be requested ahead.
“[Service members] can usually just come into the office and get tickets,” said Pityk. “Most of the tickets we have on hand or we can print out, but we don’t have tickets for the Nationals or the Orioles on hand, we need five business days in advance to get those tickets.”
For more information visit www.navymwrbethesda.com or call 301-295-0434 or visit the Ticket and Travel Office on Main Street Bldg. 2 Room 1448.
| Date Taken: | 05.19.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 05.23.2016 07:52 |
| Story ID: | 198748 |
| Location: | BETHESDA, MD, US |
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