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Affinity group is a group of people with the same purpose or interests travelling to the same destination. An example can be a garden club making a tour of English gardens.

Jumbo jet is a large aircraft with a seating capacity of about 400 passengers. The term most often refers to Boeing 747. Load factor means the number of seats that have been sold on an aircraft. The term also refers to the percentage of seats that must be sold before a flight is profitable.

Car rental agency (or car hire in England) is a service for renting automobiles for short periods of time.

Cruise is a pleasure voyage by ship. It is not part of a regularly scheduled service.

Scheduled airline operates its aircraft on fixed routes at fixed times. In other words, it operates according to a time-table.

Charter plane is an aircraft that has been rented to fly when and where the service is desired.

IT means inclusive tour, a packaged tour that offers transportation, accommodations, and often other inducements. Transportation on most inclusive tours is on the scheduled airlines, although some is by bus and by rail.

ITX fares are tour-basing fares. They are special lower fares offered for sale by the scheduled airlines through tour operators and travel agents.