MISHAWAKA — Health professionals are not the only people handling questions about swine flu. Travel agencies say calls have increased from travelers wanting to reschedule or cancel trips to Mexico.

On the phone and in person, the swine flu fears are real inside Edgerton's Travel.

"We were supposed to go to Riviera Maya," Amanda Fozo told WSBT News.

Fozo, a bride-to-be, stopped inside Edgerton's Travel to pick up tickets to a different destination. The outbreak changed her honeymoon plans in Mexico.

"We decided it was best to postpone that trip and rebook something else," Fozo said.

And she's not alone.

"We had a lot of calls," said Tom Edgerton. "People, number one were concerned, or number two flat weren't going."

While some of the airlines and resorts waive cancellation fees for travelers scheduled to depart soon, panicked travelers whose trips aren't scheduled until next month, or even later, may face penalties if they cancel now.

"They're going to pay a penalty right now because it's not in the waiver period that the airlines are offering," said Nancy Baumgartner, a travel agent.

The fees are a reality, despite warnings from the CDC which recommends avoiding non-essential travel to Mexico.

"When the U.S. puts out a warning like that, it just devastates a country," said Edgerton. Mexico had enough problems this year already with all the drug problems at the border."

But travel agents say it wasn't enough to stop passengers from boarding flights to Mexico; however, health issues are a different story.

"Now that you have a nationwide and almost worldwide epidemic/pandemic, people are starting to think about whether they want to travel or not," said Phyllis Howe, a travel agent.

Mexico has often been considered a traveling value with low-priced resorts compared to other countries.

Officials at Edgerton's say switching your reservation to another resort in the Caribbean could cost you hundreds, even thousands more.

If you decide to continue a trip despite the CDC travel warnings, doctors advise bringing a face mask, Tamiflu and Tylenol.