I always look for prices on vacations to go web site first.
If travel agent can beat that price, by all means go with the travel agent.
For me the idea is to reduce stress. Booking directly with cruise line instead of another intermediary gives me less stress. On a Norwegian cruise to Alaska, the ship mis-behaved, and many people were injured primarily on top decks with nothing to grab on to. NCL gacve all passengers a $500 voucher for next NCL cruise. Guess what, my travel agent lost the voucher, and I had to go through bunch of threatening phone calls to NCL to restore our $2000 credit for 4 passengers.
entropy12 wrote: “I always look for prices on vacations to go web site first. If travel agent can beat that price, by all means go with the travel agent.”
Try Nancy Bogert, Travel Planners. That’s an American Express Affiliate. You’ll have to call or email her for the price. I’ve used her on several cruises and have never been disappointed. Nor, have I heard of any complaints. One of the nice things is this: Nancy is a small business. Her and one other lady. You always get to talk to Nancy or Marietta. And, yes, she does monitor her email after business hours for emergencies.
She gives an 8% discount on some lines. Others won’t allow an upfront discount. She sends a check for the 8% after the cruise. Or you can take an 8% OBC. Costco travel does about the same.
Forgot to ask. How was NCL? We’ve mostly done Princess or HAL but we have a Haven booked on Breakaway in march 2022. Either they will have the covid beat by then or we will cancel.