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Have You Ever Used Cruise Compete?
Thank you George for such an informative post, and for taking the time
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I went to George's site and selected to book a celebrity cruise.
It took me to celebrity and asked for the same information that I could enter if I booked directly with celebrity. The only difference is George's company was now my travel agent. The prices between celebrity and george were the same. Why would someone want to have george put as t/a on their reservation if he is doing nothing to deserve it. The other guy makes sense about dealing with t/a's vs: booking direct. brunger |
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"Bruger" wrote in message ... I went to George's site and selected to book a celebrity cruise. It took me to celebrity and asked for the same information that I could enter if I booked directly with celebrity. The only difference is George's company was now my travel agent. The prices between celebrity and george were the same. Why would someone want to have george put as t/a on their reservation if he is doing nothing to deserve it. The other guy makes sense about dealing with t/a's vs: booking direct. brunger Either you haven't been paying attention... or you're not grasping it. There are dozens of reasons that can arise later on... like price reductions, upgrades, finding help with local vendors for shore excursions/tours, etc. And even up front, a TA probably knows more about the ship that you do... they know cabins locations to avoid, et. What about group rates? Many TAs belong to a consortium, and can get group rates on some sailings. TAs may know if there is a big group on board that might take over half the ship. Maybe they know a special on a cruise line that you didn't think you could afford (like Crystal or Regent)... Things like that. But if you want to book direct... knock yourself out. Just don't come crying later when the price drops after final payment and they won't do anything for you... --Tom |
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"Seehorse Video" wrote in message ... "Bruger" wrote in message ... I went to George's site and selected to book a celebrity cruise. It took me to celebrity and asked for the same information that I could enter if I booked directly with celebrity. The only difference is George's company was now my travel agent. The prices between celebrity and george were the same. Why would someone want to have george put as t/a on their reservation if he is doing nothing to deserve it. The other guy makes sense about dealing with t/a's vs: booking direct. brunger The TA is going to be making an average of 29 phone calls that I don't have to make, each of which plays several minutes of beautiful music while on hold. But the point is that a good TA knows the answers to these questions WITHOUT calling the cruise line and most TA's can make changes to reservations without calling the cruise line. A lot of the reservations I make don't involve a single call to the cruise line and that saves the cruise line a lot of money. Travel agents provide a service to the customer AND the cruise line. I'm retired but my time is better spent doing something else. You need to do what you're comfortable with, whether it's repairing your car or booking your cruise. I prefer to relax and let the pros do their thing. Especially when it's free. Agreed. Years ago I used to change the oil in my car. Now I would rather pay the local guy $30 to do it. I save time and aggravation and for some reason, crawling around on the garage floor with the car up on jackstands just isn't as much fun as it used to be. vbg YMMV.... -- George Leppla Countryside Travel http://www.CruiseMaster.com Blog http://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CruiseMaster |
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"Bruger" wrote in message ... I went to George's site and selected to book a celebrity cruise. It took me to celebrity and asked for the same information that I could enter if I booked directly with celebrity. The only difference is George's company was now my travel agent. The prices between celebrity and george were the same. Why would someone want to have george put as t/a on their reservation if he is doing nothing to deserve it. The other guy makes sense about dealing with t/a's vs: booking direct. brunger The TA is going to be making an average of 29 phone calls that I don't have to make, each of which plays several minutes of beautiful music while on hold. I'm retired but my time is better spent doing something else. You need to do what you're comfortable with, whether it's repairing your car or booking your cruise. I prefer to relax and let the pros do their thing. Especially when it's free. Harry Cooper |
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In article , Bruger
wrote: The other guy makes sense about dealing with t/a's vs: booking direct. What other guy? You are the other guy..... Please, if you are going to set up a sock puppet you need to do better than that!!! -- Charles |
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