Medi-evac to the US

On Sep 1, 11:51*pm, Bill wrote:
On 9/1/2010 1:51 PM, Frank from Deeeetroit wrote:

The most recent travel insurance police we purchased was this past
January. *Purchased through AAA of Michigan included coverage a day
before and after we returned to include medi-vac back to the USA for a
Carnival cruise out of Miami. Not sure, but we paid $125.00'ish per
person. *One call to travel services at AAA, and we were covered.

First, you should know that the post you were replying to was not really
from Sue.

Second, since none of us know what sort of coverage you're buying, we
don't know if your price is better than you can get online. I can tell
you that $125 per person seems rather high to me based on the previous
times I've purchased coverage. If you want to humor us, go to
insuremytrip.com the next time you're going to buy coverage from your
local AAA and tell us how the prices compare. Then, if you post numbers
supporting your claim, I am sure that people here will be happy to admit
that you're right.

Using the same cruise info from my January 2010 cruise, I checked with
insuremytrip.com and plugged-in the same info for a January 2011
cruise, requesting the same coverage that I received from my Auto-
Club. Insuremytrip.com provided a price range from $110.00 to
$250.00. I will use my Auto-Club to insure my next vacation. My
point, again, is to check with one's normal insurer for trip
coverage. Seems logical to call one's home/auto/life insurer for
travel insurance. He/she has been one's insurer for some time, only
sensible to seek a price from that person than from a web-site.



Everyone here seems to be fixated on using a travel agent, that is
fine, if using and paying extra for a TA works for you. *My point is
saving money while having the same end result. *Has worked for my
family for over 20 years.

Who pays extra for a travel agent? Maybe I've forgotten some of the
earlier discussion but I do not recall that at all. And I doubt that
anyone here pays extra for using a travel agent. I know I use one
because they give me on-board credit for booking my cruise with them
(and in fact fought to get me an extra $75pp on my recent cruise when
the cruise fare dropped after final payment, which I certainly would not
have gotten by myself). If you're not using a TA, I'm guessing you
aren't getting that. Tell me how that saves you money?

We have booked early, 6 months plus, for our cruises. Every cruise we
have booked early, our cruise has been discounted as we approached our
cruise. Two years ago, we booked three aft cabins on a Carnival
cruise early. Our cabin prices were reduced by a third, the two
cabins for our daughters were discounted by the same amount and they
received a $100.00 shipboard credit for each cabin. My wife booked
from our phone direct to Carnival.

Of course, booking your own cruise may take some time and effort, but
by doing so, one will save money. Money I would rather spend on an
island.


I am not politically correct, just speak the truth.

If that's what you want to believe, fine.

Not what I believe, how I live.


Frank

Bill

On 9/2/2010 6:17 AM, Frank from Deeeetroit wrote:

Using the same cruise info from my January 2010 cruise, I checked with
insuremytrip.com and plugged-in the same info for a January 2011
cruise, requesting the same coverage that I received from my Auto-
Club. Insuremytrip.com provided a price range from $110.00 to
$250.00. I will use my Auto-Club to insure my next vacation. My
point, again, is to check with one's normal insurer for trip
coverage. Seems logical to call one's home/auto/life insurer for
travel insurance. He/she has been one's insurer for some time, only
sensible to seek a price from that person than from a web-site.

So in other words the highest price you found online matched what you
paid ($125 x 2). Yet you still think you are getting a good deal.

We have booked early, 6 months plus, for our cruises. Every cruise we
have booked early, our cruise has been discounted as we approached our
cruise. Two years ago, we booked three aft cabins on a Carnival
cruise early. Our cabin prices were reduced by a third, the two
cabins for our daughters were discounted by the same amount and they
received a $100.00 shipboard credit for each cabin. My wife booked
from our phone direct to Carnival.

Did they call to tell you that the price had gone down or get it for you
automatically or did you have to keep watching and call each time? A
good travel agent will do the former. And I wasn't talking about price
drops before the final payment was due, anyway. I was talking about
after you made the final payment, after which cruise lines currently do
not reduce prices anymore.

Of course, booking your own cruise may take some time and effort, but
by doing so, one will save money. Money I would rather spend on an
island.

No, you won't. You'll spend more time and save less money.

Anyway, I am done discussing this with you. You keep doing things your
way, and the rest of us will do things the way we realize makes more
sense (and dollars).

Bill

On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:14:33 -0400, Bill wrote:

We have booked early, 6 months plus, for our cruises. Every cruise we
have booked early, our cruise has been discounted as we approached our
cruise. Two years ago, we booked three aft cabins on a Carnival
cruise early. Our cabin prices were reduced by a third, the two
cabins for our daughters were discounted by the same amount and they
received a $100.00 shipboard credit for each cabin. My wife booked
from our phone direct to Carnival.

Did they call to tell you that the price had gone down or get it for you
automatically or did you have to keep watching and call each time? A
good travel agent will do the former. And I wasn't talking about price
drops before the final payment was due, anyway. I was talking about
after you made the final payment, after which cruise lines currently do
not reduce prices anymore.

Do any of the discount travel agents do this for you, or does that only
happen with small agencies?

On Sep 2, 10:14*pm, Bill wrote:
On 9/2/2010 6:17 AM, Frank from Deeeetroit wrote:



Using the same cruise info from my January 2010 cruise, I checked with
insuremytrip.com and plugged-in the same info for a January 2011
cruise, requesting the same coverage that I received from my Auto-
Club. *Insuremytrip.com provided a price range from $110.00 to
$250.00. *I will use my Auto-Club to insure my next vacation. *My
point, again, is to check with one's normal insurer for trip
coverage. *Seems logical to call one's home/auto/life insurer for
travel insurance. *He/she has been one's insurer for some time, only
sensible to seek a price from that person than from a web-site.

So in other words the highest price you found online matched what you
paid ($125 x 2). Yet you still think you are getting a good deal.

The price range of $110.00 to $250.00 was per person. $250.00 x 2 is
$500.00, double what I paid for last January.


We have booked early, 6 months plus, for our cruises. *Every cruise we
have booked early, our cruise has been discounted as we approached our
cruise. *Two years ago, we booked three aft cabins on a Carnival
cruise early. *Our cabin prices were reduced by a third, the two
cabins for our daughters were discounted by the same amount and they
received a $100.00 shipboard credit for each cabin. *My wife booked
from our phone direct to Carnival.

Did they call to tell you that the price had gone down or get it for you
automatically or did you have to keep watching and call each time? A
good travel agent will do the former. And I wasn't talking about price
drops before the final payment was due, anyway. I was talking about
after you made the final payment, after which cruise lines currently do
not reduce prices anymore.

Damian from Carnival called us each time the price changed. We made a
deposit to book the cruise and paid in full at the deadline.


Of course, booking your own cruise may take some time and effort, but
by doing so, one will save money. *Money I would rather spend on an
island.

No, you won't. You'll spend more time and save less money.

I am cheap, and we saved on every cruise.


Anyway, I am done discussing this with you. You keep doing things your
way, and the rest of us will do things the way we realize makes more
sense (and dollars).

Works for us.


Bill

On Sep 2, 10:52*pm, Jack Hamilton wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:14:33 -0400, Bill wrote:
We have booked early, 6 months plus, for our cruises. *Every cruise we
have booked early, our cruise has been discounted as we approached our
cruise. *Two years ago, we booked three aft cabins on a Carnival
cruise early. *Our cabin prices were reduced by a third, the two
cabins for our daughters were discounted by the same amount and they
received a $100.00 shipboard credit for each cabin. *My wife booked
from our phone direct to Carnival.

Did they call to tell you that the price had gone down or get it for you
automatically or did you have to keep watching and call each time? A
good travel agent will do the former. And I wasn't talking about price
drops before the final payment was due, anyway. I was talking about
after you made the final payment, after which cruise lines currently do
not reduce prices anymore.

Do any of the discount travel agents do this for you, or does that only
happen with small agencies? *

We have found the best success booking direct through Carnival, worked
for 9 cruises so far.

On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 03:04:49 -0700 (PDT), Frank from Deeeetroit
wrote:


We have found the best success booking direct through Carnival, worked
for 9 cruises so far.

Was your first cruise booked directly through Carnival?

On Sep 3, 8:28*pm, Brian wrote:
On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 03:04:49 -0700 (PDT), Frank from Deeeetroit

wrote:
We have found the best success booking direct through Carnival, worked
for 9 cruises so far.

Was your first cruise booked directly through Carnival?

Our first Carnival cruise was booked through Carnival, our first
cruise was a Norwegian cruise and that was booked through Norwegian.

Since then, with the exception of one, we have booked directly through
Carnival. The exception was a last minute cruise we booked on a
Wednesday and departed on the following Sunday. The stars were
aligned in our schedule and took advantage of the opportunity and
went. The last minute cruise was in response to an email we received
from a "last minute vacation" website that we used in a previous air/
ground vacation.

We typically book airfare separately from the cruise line, unless
Carnival offers us a deal, sometimes on different carriers, each way,
to accommodate our schedule. To date, we like to arrive a day prior
to cruise departure, in case our luggage is lost or delayed.
Fortunately, we have never missed our luggage.

Frank

On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 08:24:49 -0700 (PDT), Frank from Deeeetroit wrote:

Our first Carnival cruise was booked through Carnival, our first
cruise was a Norwegian cruise and that was booked through Norwegian.

We used Cruisequick to book 10 of the 12 cruises we took. The two we
booked with RCL and NCL got us upgrades on the frequent cruiser
programs.

Ask, they save commission $$, why not give us a cherry for doing so?
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