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Pack List for a Cruise--and other Travel Tips
What you bring on a cruise depends a great deal of the kind of ship it is.........casual or elegant.........and your plans for "fine dining". If you are sailing a ship with all the elegant evenings, this takes special forethought on your part....
Playing Your Cards Right -- Tips for Traveling with Credit Cards
Using credit cards while traveling is a good idea for a number of reasons:
You have a record of your expenditures for record-keeping and tax purposes (especially important if you travel for business)
You may get a better exchange...
Travel to Cuba: The Caribbean's Forbidden Island
Think Cuba, and vivid images come to mind: of men in Guayabera shirts and Panama hats, tropical breezes and cool drinks, steamy Latin rhythms and sultry women. It has always been an intriguing place, steeped in truth and in fiction by the novels of...
What you need to know about - senior citizens travel
Are you drained of sitting at home, doing babysitting of your grandchildren? Have your dreams to explore the world not turned to reality? Are your eyes longing to capture the grandeur of the world around you? If yes, don't detain yourself from...
Why Thailand Is A Favorite Travel Destination in Asia
No wonder people love to travel to Thailand these days. It's hot. It's fun. And it's cheap. Everything here is cheap -- hotels, food, shopping -- you name it. A coconut costs 20 baht (that's around 50 cents -US). A bowl of noodle costs from 30 to 70...
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Best Price Cruises! A Few Simple Steps To Booking Cruise Travel Deals Online
To find the best price cruises online and booking them with
confidence, you need to understand a few things about how the
cruising industry comes up with their lowest price, and follow a
few simple steps that the travel professionals at your local
agencies don't want to you know!
The fact remains that over 90% of cruise reservations are done
through a travel agent, and you're not only at the mercy of
their service fees, but also to the prices they charge for a
particular cruise and sailing. So why do so many individuals go
through this booking avenue, when they know the deals are far
better online, and they have access to a computer and the
Internet?
The answers simple! The cruise industry believes that customers
new and seasoned may not truly understand the cruise ships
industry language, or feel comfortable booking online! They put
their dependency on many travel professionals to interpret the
cruising lingo that is the integral part of the cruise booking
process.
However, if you take the time to learn and understand the cruise
lines language such as guaranteed staterooms, singles
supplement, or run-of-the-ship, you should have no worries
booking your next vacation cruise online, and start taking
advantage of all the fantastic savings!
Booking Cruise Travel Over The Internet Is Simple and Easier
Than You Think!
When you're searching the Internet to find a cruise special,
keep in mind that if you go direct to the main cruise lines
site, such as Royal Caribbean, Carnival, or Princess, you may
end up paying a higher cabin price than the online cruise
discounters, even though they may be showing reduced cabin
prices on their sites.
In order to get the best discounts, you should source large
vacation suppliers such as Travelocity, Expedia, or exclusive
cruise booking sites like CruiseDirect.com, which specialize in
selling cruises, and offer a unique booking engine that can
quickly put together your cruise package in
minutes.
Why go through these online cruise specialists, and travel
suppliers?
Even though the cruise lines want to deal with you directly,
they also need to keep a solid business relationship with their
travel agencies that are currently booking a majority of cruises
for them though their local offices and online vacation websites.
With online travel suppliers and Internet cruise company's, they
deal with the cruise lines a little differently, and they either
pre-purchase cabins at a very low discounted price, or they're
large enough to be directly linked to the cruiselines inventory
database system. They are also capable of receiving live updated
stateroom information daily, and in most cases hourly! With this
powerful online system, they can take these updated cabin
inventory deals, and pass them directly to the consumer, which
offers you the consumer far deeper discounted savings!
What this means to you, is that once you understand what these
suppliers are offering, you will have a better chance of
reserving your favourite cruise in minutes and take advantage of
the incredible discounts that could easily range from 20% - 60%,
depending on the seasonality, type of itinerary, and actual
cruise ship you book.
Just make sure that before you make any reservations online,
that if you have any doubts, or understanding what your booking,
contact the customer service departments via their toll-free
numbers, or the cruise lines email, and they will be more than
happy to answer any questions you may have prior to booking your
next cruise vacation.
About the author:
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About the author:
William Lezubski is a professional in the
Travel Industry and is the owner and author of "Discount
Caribbean Vacations Web Site" at www.discount-caribbean-vacations.com A
quality source of top Caribbean Cruise information at your
fingertips!
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