Booking online

[cruisingangel]

Anyone ever booked with cruise411.com? They have a great price on the cruise and cabin we want, but we have never booked online before.
Help!!

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Mariner of the Seas 5/16/2004

[BLStokes23]

Have you checked some of the other online agencies too? I've not booked with cruise411, but have booked several cruises with BestPriceCruises, *********** and BuyCruises with good results. It does pay to research as many of the online agencies that you can. Make sure that the quotes you receive include the port charges and taxes. You may also want to try doing a search on cruise411 on the cruise board. Good luck with your booking.

[CruisinMatt]

I get great prices and customer service from icruise.com http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

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HAL Oosterdam - Mexican Riveria

[wwinfl91]

Another online travel agency we have used a lot is *************.com. We have booked our last 6 cruises through them and have been very satisfied with their prices and service. They have a good web site for checking prices for cruises.

Have a great next cruise.

HAL Noordam 3/97 West Carib
Hal Westerdam 12/97 East Carib
HAL Veendam 11/98 East Carib
Hal Zaandam 12/00 South Carib
HAL Veendam 10/01 Panama Canal
RCCL Enchantment 09/02 W.Carib
Costa Atlantica 12/02 E.Carib
HAL Noordam 03/03 S.Carib
Golden Princess 07/03 Med
Celebrity Zenith 12/03 W.Carib
HAL Maasdam 05/04 Canada
Next cruise
Island Princess 11/04 Hawaii

[letsgonow]

We have used cruise411.com and been very happy with them. I often check *************.com and their 90 day ticker, but haven't booked with them. Bestpricecruises.com is also one of our favorites. Hey Warren - we should be on the Maasdam right now!!!!

Happy cruising!!

[alwaysfrantic]

I have been pricing my trip in the last few day to see if there was a discount worth transferring the reservation from HAL to a TA. cruise411.com was by far the cheapest of those I heard from. I had expected ***********.com to be the cheapest, but cruise411/com was $100 cheaper than that one. I did research them a bit and they have a satisfactory rating with the BBB, having only a single complaint lodged against the company in the last 3 years, and that was resolved.

[alwaysfrantic]

Forgot...if you are worried about the online part, you can call and take care of it that way. I believe they have people available 24/7 to help.

[cruisingangel]

Thanks for all your input I feel better already. Would feel even better if I was on a cruise right now. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

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[Sue's Mom]

Sorry to 'hijack' this post.

Alwaysfrantic - I am interested in "BBB", coming from the UK it is something I have not heard of before. Can you please post some more information please.

[Randyk47]

BBB = Better Business Bureau. It is a "watch dog" organization that's been around since the early 1900's. Some put great store in BBB ratings, some don't. See here for more information: www.bbb.org (http://www.bbb.org)

Cruisingangel's posts do raise an interesting point and that's simply that you have to shop around on each and every cruise. Since I haven't reached final payment on my cruise next year I've continued to check off and on with other providers to see if I can beat the very good deal I have right now. In the case of Cruise411 and CQ, CQ stills beats Cruise411 by $400. Again, that's just for my particular cruise and cabin selection. As Cruisingangel points out she was able to beat CQ for her particular combination. Research, shop, shop some more and then select. It doesn't appear to me that there's one place that is always going to be the lowest all the time.

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