Crystal's Standby Fares available to Australians

http://www.cruisecritic.co.uk/news/news.cfm?ID=4444

Interesting news item - Crystal's Standby Fares available to everyone, including Australians, in US$.

Hope this is just the start of a trend!

Can Australians book via a overseas website?? Are there any implications involved.

thanks Stevo

I am not too sure how useful a "standby" fare would be for Aussies - when the ship is departing a distant foreign country.

It would certainly be valuable for locally based ships.

Barry

I am not too sure how useful a "standby" fare would be for Aussies - when the ship is departing a distant foreign country.

It would certainly be valuable for locally based ships. Barry

I agree Barry.

We just have to go with the flow, check all deals out and go for whatever we are happy and comfortable with.

We have done both.

Booked a cruise early, got a good deal on the flight, and then watched the cruise fare drop closer to sailing.

We have booked a cruise last minute, got a "bargain" fare and then had to pay top dollar to get to the ship.

Its all swings and roundabouts ,

and when all is said and done,

its our discretionary dollar , as to whether we choose to cruise or not.

David

Agree - but my point is that the very nature of a "standby" fare means that you may very well not sail AT ALL!! This can be a tad inconvenient if you have already purchased an airfare to travel to the overseas point of departure! (regardless of how good a deal you got on the airfare!) :D

I think I will stick to "guarantee" fares - but even those would make me nervous if they entailed departure from an overseas port. For our guarantee fare on Oriana from Brisbane (where we live), we only got a cabin allocation 3 days before departing, which even that would not suit MANY people. . ( mind you, we were VERY happy with the final allocation)

Barry