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Old Jun 19, 2012, 8:51 pm
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DanJ
 
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Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach
So the question is ho much cruise lines are paying agents in commissions. Evidently quite a lot as I can get fares including taxes, not even net of agency OBCs, for less than the cruise line is quoting before taxes (guess they don't want to PO their distributors yet). I imagine a lot of the Cruise Compete quoters don't have bricks and mortar to pay for.
It's been a few years since we sailed Princess, but our TA holds some sort of higher sales status with them, which gives them better pricing, and a better commission rate. Our fares were always quite a bit less than what Princess.com or most of the cruisecompete agents quoted. Carnival and Royal Caribbean have rules against TA's selling less than what the website prices are, but that doesn't stop some from offering some sort of perqs as an enticement.
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