Originally Posted by
mileshound
I will be booking a Europe cruise about a year in advance. Due to using FF miles for 5, I need to book that far in advance.
I have noticed they are reducing prices on Europe cruises for this summer.
Next summer there will be even more ships in Europe and if the economy and exchange rates are still bad, this could put even more price pressures on the cruise lines.
Will they adjust the price if the price deceases? I assume I would have to watch it and call them.
Is it better to book through a TA for this or direct? I may also use cruise compete.
cruise compete is good. They hook you up with Travel agents, so you may get a good deal that way. We are heading out on a Med Cruise in three weeks. Booked through cruise compete and ended up getting into a group deal and got much lower prices than any other agent or direct. Do yourself a favor, start a spreadsheet to compare price, OBC, etc. to get to your final price. I konw RCCL/Cel;ebrity will not allow TAs to discount, so the TAs will usually thrown higher OBCs to you. I fyou can get inot a group, so much the better