Originally Posted by
DanJ
I don't really need her for the booking, but like I said above, I like some of my money staying in the local economy, and she has been my wife's family's TA for years, so I keep going back to her. I actually met her for the first time after our 4th cruise booked with her, and her office is a block from our house LOL.
I have to admit, one of the reasons I still book through a TA at this point is that I figure if I'm going to pay the same amount anyways, at least this way *someone* gets some money out of the company for the booking. And I've been dealing with the same TA for a number of years, with a reasonable number of cruises booked through her. But for someone like me, I'm not relying on her for advice, I'm probably one of the easier customers she has to deal with
. Heck, I even feel a little guilty when I call in to get my price reduced because the cabin price has gone down (but not guilty enough not to take advantage of the $800 price drop that popped up on my next cruise).