I tried the website a couple of weeks ago. I was on a cruise about a year ago and someone mention the site. I wanted to book a cruise later in the year. I submitted the information to Cruise Compete. I received several quotes some were straight forward and the prices were in the same range of the cabin requested. Others listed different cabins with higher and lower price with and without perks. I was not familiar with most of the agencies. Some were small agencies with limited inventory and other had slightly larger inventories but not like the major cruise agencies like Vacations to Go, Online Vacation Center and Cruise Line.com. Cruise Critic is a good site to use when looking for a cruise.