A lot of the special late deals offered by cruise line’s have some down sides to offset the massive reduction in price. What makes a good cruise deal really depends on what you want from your cruise booking.
Some people like to book early to secure a cabin number of their choice, have better cancellation and changes terms, benefits such as drinks packages, parking or on board credit while others like to wait for a “last minute deal” and just go for the cheapest price possible often without being able to pick a cabin number or any extra benefits.
The situation generally seems to be that “You can’t have your cake and eat it”, meaning that you can pay a bit more money and have the extra benefits by booking early or get a reduced price by booking late but also forfeiting some extras.
Most passengers I speak to seem to know the situation on the above and make their minds up what is best for them. I do get the odd occasion though where some people “Want to have their cake and eat it”. An example of this is someone I spoke to recently about a sailing on the Crown Princess for 11 nights. There was a late special offer at £599 per person which I am sure you agree is very good value at £54.45 per person per night. The person I spoke to said that they were only interested in that deal if it had an all inclusive drinks package and free parking. I explained that the price had been reduced by hundreds of pounds and that although there were no extras included, the offer was extremely good. The person I was speaking to just said they weren’t interested at all and went. I guess you can’t please everyone can you ?
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I started at Cruise.co.uk back in April 2009. I was new to the travel industry as my previous work was within the mortgage industry, due to the credit crunch (and being made redundant) this wasn't a great industry to be in so I looked for something new which is when…
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