On 7/14/2013 2:50 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 00:24:13 -0400, Bill
wrote:

On 7/13/2013 3:45 PM, Jr. wrote:

wrote in message ...

would it be less expensive to go ahead and book a cruise with a
travel agent are there any pros or cons?

We found that our cruise was the same whether we booked with our travel
agent or went direct through Princess.
However, if you want a guarantee that you will get on the ship before it
sails you need to book it all including air and cruise through the
cruise line.
We generally get to the departure city the day before the cruise so we
book our airfare ourselves.

HUH? While the way to make sure that you make it on the ship (if not
flying in the day before) is to use the cruise supplied air, there is
absolutely no reason why you have to book it yourself with the cruise
line and not have a travel agent do it.

Air fare is not really a big sinceI live less than a couple hours away
from port

I have a cruise port less than 2 hours away and I still have to fly to
the cruise I recently booked. Not all cruises leave your local port,
even if it is 2 hours away. And I was replying to the person who
responded to your post, who claimed that you needed to buy from the
cruise line itself so you could be assured of making it to the cruise if
you had flight problems as well as responding your original question. As
often seems to be the case, you missed the main point of the reply to
you question.