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Should I buy the airfare through Princess Cruises.
Hi all
I live in Casper, WY and my family is planning a cruise to Alaska this coming June. Just wondering if we should buy the airfare through Princess Cruises. A friend came across a website called buying cruises dot com or something like that and they offer airfare through the cruise company from Casper that is just as cheap as what our local travel agent can get us out of Denver. Should we buy the airfare through Princess or can we do better on our own? J. Johnston |
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Should I buy the airfare through Princess Cruises.
Joyce Johnston wrote:
Hi all I live in Casper, WY and my family is planning a cruise to Alaska this coming June. Just wondering if we should buy the airfare through Princess Cruises. A friend came across a website called buying cruises dot com or something like that and they offer airfare through the cruise company from Casper that is just as cheap as what our local travel agent can get us out of Denver. Should we buy the airfare through Princess or can we do better on our own? That depends.. You have already stated the fare was the same as your TA could get out of Denver. You didn't mention what your TA could get you out of Casper. Other things to consider. Can you TA get you the same cruies/air rate as the online site? 1. Does the cruise air rate include the travel to and from the ship. (usually, it does) 2. In the event of a flight problem, do you plan to buy travel insurance that will get you to the ship? If you book air travel through the cruise line, generally they assist you in the event of a flight problem. |
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Should I buy the airfare through Princess Cruises.
Unless we can do better at the time of booking we usually reserve the cruise
line airfare when we book the cruise. You are not committed to that until you make your final payment, so between the time we book and the time that the final payment is due if we get a better deal, then we will book it ourselves, and then cancel the air with the cruise line. Most of the time we do much better on our own, but recently with some of the free or deeply discounted air promotions we have stayed with the cruise line. There are times you will save significantly over what the cruise line charges, and there are other times that you can't. Unless you have a better deal now, book with the cruise line and keep checking, cancel the air with them if you need to and get it on your own. "Joyce Johnston" wrote in message om... Hi all I live in Casper, WY and my family is planning a cruise to Alaska this coming June. Just wondering if we should buy the airfare through Princess Cruises. A friend came across a website called buying cruises dot com or something like that and they offer airfare through the cruise company from Casper that is just as cheap as what our local travel agent can get us out of Denver. Should we buy the airfare through Princess or can we do better on our own? J. Johnston |
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Should I buy the airfare through Princess Cruises.
From my general experience with buying flight tickets, I have always found
it cheaper to buy it online than with a local TA. The only times I bought tickets with local TAs were when I flew out on last minute business trips or something similar. I am going on a Princess cruises in a few weeks and the air ticket quotes with the cruises I got within the past few weeks (with local TAs and other websites ) were significantly more than what I could find online. So I got them separately, but still online. HTH. --Henry In rec.travel.cruises Joyce Johnston wrote: Hi all I live in Casper, WY and my family is planning a cruise to Alaska this coming June. Just wondering if we should buy the airfare through Princess Cruises. A friend came across a website called buying cruises dot com or something like that and they offer airfare through the cruise company from Casper that is just as cheap as what our local travel agent can get us out of Denver. Should we buy the airfare through Princess or can we do better on our own? J. Johnston |
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Should I buy the airfare through Princess Cruises.
I would check on the "add-on" offered by Princess Cruises. Unless it is
substantially more than what you can buy directly, there are a number of advantages to buying through Princess, transfers to the ship from the airport being just one (another is if the plane is late, at least Princess will know where you are, so you've got less risk of missing the ship). Jeff "Joyce Johnston" wrote in message om... Hi all I live in Casper, WY and my family is planning a cruise to Alaska this coming June. Just wondering if we should buy the airfare through Princess Cruises. A friend came across a website called buying cruises dot com or something like that and they offer airfare through the cruise company from Casper that is just as cheap as what our local travel agent can get us out of Denver. Should we buy the airfare through Princess or can we do better on our own? J. Johnston |
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Should I buy the airfare through Princess Cruises.
Joyce,
Besides the issue of cost, if you book the flights yourself, you will have more control over the timing of arrivals and departures, airline(s), and routing (i.e., number of stops). Many times these can be very important considerations. Should we buy the airfare through Princess or can we do better on our own? |
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Should I buy the airfare through Princess Cruises.
In article zS_Qb.21342$U%5.166338@attbi_s03, Thomas E. Parody
wrote: Besides the issue of cost, if you book the flights yourself, you will have more control over the timing of arrivals and departures, airline(s), and routing (i.e., number of stops). Many times these can be very important considerations. The cruise lines allow you to do what is called an air deviation with a better routing for a $35 or $50 fee. On some itineraries like Alaska this could be cheaper than doing your own airfare. I usually do my own but in some instances the cruise line airfare is cheaper. I found cruise line airfare to be cheaper on quotes for Alaska and I have ended up using the cruise line air, with an air deviation fee for a non stop flight, to be cheaper for cruises out of San Juan than air could book on my own. -- Charles |
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Should I buy the airfare through Princess Cruises.
You should price the airfare on your own and compare it to what Princess is
offering. Usually, you can do better on your own, but if you are on an "open jaw" flight, e.g. starting in Vancouver and ending at Seward or vice versa, you may be better off using the cruise-air package. As it is, you will have to take a commuter flight from CPR to DEN, SLC or maybe SEA. Being in Casper, you are only a day's drive from Vancouver as it is, so you may want to see about just doing a one-way air as an air add-on and driving. Tom Smith "Joyce Johnston" wrote in message om... Hi all I live in Casper, WY and my family is planning a cruise to Alaska this coming June. Just wondering if we should buy the airfare through Princess Cruises. A friend came across a website called buying cruises dot com or something like that and they offer airfare through the cruise company from Casper that is just as cheap as what our local travel agent can get us out of Denver. Should we buy the airfare through Princess or can we do better on our own? J. Johnston |
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Should I buy the airfare through Princess Cruises.
Hi Neighbor
I am too planning a cruise on Princess this coming June and also from Casper. As to the website you have mentioned I think you mean buycruises.com. As for them they do not offer airfare out of Casper, but rather the rate they are quoting you is from Denver. Not sure why their website says it is from Casper, but that is not the case. I think we have decided on flying out of Billings with Alaska and their commuter line Horizon. The lowest prices quoted on their site for days we will be traveling is about a $100 per person (that is a $300 saving for us) than through Princess from Denver. I also think that Billings is a much easier airport to travel out of then Denver. Also out of Denver I think Alaska and horizon offer a similar fare to Billings. As for buycruises.com I think they were slightly less than what an agent at Travel Management quoted me. On a similar note a friend recommended cruise.com and it looks like they offer us a better price than the travel agent if we on the Coral Princess, rather than Dawn Princess. Also they have a better price than buycruises.com and are even offering us what looks like a better room (larger). As for the person who says Vancouver is only a day from Casper, I think they are wrong. I would say it is more like 2 days or so from Casper. I would not conseder the option of driving there, but that is just me. Hope this helps M. Graham (Joyce Johnston) wrote in message . com... Hi all I live in Casper, WY and my family is planning a cruise to Alaska this coming June. Just wondering if we should buy the airfare through Princess Cruises. A friend came across a website called buying cruises dot com or something like that and they offer airfare through the cruise company from Casper that is just as cheap as what our local travel agent can get us out of Denver. Should we buy the airfare through Princess or can we do better on our own? J. Johnston |
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Should I buy the airfare through Princess Cruises.
There are probably many good reasons to do it on your own, but we like the
convenience when they handle it. It's great to be met at a the airport in a strange city and taken to the hotel or pier. We also had a bad experience in Panama once when we had to leave the ship because of a medical emergency. The cruise line, HAL, made all of the medical arrangements and travel arrangements to get us home. It was a great comfort. Have a great cruise. "Joyce Johnston" wrote in message om... Hi all I live in Casper, WY and my family is planning a cruise to Alaska this coming June. Just wondering if we should buy the airfare through Princess Cruises. A friend came across a website called buying cruises dot com or something like that and they offer airfare through the cruise company from Casper that is just as cheap as what our local travel agent can get us out of Denver. Should we buy the airfare through Princess or can we do better on our own? J. Johnston |
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