| Hey, Jim... We have loads of fun planning cruises, so Im recommending my own
personal cruise planner at http://CandyBrock.com. It includes explanations,
tips about everything from Azipods to Zuiderdam and includes reviews and links
to loads of other cruising sites. Were about your age, and our best cruises
have been on HAL and RCI. Our next is HALs new Zuiderdam in October and prolly
TransCanal or Hawaii in May or June. Have fun! |
| I am not a agent or a book dealer - I only have one set of these guides (2 books
total), you wont see me repeating and selling multiple copies or anything
because this is all I have, I have used them personally here and found them to
be VERY helpful in planning our cruise to fine tune what we wanted, THEN I
contacted agents and said this is what I want, these dates, these options, and
the calls went fast smooth fun and easy but BEST of all, I knew from the pre
reading info, I was booking the RIGHT cruise for me without having to HOPE the
agents recommendations were what I wanted based on their questions to me. |
| I think a big part of the fun for me is the planning and anticipation.
I even enjoy planning cruises Ill probably never go on (the ones where
I am treating all 16 family members to owners suits). I have all
brochures from most of the lines and at night before I fall asleep I
take them out and look them over and say Where shall I go today... |
| : On Sat, Mar 27, 1999 1:02 PM, Appdad wrote:
: I have absolutely no idea why Im asking this except that the question
just
: popped into my head. Question - for a couple taking a cruise - who does
the
: major part of the planning, contacting the TA and booking the cruise,
etc.;
: the
: husband or the wife? |
| The air carriers have paid next to nothing to travel agents for years...so I
let my TA do all my travel planning (cruises/tours/etc) except for one
thing. I take care of any air-only booking. Heck, shed get paid only a
couple of dollars on most any air package I make (theyre generally less
than $200). So shed be doing it as more of a courtesy than anything else. |
