Single Party Managing All Reservations?

[peder]

What's everyone's recommendations for managing multiple staterooms across multiple families? I'd prefer to book directly, but hoping not to run into issues with customer service, who doesn't seem to have a way of marking someone as the trip's "primary".

[bearette]

Unless you have everyone logged in information to book things in their cruise planner -I don't think you can. Maybe through a group manager?

[psmarkle]

I'd recommend using a TA for this. Plus, they may kick back some additional obc. Our TA agency has a standard 10% of the cruise fare as obc...it can cover your gratuities and maybe a little bit more, depending on your fare.

[transientoftheseas]

Most travel agent companies have a group booking department. I had booked 13 cabins and all the information (booking id's, passenger information for each cabin) is compiled into an online database where I can easily access information. Also, all 13 reservations are in one primary login for the MSC website so I wont have to make 13 accounts for since they are mostly new to MSC cruisers.

 

The company I used has a discount where if you purchase 8 cabins you get one free (free cruise credit to use in the future)