cs Posted July 10, 2007 #1 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I'm looking into booking either a balcony or a JS. Apparantly the JS is leaving more room for the TA to give perks for booking with them. If I book a balcony, they can give me $100 value and if I book a JS, they can give me around $500. What's the best bonus you've ever got by booking with a TA? And what category was your cabin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypo Posted July 10, 2007 #2 Share Posted July 10, 2007 8 bottles of wine in a junior suite. Plus a Royal Romance package, special breakfast in bed menu one morning, chocolate covered strawberries, formal picture and silver picture frame, canapes two evenings. I think that was all. (After drinking the 8 bottles of wine things became a little fuzzy:rolleyes: ) Hypo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseKeeper Posted July 10, 2007 #3 Share Posted July 10, 2007 $325 Obc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micknmin Posted July 10, 2007 #4 Share Posted July 10, 2007 We have three rooms booked on the Liberty for next year. They were booked during the One Day Sale a few weeks back, so we got a $100 OBC per room from RCCL. Our TA gave us an additional $200 OBC for our balcony rooms and $100 OBC for the interior room. On top of that, she is paying all of our gratuities. I was pretty happy with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legalgal Posted July 10, 2007 #5 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Free travel insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanmaria Posted July 10, 2007 #6 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I've told this story before but. . . The best bonus we've received by booking with our TA was a free upgrade from a JS to a Royal Family Suite on our January 2007 Grandeur sailing. I called the day I was making the final payment and inquired about possible free upgrades. The TA called back after speaking with RCI and offered the free upgrade. It was a great suite and an offer that will probably never be repeated for us! We are now spoiled and had to book two connecting D1s on our upcoming Mariner cruise just to come close to what we had in the RFS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisysheridan Posted July 11, 2007 #7 Share Posted July 11, 2007 :mad: Nothing! I am definitely going to pay close attention to this thread!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue L Posted July 11, 2007 #8 Share Posted July 11, 2007 All I have gotten was lousy TA's. If I could find some like the above I might consider using one. I wish recommendations of TA's were allowed. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaileeh Posted July 11, 2007 #9 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Up comming cruise, $200.00 pp OBC (cat E1 cabin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruisegirl6 Posted July 11, 2007 #10 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Using the same travel cruise agent for the past 7 years got nothing!!!! I will be using Royal Caribbean directly from now on, at least I will have control over my reservations if I need to make changes and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT Posted July 11, 2007 #11 Share Posted July 11, 2007 :mad: Nothing! I am definitely going to pay close attention to this thread!! Me too, Jenni. I have used the same TA for several years, sent him several clients (thousands of dollars) and even have my onboard bookings transferred to him. I've never received anything, but him telling me what a great client I am. I do all the leg work before I call...know what cabin I want, etc. Really, I am "easy money"!:D I'm thinking 1-800-New-TA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris2597 Posted July 11, 2007 #12 Share Posted July 11, 2007 We also booked the recent WOW sale and got a reduced dep, 100 obc, and the TA offered pre paid gratuities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeavacation Posted July 11, 2007 #13 Share Posted July 11, 2007 We have three rooms booked on the Liberty for next year. They were booked during the One Day Sale a few weeks back, so we got a $100 OBC per room from RCCL. Our TA gave us an additional $200 OBC for our balcony rooms and $100 OBC for the interior room. On top of that, she is paying all of our gratuities. I was pretty happy with that! I am a TA and I would love to know how they offered an extra $200 OBC! :confused: Unless they had group space blocked and used the points to offer a great OBC. Commission on cruises is so small now that we don't get much more than $200 total (remember it's only paid on cruise fare - not total cruise cost) - for balcony cabins. So - good for you, I'm glad you got that great offer!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanmaria Posted July 11, 2007 #14 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I guess I'm in the minority. I love my TA - he has come through for me on every booking. We call him often and I'm sure we bug him to death, changing cabin selections and inquiring about the latest price reductions and OBC specials. So far, no reason to jump ship (so to speak) and book directly. He has always gone to bat for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreewayFortune Posted July 11, 2007 #15 Share Posted July 11, 2007 We love our TA she always does a great job finding us the best deals possible. She only gives us free wine and things like coffee mugs and stuff. But we feel like we are visiting a friend when we go to talk to her. Her company gives airmiles and now if any of her clients don't have airmiles she uses our number and gets us the extra points:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mother of twins Posted July 11, 2007 #16 Share Posted July 11, 2007 we didn't get anything either,,,,i'll have to do some asking for friends that us her alot for travel and see if they get something...good question!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruisegirl6 Posted July 11, 2007 #17 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I got nothing just got off the Liberty of the Seas with a group booking of 15 people and got not one thing from her. That tells me its time to loose her and go on my own. Disappointed as family members made comments she made a nice commission on all our rooms not to give us a bottle of wine for dinner is purely cheap on her part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreewayFortune Posted July 11, 2007 #18 Share Posted July 11, 2007 we didn't get anything either,,,,i'll have to do some asking for friends that us her alot for travel and see if they get something...good question!:) Are the dogs your twins? They are very cute:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseMor Posted July 11, 2007 #19 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Free Travel Insurance including our airline tickets with an inside PR cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unowho6 Posted July 11, 2007 #20 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Been using the same travel agent for 25 years. When booking any holiday she gives me $200 cash after final payment. Not much room for her to work on a cruise but I get great service and I can call her from anywhere in the world and she will fix any problem that comes up. I have got some great sell off prices for other holidays over the years, the best would have been 6 or 7 years ago, a free condo in Hawaii for 2 weeks, all I had to do was buy airfare for the wife and I. I like having a good agent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreewayFortune Posted July 11, 2007 #21 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Been using the same travel agent for 25 years. When booking any holiday she gives me $200 cash after final payment. Not much room for her to work on a cruise but I get great service and I can call her from anywhere in the world and she will fix any problem that comes up. I have got some great sell off prices for other holidays over the years, the best would have been 6 or 7 years ago, a free condo in Hawaii for 2 weeks, all I had to do was buy airfare for the wife and I. I like having a good agent! yes my TA will fix any problem if we call her too. She gives us her schedule before we leave and we know who else to speak to if she's not there. I like having a good agent too:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddcan Posted July 11, 2007 #22 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I got 2 fridge magnets with her name and phone number on them. Oh yeah, and $150 OBC with a balcony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riteonglor Posted July 11, 2007 #23 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Everyone that got something is lucky. I booked 2 JS with an online travel agent for Nov. on Freedom of the Sea's and she offered nothing. Will have to get a different agent next time or do it directly with FOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akayf Posted July 11, 2007 #24 Share Posted July 11, 2007 The online agency we used to book our 8/19 cruise included free prepaid gratuities if you booked a balcony or suite...so we booked a balcony...we owuld have booked one anyway but it was a nice little extra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticks1 Posted July 11, 2007 #25 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Me too, Jenni. I have used the same TA for several years, sent him several clients (thousands of dollars) and even have my onboard bookings transferred to him. I've never received anything, but him telling me what a great client I am. I do all the leg work before I call...know what cabin I want, etc. Really, I am "easy money"!:D I'm thinking 1-800-New-TA That sounds like me, the easy money part anyway. I do all of the research beforehand and usually she learns something new from me each time I book something. This time when switching from Carnival to RCI she learned about the oversized balcony on the aft corner E1 cabins. I have my current one booked with her and last year booked 4 cabins for 1 cruise for all of my family, booked a Vegas trip that I took last week and have inquired about a Disney vacation for February as soon as the 2008 rates come out. I have not received anything from her so far. :( On my first cruise with another TA I received a bottle of champagne and a photo coupon but I suspect that was group booking perks rather than a gift from the TA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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