Online Cruise Bookings

[gettingmarried]

Any advice on which online booking websites offer the best deals and are efficient?

[Cruzman]

Unfortunately, board rules disallow any discussion of specific travel agencies. There are some good ones however, that advertise on this board.

[ehfl]

Just book through your cruise line's web site. That way, you avoid the agravation and finger-pointing that often happens when you use a middleman. Just read all the travel agent nightmare stories here on the forums. The most you can get from a TA is some kind of on board credit, but you can get those anyway through all the loyalty programs the cruise lines have.

[cathi]

A good TA can help first time cruisers cut through the forest and be an invaluable tool to use in planning your cruise. You just have to find a TA that will work with you. It's hard to yell at the computer when something goes wrong!

[cherylandtk]

And some cruiselines allow TA's to discount--on those you can almost always get a better price from a TA than the cruiseline.