Question about cruise booking?

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sally b

You will get the best rate by booking now. If the price goes down, you will get the lower rate if you get a good agent to keep track or you can watch yourself and call. I am more concerned about your surgery a month before sailing. What if there are complications, or it needs to be reschedule, etc.? You can buy travel insurance but it usually won't cover a pre-exisiting condition. If you would like help with your planning, feel free to call me with your questions. I am a cruise specialist and have been on over 30 cruises.
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4hman

I just looked for rates for next month (Mar 2009) and for Oct 2009. 3-nights to the Bahamas from FL (Miami), at Cruises.com, where rates for an Ocean View cabin avgeraged $740. p/p, with air from Pittsburgh, for either month. Taxes were not included. If your cabin accomodations are for a balcony or suite your current price of $1000. p/p is not out of line especially if it includes taxes.

Often times we arrange our own air through the travel agent and it is usually less cost. We usually also fly down to FL a day early, especially in winter, to insure that we won't miss the ship. That does add about $150 for a hotel however. Even so it is often cheaper, especially if you get an internet special at Southwest when it first becomes available.

If you are planning to buy trip insurance you can usually get that from the travel agency at a lower cost than that charged by the cruise line. However if you use the cruise line air package it's probably best to buy their insurance as well. Then if there's a problem with the air portion of the package there'll be less problems.

Finally if you haven't travelled much and don't have a travel agent you know well, I suggest you ask friends, family or co-workers who are experienced travellers to recommend one to you.

Best of luck. Enjoy your cruise.

Bedford S

Bargains are to be had in October. If your cruise is for 7 days and includes airfare $1000.00 per person is a good price. Of course length of cruise and where you are flying from and to is not given.

David L

for all my cruise information and bookings i use www.vacationstogo.com i find there website very good to find information and great prices, especially last minute deals. also i find their experienced staff very helpful when i call them

palmyrafan

You will be traveling during a time when it is popular to go to the Bahamas and on 2 very nice cruise lines.

In order to help you decide I would visit the Carnival Cruise website and Norwegian Cruise Line website (www.ncl.com) and check out what the ships are and if they have the amenities that you are seeking. Even on a short cruise it would still be nice to check out the rules for embarking, luggage, etc. for when you are on the ship.

You can also check out the different cruise reviews on the net to help you decide.

Have fun!

Arnold

October is a really good time to get cruises to that area, cheap. Hurricanes occur at that time, which explains the price differential. Not that I'm saying don't go. GO! That's a really good.deal. My wife and I are looking at a Bahamas 5 day from Miami on Oct. 8.

dryann93

I would definetely book now!

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