Cruise prices - how to get a good deal

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#1787254 24-May-2017 08:57

Absolutely good points. Quite a difference between a local 3 night booze cruise and spending weeks at sea.

Parents have just begun a 'SKI' holiday with Princess Cruises that won't see them home for over two months!

People often mistake me for an adult because of my age.

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#1787307 24-May-2017 10:29

The cruise was chosen by itinerary and it's Norwegian which should suit us as they have a more casual atmosphere according to cruisecritic expert review.

Seem to be a ton of NZ companies claiming to be cruise experts. Any other recommendations for agents?

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#1787364 24-May-2017 11:52

More practical discussions is watch for the hidden costs.

Things like the cut you have to pay for the help, Gratuities from memory.

eg:http://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=2031

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#1787387 24-May-2017 12:28

Another good point. With Princess you can have the automatic gratuities disabled. I think for NZ/AU cruises they were already disabled in the system.

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#1787454 24-May-2017 13:56

Stu: Another good point. With Princess you can have the automatic gratuities disabled. I think for NZ/AU cruises they were already disabled in the system.

This is not a cruise ex NZ/AU

With NCL you can pay gratuities and taxes upfront or onboard. The Air NZ quoted costs include them, the others do not

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#1791669 30-May-2017 11:53

Some folks from Australia on the CruiseCritic forums have used overseas travel agents to access better deals than are offered in their region

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#1799030 13-Jun-2017 07:26

I've narrowed it to two:

Cruiseabout. NZ company part of the flightcentre group. They can do Cruise + flights

CruiseVacationOutlet. US company. Can only do the cruise portion

Need to park this for now, will come back to it Sep/Oct (travel is in 2018).

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#2014477 12-May-2018 07:02

Gemini:

I've narrowed it to two:

Cruiseabout. NZ company part of the flightcentre group. They can do Cruise + flights

CruiseVacationOutlet. US company. Can only do the cruise portion

Need to park this for now, will come back to it Sep/Oct (travel is in 2018).

Ok trying again now but will be different travel dates

CruiseVacationOutlet is cheapest (but not GST amount of -15%)

CruiseSaleFinder is a bit more

CruiseAbout is the most

Planning on booking Mon or Tue!

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