Cascade1

We did Hawaii round trip from Sydney 35 days a couple of years ago pre-pandemic. Good cruise. While we have done a few cruises which have included USA ports we will not do USA again due to the travel insurance costs - over $1,000 extra just to include USA. Yes, I costed out a few comparable European cruises (length of cruise etc) and the travel insurance was over $1,000 less for Europe.

You may be able to shed some light on this. Sometime ago I was told that these Cruise Planners are only Travel Agents who have contracted with Princess to act on their behalf and are therefore not actually Princess staff. I can't be sure but maybe that's part of the problem????

Unless I am doing something extensive in addition to a cruise, I usually just make the booking on-line with Princess myself. If there is anything major in addition to the cruise I may use a Travel Agent. Having booked on-line with Princess myself, if anything pops up like a price reduction etc. I just call Princess and they have always honoured the reduced price. Maybe I am missing something, but what can a Holiday Planner really do for you that I can't do myself?

Personally I think these Princess Cruise Holiday Planners are a dead loss. Never once has mine responded to my emails. He loves sending Princess emails through to me but he just ignores mine. I have sent him two emails in the past 3 weeks without any reply. Last year was the same. I refuse to deal at all with him now.

Please help. I don't seem to be able to delete any of my Saved Cruises from my profile on the Princess website. Years ago I used to be able to, but I can't now. Would appreciate any help.