Rare nattie Posted February 18, 2014 #1 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Normally I would have just searched for this, bur can't find where that function disappeared? In any case, I have booked Thanksgiving cruise on Ruby on Princess site. I am planning to monitor price drops etc. and upgrade as available. I was wondering if I should cancel and book through travel agent? The price difference is about $170 for the same type room with no additional perks (lower through agent on *************). I normally book with agent, but its tedious to request upgrades etc., it was so much easier with our last cruise when I dealt with Princess directly. What would you do? Any additional things I should consider aside from price to book with online cruiseagency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted February 18, 2014 #2 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Disabled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UPGrandma Posted February 18, 2014 #3 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Normally I would have just searched for this, bur can't find where that function disappeared? In any case, I have booked Thanksgiving cruise on Ruby on Princess site. I am planning to monitor price drops etc. and upgrade as available. I was wondering if I should cancel and book through travel agent? The price difference is about $170 for the same type room with no additional perks (lower through agent on *************). I normally book with agent, but its tedious to request upgrades etc., it was so much easier with our last cruise when I dealt with Princess directly. What would you do? Any additional things I should consider aside from price to book with online cruiseagency? Would the agent charge you to make any price drop happen? What other charges might they make if you ask them to make car reservations, etc? Be careful of those hidden charges. I've read (no actual experience with this) that you can just notify Princess that you want to transfer to "agent x at xyz agency" so no need to cancel and rebook if they would honor the difference that way. Another thought, how much deposit would you lose if cancel to rebook with the agency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nattie Posted February 18, 2014 Author #4 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I don't think I am losing the deposit, at least it says I get all deposit back. Another issue is I booked with a ton of FCCs and that might be an issue when cancelling? Good point on hidden fees! I am planning to upgrade by the time the cruise gets here, so will def look into the fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nattie Posted February 18, 2014 Author #5 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Disabled Do you know why? I am sure there was atopic on it... but wait, the search is disabled so can't find :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2cruise Posted February 18, 2014 #6 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Another thought, how much deposit would you lose if cancel to rebook with the agency? Just wondering why do you have to cancel and rebook:confused:? We just transferred a cruise booked thru Princess to our TA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted February 18, 2014 #7 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Do you know why? I am sure there was atopic on it... but wait, the search is disabled so can't find :) They have been working on the site, they have no idea when it will be back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted February 18, 2014 #8 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Why would you have to cancel? Any TA can take over your booking and give you their price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjack22 Posted February 18, 2014 #9 Share Posted February 18, 2014 You shouldn't have to cancel your booking. I booked initially through Princess and then a few weeks later had the booking transferred to a TA. No problem at all and all of my information such as cabin number, dining time, etc. transferred with it. I did have to email Princess a letter requesting the transfer to so-and-so agency and agent. No big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nattie Posted February 18, 2014 Author #10 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Thank you all for replies! I never thought about doing this before, so asking people "in the know" helps! :) I'll research the fees and transfer or not based on that. $177 can cover a lot of platinum lounge drinks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKman2495 Posted February 18, 2014 #11 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Maybe I'm crazy, but the search function on my computer (I mean the one that says "search cruise critic" works just fine for me....:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissDave Posted February 18, 2014 #12 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Do you know why? I am sure there was atopic on it... but wait, the search is disabled so can't find :) There is a notice at the top of all the forums regarding the search function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraP Posted February 18, 2014 #13 Share Posted February 18, 2014 They have been working on the site, they have no idea when it will be back up. I'm glad the OP said something. When I try to search prior posts is says "disabled". I thought it was me:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UPGrandma Posted February 18, 2014 #14 Share Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) Duplicate, removed by poster Edited February 18, 2014 by UPGrandma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UPGrandma Posted February 18, 2014 #15 Share Posted February 18, 2014 What is not working is the search within a forum and the ability to see "today's posts" or "new posts" I have done the CC search and google or yahoo search and have gotten to some posts, but it's much more time consuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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