Taxes, fees & port expense question

[royal girl]

I was pricing out my upcoming cruise on the Royal Caribbean website to see if the price went down any and I noticed that in the "breakdown of the cost" the taxes, fees and port expenses are listed as $182.33 per person.

 

Now I just looked at my cruise package details from my travel agent and for the taxes, fees and port expenses it has $309.88 per person.

 

Why would there be such a big difference in the cost of these things from the RCI website and my TA for the same cruise?? :eek:

 

With my TA, I have gratuities and insurances included in the price of my cruise, but that wouldn't affect the taxes, fees & port charges, would it?

[Clarea]

I was pricing out my upcoming cruise on the Royal Caribbean website to see if the price went down any and I noticed that in the "breakdown of the cost" the taxes, fees and port expenses are listed as $182.33 per person.

 

Now I just looked at my cruise package details from my travel agent and for the taxes, fees and port expenses it has $309.88 per person.

 

Why would there be such a big difference in the cost of these things from the RCI website and my TA for the same cruise?? :eek:

 

With my TA, I have gratuities and insurances included in the price of my cruise, but that wouldn't affect the taxes, fees & port charges, would it?

The travel agent displays the cruise costs in a different way, but the total price should be the same. The agent removes NCFs (non-commisionable fees) from the cruise price and lumps them in with taxes and fees. So you should see a lower cruise fare and higher taxes with the agent, but the sum of those should be the same as what is shown on Royal's website.

Edited April 22, 2014 by clarea

[royal girl]

Oh, I see. Thank you for explaining that!