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Old 04-16-2025, 05:44 AM
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Originally Posted by FloridaGuy66 View Post
In most cases, you're only going to get marginal savings (if any) booking through a third-party. The cruise lines structure their deals to third parties in such a way that you can't really compare apples to apples. Usually the third party travel agents will only be able to get you "upgrades" or "cashback" but when you compare the full bottom line to booking through the cruiseline it will usually end up being the same.
The devil is in the details. We have found that third party insurers were the way to go for cruises and other trips. (Check out Allianz). Since we travel 3-4 times per year, an annual policy definitely provides more for less money. While we haven’t had to use it yet, it seems to be the prudent thing to do at our age.
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