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Rollie 09-07-2020 10:29 AM

River Cruise
 
Thinking about doing a Viking River Cruise. Wondering if anyone knows a local travel agency that specializes in them?

Rollie

Stu from NYC 09-07-2020 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Rollie (Post 1829619)
Thinking about doing a Viking River Cruise. Wondering if anyone knows a local travel agency that specializes in them?

Rollie

Before the virus there was a local company that put on numerous seminars about them but do not remember their name. Attended one and was interesting.

Might be advertising in local paper though.

Who knows when cruises will even be back.

davem4616 09-07-2020 11:23 AM

you might give the local Triple A office over on 441 a call, they may not specialize in Viking, but they book a lot of travel for folks

we still use the TA that we have for decades...she thinks that Viking is pricey...and tells us that there are a lot of companies doing the same river cruises, just as nice and less $$$

have fun

Stu from NYC 09-07-2020 11:53 AM

One more thought.

a number of TA's do post on here and might specialize in river cruises.

Villageswimmer 09-07-2020 01:17 PM

Costco Travel. Great deals.

milling73 09-07-2020 01:21 PM

We have taken 5 Viking cruises. You dont need a travel agent to book them. Go on line or call. Once booked Viking takes care of pretty much everything. Great company.

brislenn 09-08-2020 05:15 AM

River Cruise Response
 
I agree with others, Viking is pricey. We go with Overseas Adventure Travel OAT) and Grand Circle Travel ( GCT). Same type of ship, cheaper, and a great adventure. If you would like more information, you are invited to send me an email at Brislenn@aol.com.

rjn5656 09-08-2020 05:19 AM

River cruise
 
We enjoyed V iking from Amsterdam to Budapest. Check them all, see what you get (tours, meals, drinks, etc. ) We plan on doing a Viking ocean cruise in Norway in fall 21 and would conside a Viking Panama Canal in the future. AAA did our Amsterdam trip for us.

palasmith 09-08-2020 05:24 AM

Viking cruises
 
I have taken 6 Viking cruises, to include Ocean and river. I have booked directly with Viking.
It’s worth the cost. Ships are smaller than most others and more intimate Ships are beautiful and an excursion is included in every port.

wsachs 09-08-2020 06:01 AM

We did the Viking Grand Cruise for 15 days between Amsterdam and Budapest. They had many discounts on the cruise and airfare from DTW. It was great. Food, trips, size of room. Don't know other lines, but Viking is the top as far as I'm concerned. Their ratings show it too.

Marykschulz 09-08-2020 06:13 AM

We did one a couple of years ago and just booked through the Viking company. They were very helpful.

thevillager1988 09-08-2020 06:22 AM

We used kevins@cruiseweb.com +1 (240) 485-1118 to book our river cruise. He deals with all the various lines (not just Viking). We find that using Kevin saves us money and aggravation. He is excellent.

vinricci 09-08-2020 06:31 AM

We’ve Ocean cruised numerous times, thought we’d try Viking. Very disappointed. They just don’t know how to handle more than 400 passengers IMO. Food was luke warm on way too many occasions. Entertainment sparse. Nice new ship. Also we found out from another passenger with 10 cruises that they don’t have a loyalty program.

4glori 09-08-2020 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Rollie (Post 1829619)
Thinking about doing a Viking River Cruise. Wondering if anyone knows a local travel agency that specializes in them?

Rollie

We did a long ocean cruise with them. They spoiled us for any other cruise line. 😊. I did see in today’s paper that there is a Viking seminar at the Cline Executive Suites on Sept 11. 352-278-1595. You will love Viking. We have a river cruise booked already

Stu from NYC 09-08-2020 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by vinricci (Post 1829975)
We’ve Ocean cruised numerous times, thought we’d try Viking. Very disappointed. They just don’t know how to handle more than 400 passengers IMO. Food was luke warm on way too many occasions. Entertainment sparse. Nice new ship. Also we found out from another passenger with 10 cruises that they don’t have a loyalty program.

Wow didnt know that there was a cruise line out there without a loyalty program. Wonder why?


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