Cruise "Consolidators"?
 

Greetings,<BR>I live in a small town with only a couple of travel agencies. While they will book cruises, they don’t deal in volume. I was trying to get information on large travel agencies that specialize in cruises – consolidators. The only ones I could find are Liberty and World Cruises. Any others I might try. I’m looking for a bargain on a Panama Canal cruise in the March ’02 time frame. Thanks. Greg <BR>

Greg: Do some shopping around. Just because an agency is large doesn't always assure you the best price. I have dealt with mytravelco.com before and after checking around, I found much better prices elsewhere with cruise-only agencys 1/10th the size.<BR>Shopping around and getting prices on the same cruise will show you, just make sure that you are comparing the same ship, same category cabin, etc. etc.<BR>Good Luck!

Greg: Try cruise411.com, I had a good experience with them. Generally the best price and they performed as well or better than a travel agent.

Try cruisevalue.com - they have great prices.

I use Nancy Bogert with Cruise Planners. Here is her info:<BR><BR>(570) 323-0112<BR>(800) 561-0802 [toll free]<BR><BR>She is associated with a large Cruise Only travel agency, she is a MCC (cruise specialist), she discounts all of her cruises and her customer service is the best I have ever encountered.<BR><BR>I highly recommend her. I have referred several to her with great results.

Try icruises.com or buycruises.com<BR>Their prices are very reasonable.