cruisecompete

[elva]

wow i just signed up with cruisecompete (on top of most pages here) and its 8pm central put in 2 cruises i wanted rates for and so far in like 10 minutes have had 4 "deals".

the rates given are less then what i found searching cruise/travel sites all day.

i am impressed.

not even finished typing this and just got another rate. wow

[JoeyandDavid]

Hey Elva i am so glad they are working well for you!!

[jacketwatch]

Good! Personally I have never used CC. I have received quotes from them however and they are indeed well below the usual on-line engines such as Yahoo!, travelocity, etc. In fact CC was about the same as Costco whom I usually use. Their price for our June cruise in the Baltic was about $700.00 less (for 3 ) than the aforementioned sites. Yeah!

[JoeyandDavid]

[/size]Really?

[jacketwatch]

Absolutely. Our Costco price was $5954.00 for a category BC cabin. Check the link below to see what Yahoo! quotes.

http://cruises.travel.yahoo.net/CBE/Forms/...135&slxx=138199

We have used Costco every yr. except one since 2001 have always got the best price there. We used a local TA in 2002 for our first cruise. In 2001 her price for an air/hotel package to Fiji was, and you won't believe this, $750.00 more PER PERSON than Costcos. I do believe this was a once in a lifetime deal however. Similarly in 2004 we used Costco for a land/car package to the BI and there price for the same hotel we wanted WITH a daily breakfast was less that all others WITHOUT a daily breakfast. The hotel was the Marriott Waikoloa BTW.

Well the price didn't show but it was $6604.00 for the same BC accomodation.

[JoeyandDavid]

Isn't that funny wow I had no idea... thanks for the info..[/size]

[jacketwatch]

You're welcome. I hope you find this useful someday. BTW Sams has a travel club as well but there price for the upcoming Baltic cruise was about $175.00 more than Costcos.

[JoeyandDavid]

well they are both sam walton arent they .. no maybe not

[teacp]

No Joey Sam' club is Sam Walton

[Dan]

No, Costco and Sam's aren't the same company.

I checked with Cruise Compete for our cruise last January, and didn't get anything lower than what our TA got. Plus my TA threw in some perks for us as well.