Are you contemplating a travel vacation and don't know how to get the best deal? Online shopping for cruise deals, travel deals and vacation packages should be your first thought.
When shopping for vacation packages or cruise and travel vacations, many people are reluctant to deal with online merchants or even offer their email address for price quotes. Let's look at this last item.
You search online for a specific cruise or vacation. You find a link that looks interesting. Clicking on the link takes you to a merchant. You plug in the parameters of your preferred travel vacation. Then the unthinkable happens. You're asked to provide your e-mail address! Oh no!
Relax. What's the worst case scenario? You will perhaps receive an e-mail requesting a little more information regarding your preferred cruise or vacation. After having given the answers requested, you will receive a quotation for your cruise or travel vacation package. You may even receive specials and updates from the merchant to keep you up to date with special cruise and travel deals. Is this so bad? If you do receive subsequent special offers, you may just find your preferred vacation on sale! What's wrong with that?
Now let's deal with the first item. You have received your quote for the cruise or vacation of choice. Again, let's look at the worst case scenario. You still do not want to deal online (although why, I can't imagine). You can then go to your "brick and mortar" cruise or travel agency armed with information and a very tight budget (remember, you already have a quote for your cruise vacation). This places you in an excellent bargaining position. You have received a couple of quotes online, and know what the best deal online is. Now you can "work over" the "brick and mortar" cruise agent. If you don't get a better or equal quotation for your cruise or vacation you still have the opportunity to purchase online. Not bad, eh?
Another definite advantage to at least pricing cruises and vacations online is that you get to do it on your time, in your own home or office without the sales pressure sometimes inflicted by face to face quotations. You also have all the time you need to browse through the myriad of cruise and vacation opportunities to get the travel getaway the best suits your needs and desires.
We have all heard of the nightmares that some vacationers have had with travel agents and agencies. There are "scam artists" in virtually every business. You are no more guaranteed that a travel agency from the paper ? or even ? the yellow pages ? is any more reputable than an online merchant. Many frequent travelers deal online because they feel that they can get the best deals on cruises and vacations. And they can get them in "real time" directly from the cruiselines, vacation package companies, and airlines.
The next time you start to research a cruise or vacation package, check out the deals online. You will be happy that you did.
For more information regarding online cruise shopping, cruise deals and vacation packages, check out some of our articles that are indexed on the Site Map pages. To check out the best cruise deals, look for our merchant links on our website main pages or our Discount Cruises home page. Compare the values. Choose the cruise vacation package that best suits you. Book your cruise online and get excited!
Brian A Schmidt is the author and web publisher of a1-discount-cruises.com your #1 source for cruise information, discounts and great deals! Visit http://www.a1-discount-cruises.com to book your fabulous romantic gift cruise vacation! For more interesting articles visit our Article Map pages.
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