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NEED TO KNOW’s BEFORE PLANNING A CRUISE

Please consider the following information before purchasing a cruise:

A well planned cruise requires serious research, then a close review of the options presented by that research.  To spend thousands of dollars on a cruise package without a clear understanding of what you are buying – and why… is financial insanity.

Many cruise travelers do not take the time (or have any idea how) to properly plan a cruise.  As a result, many travelers have a poor cruise experience, and never cruise again!

What could go wrong? 

Three common negative outcomes: 

  • The actual cruise experience is nothing like what the consumer imagined (actual experience ranges from disappointing to rather unpleasant).
  • Consumers encounter unanticipated buget-busting hidden expenses after they depart on their cruise… turning what seemed like a great deal into a financial disaster.
  • Consumers discover (the hard way) that any cruise-option choice they did not make (or did not know they could make)… becomes a choice the cruise line makes for them.  The result:  Many cruise travelers fail to get the onboard experience they desired or the cruise travel experience they dreamed of!

Cruise lines (and literally every other online travel site that sells cruises) all market cruises to travelers as a simple retail commodity that consumers can choose off a menu.

However, the reality is that consumers who purchase cruises online or by phone are unwittingly volunteering to become victims of a subtle marketing scam!  Consumers who buy cruises off someone’s menu – are buying their travel blind (they really do not know what they are buying!).

Online cruise sites, cruise lines, and cruise agent resellers do not consider consumer needs and wants beyond what it takes to close the sale… they just offer consumers cruise choices off their menu (choices the seller believes the consumer is likely to buy – blindly).

The few real "choices" cruise companies and cruise resellers do present – are always part of an "upsell" of some type (like tours, stateroom upgrades, restaurant packages, drink packages, and other add-ons)… and often these "choices" are presented only after a commitment to buy!

Why do consumers buy their cruises this way, and why do cruise agents and cruise lines sell cruises this way? 

An agent who plans and books a cruise which reflects and respects client needs/wants, and researches all available options to insure on a safe, reliable cruise outcome at a good price point… will spend a lot of time doing so!

Few professional cruise agents – and no cruise line sales representative… will invest the time this requires.  Why?  Because they are selling widgets… not providing travel services!  All they want to do is close the sale… and as quickly as possible!

How does CM TRAVEL 4FUN plan and book cruises?

First, your CM TRAVEL 4FUN agent always invests a minimum of 3 to 5 hours of research just to come up with a preliminary set of viable cruise options (matching traveler interests, needs, and wants).  Only after this research will a CM TRAVEL 4FUN agent present a set of preliminary cruise options to a client. 

Next, after traveler preferences are clarified and defined, the agent will invest still more hours of research (and follow-up client communications) to design the best possible cruise experience the client’s travel budget will allow.  

Then the agent will spend still more time researching available cruise supplier/consolidators to find and lock-in the best available price for the specific cruise plan the traveler has chosen.

Last, the agent creates an individualized ticketing set detailing all aspects of the client’s cruise travel plan from start to finish (door-to-door including cruise ticketing, guides, advisories and maps, plus all included transfers, tours, hotels, airfare, rail, and more).

The outcome is a turn-key cruise travel experience for the client.  An easy, fun, stress-free cruise booking experience… followed by an easy, fun, relaxed cruise experience.  Perfect!

Best of all, like all travel CM TRAVEL 4FUN arranges, the cruise package created almost always costs the same or ess than the same package booked by the the consumer!

ANYONE CAN ADVERTISE AND SELL CRUISE RESERVATIONS.

A CM TRAVEL 4FUN CRUISE AGENT PLANS AND EXECUTES THE EXACT CRUISE EXPERIENCE TRAVELERS WANT.

Successful cruise travel plans are created, not sold.  Cruises are not widgets that can be purchased off a menu!

Use our EZ Planner to start planning your next cruise with a CM TRAVEL 4FUN agent today… then enjoy the safe, truly incredible cruise of your dreams we will provide.


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