Monday, December 8, 2014

Check Your Booked Travel Plans for Lower Prices



I am in the planning and booking stages of an Alaskan cruise next summer. I booked my cruise a couple months ago.  I enjoy reviewing the excursions that the cruise lines offer as a way of getting ideas. I rarely book excursions with the cruise line, but they do have great ideas. Anyway, while doing some excursion research, I found myself pricing out my same cruise again.




Did you know that cruises have best price guarantees? Well, when I searched my cruise, I found that the price was $150 less than when I booked, and they were offering $100 in onboard credit. I immediately got on the phone with Royal Caribbean. After about 10 minutes of speaking with an RC agent, I had my cruise re-priced and had my onboard credit. $250 savings for 10 minutes on the phone. That’ s one heck of an hourly rate.




The trick is that travel providers know that most of their clients will not check and re-check pricing, so re-pricing at the best price guarantee rarely is necessary. I know that everyone does not have infinite available time to check their booked travel plans, but as you can see, there are some significant savings that can be had.

And so, here’s the message, if you do have the time, check if there’s a better price.

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