What's the better deal? Take the 10% rebook discount, or on board credits from a travel agent.

[DSLRuser]

Looking to do Disney Rome 7 day June 2024. Will be on the wish in 2 weeks and plan on pre booking for the 10% discount.

But I also know travel agents have some on board credits or discounts.

I hate letting control go and prefer to do it myself, but a deal is a deal.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Looking to do Disney Rome 7 day June 2024. Will be on the wish in 2 weeks and plan on pre booking for the 10% discount.

But I also know travel agents have some on board credits or discounts.

I hate letting control go and prefer to do it myself, but a deal is a deal.

You could book onboard and then transfer the reservation to a TA and benefit from both. That said, be aware that some TAs will reduce their perks for a transferred reservation, but it still could be a good deal.

 

[auntlynne]

You do realize you will not be booking a specific cruise while onboard? Basically, you are buying a discount - and a reduced deposit (longer cruises) when you pick your destination.

You just get a Reservation #. Then you call DCL (or a Travel Agent) to make specific cruise plans - date, ship, …

It should not be an either/ or. Other than either you control everything you can OR you let someone else deal with Disney on the phone.

I also have a hard time not managing the details.

 

[lanejudy]

Transfer the placeholder to a TA within 30 days, then book through the TA. You’ll get the 10% discount plus any perks from the TA.

 

[Princesca]

We just had our TA make the placeholder booking. When you buy the placeholder you can give them a TA to attach to the reservation I think.

 

[Mrlogboy]

Transfer the placeholder to a TA within 30 days, then book through the TA. You’ll get the 10% discount plus any perks from the TA.

This is what I do and ger full perks

 

[lanejudy]

We just had our TA make the placeholder booking. When you buy the placeholder you can give them a TA to attach to the reservation I think.

You can only assign a TA if they booked the current cruise. Otherwise it must be transferred.

This is what I do and ger full perks

"Full perks" or less will depend on the TA. DCL pays less commission on transfers, so some TAs are not able to offer full perks.

 

[ArtemisPhoenix]

Since your TA perks are usually based on the amount you spend on your cruise, it depends a bit. But most of them don’t usually give you more than 10% of the cruise cost as your OB credit. Your best bet is to take the 10% discount and then the reduced TA perk (the TA I use gives half the OB credit if I transfer the booking to her rather than book direct). I think the last cruise I booked was going to be $300 ON credit if I booked direct on a $6000 cruise. 10% of $6000 is $600, so even just taking the 10% on that would have been better than booking direct. Once I transferred it, I would still have saved the $600, plus she would give me half the OB credit which is $150, resulting in a $750 savings as opposed to just $300 for booking direct. It may vary depending on the cruise cost and your TA benefits, but in general, just from a math perspective, you’ll do better booking onboard and transferring to your TA afterward.

 

[Bonnie1222]

We book with a TA. When we purchase a Place Holder it automatically goes under our TA's name. Then she books our next cruise using the place holder