The great perks that you can get out of booking with a cruise travel agent include the promotional extras that 3rd party companies will offer if you buy a cruise. Recently, Cruises Etc. was offering a $150 Amazon gift card for each cabin that you book on a 7 day cruise with Royal Caribbean. We were about to take advantage of it, but have decided to wait for the next deal (cruise coupon book with $700 worth of savings and bottle of wine).
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