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Globe and Mail. 1989
Cruise Notes
Wallace Immen
Discounts lurk below water line
A wave of new cruise ships coming into service this year is flooding the market with specials.
With thousands of new cabins to fill, every cruise line is offering deals. There are two-for-one specials, and so many discounts and special fares they could fill a book, but you won't see a lot of them in print. Many of these fares aren't being advertised because the cruise lines don't want to appear to have a shortage of customers.
The bottom line is: No one should pay the brochure price for a cruise, advises Mary Jean Trankina, president of the largest cruise-only travel agency in Canada, The Cruise Professionals, Ltd. of Mississauga. There are incredible bargains in cruises to Bermuda, Europe and the Caribbean, she adds. Even popular itineraries to Alaska, Scandinavia and Russia are cheaper that similar cruises last year.
Her advice is to go with a large agency because some special fares are only available to top-producing cruise agencies who are not allowed to advertise them.
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