Where can I book tickets for a cruise?

Cruise tourism has become a very creative tourism project in recent years, but after several years of rapid development, the market is now saturated, but it still attracts a lot of friends who like cruise and marine tourism. Where can I book tickets for the following cruises?

Cruise tourism is just a special kind of tourism. Although the way is special, in the internet age, if cruise is used as a means of transportation, its booking is slightly more complicated than train tickets and air tickets, but the procedures are also very simple.

But now the cruise ship is a special tourism product, not just a means of transportation, so there are relatively more scheduled procedures and more documents and certificates are needed.

1, booking offline

Major travel agencies can communicate face to face, place orders, pay and wait for the group to leave in shops in downtown areas and workshops in hotel lobbies.

This booking method is particularly convenient for people who are not familiar with the independent operation of the network. You can communicate face-to-face with the counter attendant about the route, the choice of cruise room, the cost composition, the arrival and destination of tourism and shopping.

Once you decide, after payment+passport submission and other procedures. Everything about customs clearance bar code, online ship value and so on will be handed over to the travel agency. You just need to wait for the departure notice, arrive at the airport on time with your luggage, arrive at the cruise terminal on time, and wait at the centralized address explained by the tour guide on time.

2. Online booking of vertical travel platform

At present, Ctrip, Qunar, Flying Pig Travel and other travel platforms all have "cruise" channels. If you are familiar with the network operation, this method is the simplest and most clear-according to your own time requirements and money, choose the route, date, voyage, destination, room and the price of the corresponding service provider on multiple platforms, and then compare the prices of the same route, flight and room on each platform.

Because the package contents of cruise products of major travel agencies in China are different and the services they can provide are different, the prices are different. In particular, some big travel agencies bought some rooms on cruise ships. In the first half of sailing, if the number of tourists doesn't reach full capacity, prices will generally be reduced and there will be a sale, and then you can "pick up the leaks".

Of course, this kind of "missing" depends on luck. Unless you are particularly free and often soak in the "cruise" channels of these platforms, there is always travel time, then this "missing" is a high probability event.

3. The cruise company's own network platform

Which cruise ship do you like? You can find his official website online or the public service number of the corresponding cruise ship through WeChat search.

Its route, date, voyage, destination, room, price, etc. Be clear at a glance. Their official accounts in official website or WeChat have customer service numbers, so if you don't understand anything, you can communicate in advance before placing an order. Ordering operation is also very simple, and there are systematic step-by-step prompts, so don't worry.

Comparative analysis of the above three ways.

The first two are dealing with travel agencies, and the difference is only online or offline. Generally speaking, travel agencies provide you with cruise service. It is very worry-free to have a tour leader, a tour guide and after-sales service, especially for those who can't speak English.

It is also very important that big travel agencies generally have air tickets from major airlines. It can save a part of the ticket money from the departure city to the city where the cruise terminal is located.

However, since people have provided you with services, they should also get some profits from you reasonably. Most of these profits are obtained by paying for entertainment activities on cruise ships and shopping at destinations. You should know this very well.

In addition, cruise tourism is especially suitable for the elderly. Good point. For the elderly over 70 years old, in order to avoid risks, the travel agency must require you to issue a health certificate from a public hospital at or above the county level and sign an exemption agreement. The older the elderly, the more demands travel agencies have, and some travel agencies even refuse to organize groups for the elderly over 80 years old.

Booking directly on the online platform of the cruise company, the cost list is simple and clear, which is a typical free travel (the destination is given by the tourist cruise, and the cruise is managed by the department, so don't worry).

Of course, you can do whatever you want, especially on a cruise ship. You may be completely disorganized and undisciplined. You can play or not, you can sleep until you wake up naturally, and you can eat whenever you want.

Most importantly, there is no age limit for the elderly when booking cruise ships in official website, and the services provided are also in place (such as various SMS reminders). Shopping and consumption on the cruise ship or at the destination are completely independent, regardless of anyone's face and not at anyone's mercy.

The disadvantage is also obvious, that is, if you book your own air ticket from the departure city to the city where the port is located, the cost is generally higher than that booked by the travel agency for you-of course, if you plan ahead and book it one or two months in advance, it may be cheaper than the travel agency.

Personally, I took a cruise abroad to Japan and South Korea several times, and went there twice with my 80+- year-old mother. I chose to book on the online platform of the cruise company. I think it's good-this is mainly reflected in the price and service.

Twice, I booked a group tour with the travel agency online. In my opinion, there is nothing better than booking directly on the online platform of the cruise company.