There was a time when scoring last minute cruise deals meant relying on cruise companies and travel agents.
Don’t get me wrong, travel agents are still very much an integral part of finding those last minute cruise deals however, with the internet now well and truly entrenched as a part of our every day landscape, cruise bargain hunters have never had it so good.
Scoring last minute deals is all about planning, patience, being flexible and being kept informed and it’s the latter which we’ll concentrate on in this article.
Being Kept Up-To-Date
Travel agents in general provide a great service; just get on the phone and ask them to find you a great deal on a vacation somewhere at a specific price and more often than not, they’ll find it for you.
Online services let you act as self-serving travel agents in a sense with specialist sites allowing you to enter specific information such as time, date and place of travel and with the click of your mouse, you are presented with any number of choices for your chosen time of travel.
It couldn’t get any easier! But how effective is this in locating last minute cruise deals?
Planning And Flexibility
Good question and this is where planning and flexibility come in. Yes, you can plan for last minute deals and if you have the flexibility in your work schedule to take off at a minute’s notice then finding your cruise online is a great way to go.
Remember, these sites specialize in finding and sourcing specials and one of the best ways to stay informed is by joining their newsletter lists.
This is an extremely effective method of not only knowing what’s on offer but also what’s coming up over the horizon. It’s all part of the planning stage and means you don’t have to “play Russian roulette” and hope there will be a cruise to suit you available when you want it.
Many websites also offer alert services which involves entering some details about the time, place and length of the cruise you’re interested in and when a match is found you are simply alerted. Finding last minute cruise deals has never been easier!
