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The Deal to End All Deals

Published Wednesday, January 9th 2013

The Deal to End All Deals

Great News!! We have a fabulous new offer for new bookings in a balcony cabin or higher on the 09-20-13 Celebrity Reflection in which you get to choose from two of the following three amenities:

1. Free Beverage Package: Receive Classic Bev. Pack for two (includes gratuities) valued at $880

2. Free Prepaid Gratuities: Receive prepaid gratuities for two valued at $230

3. Shipboard Credit: Receive cabin shipboard credit of $300

Note: The Classic Beverage Package is only applicable to the first and second guests in a stateroom, and includes:

• select beers up to $5 per serving

• Spirits, cocktails, wine up to $8 per serving

• Fountain soda selections

• Fresh squeezed and bottled juices

• Premium coffees, teas, and non-premium bottled water

• Gratuities are included

Now, this deal is so great that it is not combinable with any prior offer. The best deal is to select the Free Beverage Package and the Shipboard Credit, which is a total value of $1180. Combine that with our $1602 cabin savings over the current Celebrity price for an overall savings of $2782 for booking through our agency. This value is incredible, but won't last long, so please make the refundable deposit by January 20th to ensure you receive this fabulous value.

This special applies to many European sailings. If you want to sail in the Caribbean you may choose one of the above specials on sailings of 3 nights or longer. Call Land and Cruise for more information. Valid on sailings through April 2014!!!

New American Express Perks

Published Wednesday, April 6th 2011

Introducing New Travel Benefits for Platinum and Centurion!

There are three new and exciting Travel Benefits launching in April 2011 for our Platinum and Centurion Card members! Here are the highlights:

...more good reasons to use AMEX

It's Not Your Grandmother's Cruise Anymore!!!

Published Wednesday, March 30th 2011

Why use a travel agent???

Published Friday, March 18th 2011

Travel has certainly evolved...a long time ago, you needed a printed ticket to get on an airplane and you probably got it from a travel agent. Now you buy online and there is no ticket, just a number. Not all that long ago, you needed special printed travel documents to go on a extended land or cruise vacation and you picked them up at an office. Now you don't need those either and you probably don't visit your travel agent's office very often, if you even have one. Traveling meant being prepared with a trip to the library, book store and travel agency office for information. Now we click, goggle and surf our way to expert status without leaving home.

We can easily book most travel options without a travel agent. That's a fact. The big question though is: Should we?

All types of travel, from land vacations to cruises, have been made available to click-and-book.

Where travel agents have the most visible value is being there for travelers when something goes wrong. But luckily, that does not happen all that much so those who are comfortable with the click-and-book method accept what they feel is a minor risk.

Most Importantly (and frankly more commonly), travel agents can offer great value that travelers could not get on their own.

Value added by travel agents will generally translate to lower prices, complimentary upgrades, bonus amenities, and other good things down the line, after booking. AFTER BOOKING is the unknown, difficult-to-measure factor that eludes many travelers.

Odds are up-front pricing on many elements of a travel purchase will be the similar or the same from one source or agent to another. Even compared to the service provider, be that an airline, car rental agency, tour company or cruise line, pricing is similar.

Or so it seems.

That similarity in price is misleading and causes those with even a minimal online booking comfort level to say "What do I need this middleman for? I can do this myself."

True, today we can do it ourselves. Do we save money? In the long run, probably not. Anything we can find online, travel agents can find too. They can also monitor pricing, and economic, social, or weather-related concerns that might affect your travel.

The big advantage is a professional travel agent will have all the information you need to make the most of your vacation. Perhaps that would be links to critical websites, basic but required literature on destinations or merely making sure all the T's are crossed and the I's dotted.

Critical to your vacation success, your travel agent considers the act of booking the beginning of the transaction, not the end like the result of click-to-book internet only methods. Once you have paid, you are done with the click-to-book internet only way. Now all you have to do is make it to the airport on time for that flight and that is the end of it.

In today's world, prices, availability and even the nature of travel are changing at a rapid pace. Websites update pricing and availability but offer little or no hope of passing new benefits available after the sale along to travelers. Click-to-book internet only methods are pretty much done with you after payment is made, you can't make a change or fix a mistake.

Travel agents work on building or maintaining an ongoing business relationship with you and are easily accessible. Try emailing, texting or calling your click-to-book website.

Should your plans change, if you have questions or should you want to know more about where you are traveling and how you are getting there, your agent is just a phone call, email or text away.

Your travel agent is "your friend" in the travel business. They are your friend who knows what is going on in the travel industry. They can put that information together with their knowledge of you for a winning combination that will reap huge rewards in the long run.

When memories, experiences, sights and sounds are important...see a travel agent.