The Flagg Agency

Over the next few entries, we are going to take you through of the steps involved in planning a perfect cruise. We will take you from the initial planning session through the months until departure until the day you will embark. Keep checking back for further updates.

Planning

As Your Personal Cruise Experts, we will help you discover the world by assisting with all aspects of your trip. We can coordinate all the pre and post activities associated with your adventure.

Research Trip Ideas

Have you ever experienced a vacation that was a total nightmare? Did you book it yourself? Did you use an online only agency?

I will be frank with you, I love the internet. I use it every day, several hours a day. I research vacation experiences for my clients. I participate in online webinars. I take online continuing education courses offered by suppliers and destinations. I live breathe and sleep cruising.

For today I thought I would talk a bit about price versus value when it comes to a cruise experience. You have many choices how you will make your purchase, but you should take time to educate yourself on a few of the myths related to cruise pricing. I was able to come up with six:

Did you know the costs of medical treatment and/or evacuation back to your home country from the Caribbean can cost $30K? Repatriation of a body if there is a death while abroad can cost $75K or more. You can plan your cruise vacation down to the color of the flip-flops you’ll wear, but there is always a chance something unforeseen could occur. Coverage for the cost of your trip is important as even though you can’t do anything to prevent an unexpected storm from canceling your cruise, you can do something to help cover your travel investment by purchasing a travel insurance and assistance plan for your next trip.

There is a federal law that states that no vessel may approach closer than 100 yards to a humpback whale. However there is nothing in the law that says you cannot position your vessel over a 100 yards away and cut the engine. That’s just what happened when we went out with Captain Larry of Orca Enterprises when we stopped in Juneau on our first Alaskan Cruise.

We had several recommendations for Captain Larry so we booked him site unseen several months in advance. The office was just across the street from the pier. Literally we could see the storefront from our veranda. Talk about convenient!