Cactus527 Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 Happy holiday season! I thought it would be fun to put down what fantastic things your travel agent has gotten you/helped you with/saved you from. How has your Royal Caribbean/travel experience improved because of a TA? I'll start - my TA got me $150 in OBC for my next cruise. Score! WAAAYTOOO, CruzOnBye and DoomSlayer 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 Coincidentally, it's an issue that's very much in the spotlight right now, but back early in the pandemic, I cancelled some cruise planner purchases just prior to lifting & shifting (remember that? ) a cruise. Three months passed without so much as a penny hitting my account. Not wanting to get stuck on a lengthy and costly long distance phone call, I enlisted the aid of my TA (shout out to @michelle) who managed to get it sorted and refunded pronto. And since this was our very first booking with her, she hadn't even received a dime of commission from us yet. To me, that's what it's all about - service. fireclan, Robert M, DoomSlayer and 3 others 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoomSlayer Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 My TA bought my wife Travel insurance once, because I didn’t and he found out she had some mobility issues as we were planning excursions. I thanked him, but told him we were covered under my credit card and that’s why I didn’t buy insurance. He said it was too late and that she was double insured now. It was too late for him to cancel that insurance unfortunately. While it never benefited us, it showed that he cared and wanted us to have a great experience even if something went wrong. He gained a very loyal customer out of the money he spent on us. Cactus527, WAAAYTOOO and fireclan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChessE4 Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 When Royal swapped ships on us our TA was able to upgrade us to a balcony at no extra cost. AHollyS, WAAAYTOOO, Cactus527 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus527 Posted December 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 31 minutes ago, DoomSlayer said: My TA bought my wife Travel insurance once, because I didn’t and he found out she had some mobility issues as we were planning excursions. I thanked him, but told him we were covered under my credit card and that’s why I didn’t buy insurance. He said it was too late and that she was double insured now. It was too late for him to cancel that insurance unfortunately. While it never benefited us, it showed that he cared and wanted us to have a great experience even if something went wrong. He gained a very loyal customer out of the money he spent on us. What an extremely thoughtful TA! AHollyS, DoomSlayer, Sarge and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 Our travel agent has done so many things for us and we are are very grateful for her. Some of the things that come to mind are the times she has spent helping us change cruises, answering questions, changing existing cabins, adding people…the list goes on and on. michelle, DoomSlayer and Cactus527 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowTieBrigade Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 My travel agent has surprised us with birthday cake onboard and Christmas cookies on land. She’s also put up with having to lift and switch multiple cruises around because of changes to work schedules and Covid policies and the like DoomSlayer, WAAAYTOOO, Cactus527 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 On the twelfth day of Christmas, my TA sent to me Twelve All-Access tourings Eleven NextCruise bookings Ten thirty slot for boarding Nine Cocos Caying Eight hands a-washing Seven nights of cruising Six engines humming Five chair hogs Four diamond drinks Three french wines Two nights at Chops, and A muster drill in the app JC Pats, Cactus527, MaryS and 12 others 6 1 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus527 Posted December 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 3 hours ago, smokeybandit said: On the twelfth day of Christmas, my TA sent to me Twelve All-Access tourings Eleven NextCruise bookings Ten thirty slot for boarding Nine Cocos Caying Eight hands a-washing Seven nights of cruising Six engines humming Five chair hogs Four diamond drinks Three french wines Two nights at Chops, and A muster drill in the app This made me cackle aloud because I *just* got a 10:30 boarding time today for my next cruise. This is TERRIFIC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 My TA got me an Owner's Suite on Odyssey of the Seas for the price of an Owner's Suite on Empress of the Seas (difference was about $7k). Thanks @michelle!! Cactus527, bobroo, AHollyS and 6 others 3 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 6 hours ago, smokeybandit said: On the twelfth day of Christmas, my TA sent to me Twelve All-Access tourings Eleven NextCruise bookings Ten thirty slot for boarding Nine Cocos Caying Eight hands a-washing Seven nights of cruising Six engines humming Five chair hogs Four diamond drinks Three french wines Two nights at Chops, and A muster drill in the app Well done, @smokeybandit! Think you can get @Matt to sing that on one of the live streams? Poolside, Cactus527 and Dlove707 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 54 minutes ago, SpeedNoodles said: Think you can get @Matt to sing that on one of the live streams? SpeedNoodles and Cactus527 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottD Posted December 14, 2022 Report Share Posted December 14, 2022 21 hours ago, smokeybandit said: On the twelfth day of Christmas, my TA sent to me Twelve All-Access tourings Eleven NextCruise bookings Ten thirty slot for boarding Nine Cocos Caying Eight hands a-washing Seven nights of cruising Six engines humming Five chair hogs Four diamond drinks Three french wines Two nights at Chops, and A muster drill in the app Only FIVE chair hogs! That IS a good TA! Cactus527 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho and Barb Posted December 14, 2022 Report Share Posted December 14, 2022 On our June Alaska cruise, our TA surprised us with an unexpected $800 OBC...Don't know why but it came in handy with the cost of land tours. Not to mention, he tracked and kept straight all of our Covid canceled cruise and the 125% FCC's...Made sure we got to use them! Cactus527 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxrunner Posted December 14, 2022 Report Share Posted December 14, 2022 On 12/13/2022 at 10:08 AM, smokeybandit said: On the twelfth day of Christmas, my TA sent to me Twelve All-Access tourings Eleven NextCruise bookings Ten thirty slot for boarding Nine Cocos Caying Eight hands a-washing Seven nights of cruising Six engines humming Five chair hogs Four diamond drinks Three french wines Two nights at Chops, and A muster drill in the app Why the chair hogs? Maybe 5 chair hogs thrown overboard! Cactus527 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 On 12/13/2022 at 4:12 PM, SpeedNoodles said: My TA got me an Owner's Suite on Odyssey of the Seas for the price of an Owner's Suite on Empress of the Seas (difference was about $7k). Thanks @michelle!! the good old days lol SpeedNoodles and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowTieBrigade Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 TA just surprised us with champagne, strawberries, and macaroons! Cactus527, fireclan and WAAAYTOOO 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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