{"id":20789,"date":"2014-05-20T01:00:49","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=20789"},"modified":"2014-05-20T01:00:49","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T08:00:49","slug":"tuesday-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=20789","title":{"rendered":"Finding The Best Perks Just Takes Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

You might say we're a little slow. Last week we got a Costco card. It seems everybody we know has a <\/span>Costco<\/a> card. You might also say now we can be more a part of those conversations.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the card came some perks, some of which told us about other perks.<\/p>\n

Like cruising.<\/p>\n

Since you already know something about cruising, then you also know there are lots of places you can get cruise perks. Travel agents. Websites that sell cruises. The cruise lines themselves. Memberships in other clubs, such as "M Life" in Las Vegas<\/a>. And obviously, Costco.<\/p>\n

Now that we are members, some of the things we can access by booking a cruise with Costco are on-board credits, cabin upgrades, specialty restaurants, entertainment that you would otherwise pay extra for on the ship…that type of thing.<\/p>\n

We've seen perks like this mentioned in a myriad of places, but the Costco deal started us thinking about how you wade through them for the best deal. So here, at no charge, are two suggestions you may or may not already know about:<\/p>\n

1. Before researching perks, decide on a cruise line, a ship, a departure point or a destination — or all of the above.<\/p>\n

2. Once you narrow your options, check with a cruise travel agent to see what they have to offer. Search websites that sell cruises that match your decisions. Compare. All these places have different perks, and different configurations of perks. While it takes some time, that's the only way to find the one that best suits you.<\/p>\n

Everybody has an opinion about the "best" place to book a cruise. We have three that we generally check out for the best deals: VacationsToGo.com<\/a>, iCruise.com<\/a> and CruisesOnly.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n

At the very least, they're a good place to start, and just because cruise lines discount their pricing for agents doesn't mean it isn't worth checking out the cruise line's website, too. It may not be cheaper but, like we said, the perks are all different.<\/p>\n

Today at Phil Reimer's <\/span><\/a>portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: The end of a 15-day European river cruise<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Caribbean Princess<\/a>
\n\t14 nights<\/span>
\n\tJune 21, 2014<\/span>
\n\tFort Lauderdale<\/a> (return): <\/span>Princess Cays<\/a>, <\/span>St. Thomas<\/a>, <\/span>San Juan<\/a>, <\/span>Grand Turk<\/a>, <\/span>Fort Lauderdale<\/a>, <\/span>Princess Cays<\/a>, <\/span>Ocho Rios<\/a>, <\/span>Grand Cayman<\/a>, <\/span>Cozumel<\/a>
\n\tInside: $1,199<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $85<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.princess.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You might say we're a little slow. Last week we got a Costco card. It seems everybody we know has a Costco card. You might also say now we can be more a part of those conversations. With the card came some perks, some of which told us about other perks. Like cruising. Since you… Continue reading Finding The Best Perks Just Takes Time<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,25,36,19,15],"tags":[688,137,564,1618,912,72,1619,35,1620,1621,26,27,957,1108,441],"class_list":["post-20789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deals","category-people","category-reviews","category-ships","category-stories","tag-booking-cruises","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-caribbean-princess","tag-costco","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruiseonly","tag-cruises","tag-icruise-com","tag-perks-on-cruises","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-princess-cruises","tag-travel-agents","tag-vacations-to-go","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}