The Press Speaks About CruiseCompete
The Wall Street Journal –The Best in…Cruise Travel (Oct. 2009)
Kiplinger's Personal Finance – 2009 Best List: Travel (Dec. 2009)
Kiplinger's 28 Best Travel Sites (Aug. 2009)
21 Secrets to Save on Travel - September 2009 - Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Arthur Frommer Posting – As Bob (CEO CruiseCompete) put it, "Things that are posted out for everyone to see are not always the best price. We can often undercut the best-sounding bargains!"
Pauline Frommer on MSNBC ... "A revolutionary new web site is going to change how you shop for cruises"
SmartMoney.com – To find the best deal on any given cruise, compare prices on CruiseCompete.com
Kiplinger.com- 20 Secrets to Save on Travel - Our insider's guide to snagging the deepest discounts on hotels, airfare, cruises and more.
Budget Travel - 105 Supersmart Strategies
Washington Post - What a Site: 36 Web Addresses You Should Know (CruiseCompete)
Travel + Leisure Magazine – 2008 - The Best Sites for Deals and Up-to-Date Travel Information
The Wall Street Journal – October 2009 - The Best in…………………Cruise Travel
CRUISE DEALS As with virtually every part of the travel industry, cruise lines are offering some sizable discounts to fill their ships. CruiseCompete is a great place to begin looking for bargains. Based in Des Moines, Iowa (with nary a cruise ship in sight), the service asks you first to pick a cruise ship and the dates you wish to sail. It then shares that information with more than 300 travel agencies, which email prices back to you. You pick the lowest bid and book with that agent. The service is free. Clicking on "View all Cruise Specials" on the Web site's home page allows you to search cruises by various categories: region, cruise line, length of cruise and type of traveler. To learn more, visit CruiseCompete.com.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704746304574505881588371464.html
Kiplinger – August 2009 - 28 Best Travel Sites - At CruiseCompete.com, more than 300 travel agents vie to give you the lowest prices for dates, ports and ships you specify, whether you're booking well in advance or at the eleventh hour. You provide an e-mail address and they send you their best offers. The site even staffs live agents that guide you through the process.
http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2004/06/travelsites.html
21 Secrets to Save on Travel - September 2009 - Kiplinger's Personal Finance - Our insider's guide to snagging the deepest discounts on hotels, airfare, cruises and more. Secret 19. Visit CruiseCompete.com, where you submit your cruise preferences and more than 300 travel agents compete for your business.
http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2009/09/21-travel-secrets.html
Kiplinger.com - 28 Best Travel Sites - At CruiseCompete.com, more than 300 travel agents vie to give you the lowest prices for dates, ports and ships you specify, whether you're booking well in advance or at the eleventh hour. You provide an e-mail address and they send you their best offers. The site even staffs live agents that guide you through the process. http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2004/06/travelsites.html
Arthur Frommer, Posting- As Bob (CEO CruiseCompete) put it, "Things that are posted out for everyone to see are not always the best price. We can often undercut the best-sounding bargains!"
Washington Post - What a Site: 36 Web Addresses You Should Know (CruiseCompete)- If you've used the Internet to plan a trip, you're not alone. More than 64 million Americans used online sites last year to ferret out travel options, according to a survey by the Travel Industry Association of America. The landscape has become very confused as thousands of sites compete for a share of this lucrative industry–one study estimates that Internet users spent nearly $23 billion on travel booking in 2002 and will spend $50 billion annually by 2007. We've pored over hundreds of .coms, .nets, .govs and .orgs to come up with our top picks. Here's a guide to travel sites that won't waste your time, and may save you money.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48067-2004Sep24.html
GirlRobot.net- I used this website called Cruise Compete. How it works is that you pick the cruise you want to go on and the dates and then travel agents will email you quotes! You pick the lowest one and book with them. You can also read reviews on the travel agents you get quotes from. It's pretty cool and very easy! So if you're into cruises, definitely bookmark this website for future bookings! http://girlrobot.net/?s=cruisecompete
TravelandLeisure.com - Search forums like luxurylink.com, and cruisecompete.com, which submits your desired ship, sail date, and cabin type to dozens of travel agents, who get back to you with competing offers in just hours. If these don’t turn up the rate you’re looking for, consider a fall or spring repositioning cruise, sailing from Europe or Alaska to the Caribbean and vice versa. While these excursions tend to spend less time at port, they last from eight to 15 days and are discounted by as much as 50 percent.
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/ask-tl-february-2009
AMagazines.com- 2008 - "(CruiseCompete's) unique search engine is where you post info on the cruise you want to take, and then agents bid against each other to get your business. You're under no obligation to buy anything if you don't like what you see. But, you will save money."
https://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm/670598?articleid=670598
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