Organizing your group, booking tips and advice needed!

[hunniebee724]

We had to book our cabin on the cruise when we booked our wedding. We're going through a TA, who has 30 cabins blocked for our guests. The deposit is due on August 11th and after that the guests are not guaranteed the rate we have right now. If the price goes down, we'll get the lower price, but if it goes up, anyone who didn't put the deposit down will have to go with the higher rate. Our rate is about $100 cheaper than the rate on Carnival.com. We're also getting every 16th person free, a $100 onboard credit per cabin and a bottle of wine in each cabin because we're doing a group booking. I also don't have to stress about finding out who is booking, because my TA will update that for me.

[mlynnea]

Thanks everyone for posting your comments on this. I've been stressing as well. Would anyone mind sharing the info on the TA they used. Particularly one that guaranteed that they would provide a discount/refund if the price went down closer to the wedding date?

Also - Never worked with a TA, typically book online by myself. Do they charge extra fees to assist you? or does this commission come from the resort instead?

 

Thanks! ~Lynnea