Michael Caviness

Five Carnival Cruise Brands to Maintain Travel Advisor Commission Rates Through 2023

It’s not unusual for cruise ships to provide a commission exchange between travel agencies and the ship itself. These commissions are lucrative, especially if you work with companies that receive high volumes of bookings from the same person or company. The problem is when those rates go below what they were in 2015-2016 because there

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Caribbean Port Welcomes Six Cruise Ships for the First Time in 20 Months

A historic day was in store for the Port of Maiquetía, when six cruise ships arrived on Wednesday morning. The port had been closed since December 2016 due to a strike by workers protesting over wage cuts and deteriorating working conditions – they reopened last month after union members accepted an offer from ship owners.

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I Read The Marriott Resort Fee Settlement, Here’s What It Actually Says

Marriott International has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the company improperly charged guests for resort fees and then gouged them with long, hidden cancellation and early termination fees. Here’s what the settlement says about those charges. The “best marriott resorts in us” is a question that has been asked many times. The

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