I’m home, PHEW!!! It was a long way back from Tokyo with the flight taking over 14 hours but I was so grateful for the direct flight. ✈️🛬
I took a similar trip back in 2018 we used a big name travel agency who didn’t tell us until AFTER we had booked and paid that our flights from Japan were back VIA Beijing. I’ll never make that mistake again. 😂😂
A good travel agent is worth their weight in gold and if you are reading this and you’re an agent, THANK YOU for all the work you do. 👏🏼❤️
Thankfully this time because I have a good travel agent who I’ve used for years, I got the flights and times that I wanted and didn’t have to worry about a thing. Apart from getting used to the jet lag of course. 😅⏰
Using a travel agent doesn’t ever cost more than booking direct with the cruise line and here are a few things my agent has done for me:
- Waited up until midnight to book a newly released cruise while I slept. 🛌
- Arranged other flights when mine were cancelled last minute. 🌍
- Spent approximately 10,000 hours on the phone to cruise lines trying to fix problems so that I didn’t have to. 📞
- Suggested brilliant cabins and cruises that I never thought of. ⚓️
- Got me extra onboard credit, champagne, snacks, all kinds of things. 🍾
(If you don’t use a travel agent the cruise line just keeps the travel agency commission for themselves. By the way, as a YouTuber I could direct you to book direct through an affiliate link and keep the commissions, but I think it’s better to use a travel agent and so that’s what I suggest).
I know it’s hard to find a good travel agent, and you don’t want to end up with the ones that I booked through in 2018 so I’ve summoned my favourite agents who you can contact via my website. 👩💼👨💼
We can now help you with cruises no matter what country you are from, woohoo! Just google ‘Emma Cruises Book a cruise’ and you’ll find it, it’s the big book button on my website. 💪🏼👩🏼💻
(The only cruise line that I’d say is different is the British line Marella, where it’s cheaper to book direct and the agents I work with will tell you that if you try to book with us.)
Do you have any tips for jet lag? I could use them! 🤣😴
Thank you Marinela for the beautiful flowers. Loving our cruise aboard Sky Princess! Beautiful Lisbon in the backdrop @PrincessCruises#skyprincess#cruiselife
An incredible afternoon tea at The Library at The Marriott @Marriott - the staff were fabulous, the views were amazing and it was a wonderful afternoon!!! #afternoontea#tasty#VIP#dogsoftwitter
On the @TUIUK flight to Barbados, currently (hopefully) refuelling at LGW!!!! Kudos to the crew, it’s a tough situation and it’s being dealt with really well, given the circumstances!!!! #FuelShortage#ThankYou#keepgoing#dogsoftwitter