Cruise Holidays of Calgary are the cruise vacation experts - you’re in safe hands.
Cruise Holidays of Calgary is independently owned and operated, and a proud Western Canadian company, established in Calgary for over 15 years. However, as a member of the Travel Leaders network, we’re part of one of the world’s largest travel companies, with over 1,700 travel agency locations across the United States and Canada.
Enjoy local, personal service with the backing and support of one of the world’s largest travel organisations. As a true cruise specialist agency, you’ll benefit from our expert advice and knowledge as well as great values that our combined buying power brings.
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About Us
Take some time to browse our site or visit our research centre for an overview of the key cruiselines and the destinations they serve. Alternatively, check out our featured “Hot Deals”. Cruise Holidays of Calgary works closely with our preferred suppliers to put together truly unique cruise vacations and special voyages. Better still - we can customise almost anything - making sure that the vacation you book, is the vacation that is completely right for you.
There are over 30 different cruise companies out there, and literally hundreds of different ships, sailing thousands of itinerary variations - which one is the perfect fit for you? Don’t go it alone. Get in touch, and let us help you plan, research, and take care of the details, leaving you to relax and enjoy the cruise vacation of your dreams.
It is our pleasure and passion to take your travel dreams, and create exceptional vacation experiences - every time.
Why choose us? The Cruise Holidays of Calgary difference:
There are a lot of places where you can book a cruise. So why choose us?
Here at Cruise Holidays of Calgary, we do things a little differently. We call it, the Cruise Holidays of Calgary Difference, and it’s your guarantee of our commitment to creating the perfect total vacation experience.
It starts with your first contact with us, through to well after you get home from your trip. Here’s what you can expect:
A detailed initial consultation
When you first contact us, we will take some time to run through a detailed consultation. Looking at a list of itineraries and prices online is one thing, but here at Cruise Holidays we want to truly understand what your needs, preferences and desires really are so that we can use our cruise expertise to match you with the perfect trip. Picking out a cruise based on price alone may be a false investment if you don’t enjoy your vacation, and we work hard to match up the right trip, at the right price, to your preferences.
Co-ordinating all the details
Many ‘online-only’ or ‘discount’ agencies offer what appears to be attractive lead-in pricing, but limit you to the more expensive cruiseline air or hotel options - even if they are not the best fit for you. Very few can provide the complete range of additional services that Cruise Holidays can co-ordinate.
Whether it’s a boutique hotel in South America, a custom tour before your cruise in China, or train tickets and rail passes to explore Europe - we take care of everything - and all at our competitive negotiated rates.
Clear Pricing Policy
Whether on the internet, by email or in the newspaper, there are endless offers for huge discounts or bargain basement cruises. Invariably, taxes, extra charges or fees are additional. Also, most ‘online-only’ or ‘discount’ agencies only offer standard cruiseline air or hotel packages which are frequently more expensive than the custom options we at Cruise Holidays can co-ordinate.
Here at Cruise Holidays of Calgary, we believe in being open and up front with our pricing, and we remain committed to providing a full range of value added services to our clients. Unlike some other travel suppliers who prefer to bury a myriad of additional service and booking fees in the fine print or in mysterious amounts for taxes/fees, we are committed to transparency with our pricing - giving you an inclusive price up front, with no additional fees down the line. You invoice total will include a $35 per guest Basic Package professional fee for cruise only bookings, and $65 per guest Standard Package professional for those that include our AirConcierge service (flight arrangements).
Please see below for full details on how we stack up to the competition, and the value added extras that are included when you book with us.
Commitment to Value
Cruise Holidays of Calgary is a President’s Circle agency and top producer for the Cruise Holidays group, and our relationships with our cruiseline partners will ensure a whole range of benefits for our clients - including preferential pricing, enhanced service resolution options with the cruiselines should things go wrong, and onboard amenities or bonus shipboard credits on many sailings.
Our specially negotiated hotel rates at over 50,000 hotels worldwide, and contract air rates will offer you choice and in many cases significant savings over standard packages being offered by most agencies or the cruiselines directly.
When you add the total package of services together - we believe that our overall value proposition is unbeatable.
Commitment to Service
When you book with us, you don’t have to pay expensive additional service fees everytime you need to call us for advice, or to make adjustments on your booking. We’ll stay in touch with you from the time you book, to the time you get home. In addition to your personal cruise specialist, emergency after hours assistance is available to ensure you’re never left to go it alone.
Our full range of additional services combined with our friendly expert advice will ensure a complete vacation experience that an online agency or call centre just can’t match.
How we stack up to the competition:
* Notes:
Smartcruiser.com charges (USD) per cabin: $19 membership fee, $39 non-refundable agent consultation fee and $35 change fee per occasion for any modification, adjustment and for requesting a lower price/promotion after booking. There is a $15 issuance fee for air tickets, and additional fees for hotel bookings. There is an additional cancellation fee of $35 per cabin for cruise bookings.
Travelocity.ca charges an ‘online air service fee’ or ‘offline air service fee’ of between $5 and $25 per air transaction/per passenger, plus an additional ‘processing service fee’ and a ‘facilitation fee’ for other transactions which is opaque/not disclosed and is bundled into the amount listed for taxes and fees.
Cruiselines charge a non-refundable ‘Air Deviation Fee’ of between $50 and $100 per person plus any extra airfare amount over and above the standard cruise air add-on pricing.
Some agencies will quote what seems like a low up front price on your cruise, but will charge a service fee everytime you wish to speak to someone or make any adjustments on your booking once you have paid your deposit. Others offer cruise booking only with no facility to assist with other travel arrangements. Others still will assist with booking personalised options, but will charge additional ‘booking fees’, ‘facilitation fees’, ‘transaction fees’ or ‘processing fees’ every time.
Here at Cruise Holidays of Calgary we work a little bit differently. We’ve already negotiated special air rates which can often offer significant savings in addition to giving more choice. We also have negotiated rates at over 110,000 hotels worldwide - prepaid in US or Canadian Dollars and with all taxes included to ensure no surprises or foreign exchange issues or fluctuations when you arrive.
Unlike most other travel suppliers who prefer to hide their fees in the fine print, or bury it in mysterious amounts for ‘taxes/fees’, we believe in being transparent with our pricing.
Our cruise quotes are inclusive, and will already include all taxes/fees. When booking one of our exclusive air, hotel and cruise packages, our standard package professional fee will be included in your total price. When booking with us, our clients benefit from a whole range of additional services with no subsequent/additional fees. We never charge you to contact a real person for assistance, nor do we charge additional ‘transaction fees’ or ‘booking fees’ for additional services. We understand that plans can change - and unlike other agencies, we won’t charge a cancellation fee if you have to reschedule your plans.
We invite you to take a look below at what we include - and when you add it up - we believe that the overall value of booking with Cruise Holidays of Calgary is unbeatable.