This document discusses various aspects of pre-cruise, cruise, and post-cruise experiences. It covers pre-cruise packages that include airfare and transfers, the advantages for clients and agents. Travel insurance options are described, as well as common cruise itinerary types. During the cruise, passengers can purchase shore excursions through the cruise line or independently in ports. Excursion categories and purchasing methods are outlined. Post-cruise packages mirror pre-cruise options. The document also discusses tailoring experiences based on passenger types like families, couples, singles, teens, kids, and seniors.

1. CHAPTER
6
Pre-, Post-, and Off-ship
Cruise Experience

2. Precruise Packages
Clients Will travel to their cruise embarkation
point and go directly to the ship
The simplest of pre-cruise experiences is the
air/sea package.
The travel agent, the passenger will purchase
air, the airport-to-dock transfer, and perhaps
lodging.

3. Advantages of the both to the
client and agent
 One phone call or computer transaction can set
up the whole package
 The agent probably receive a commission on the
air potion
 The cruise line’s air deviation desk personel
 The selection of airlines and flights may be better
 Airfares may be lower than those who offer cruise
lines.

4. Travel insurance
 Trip cancellation, delay, interruption
 Lost or stolen luggage
 Medical expences for accident or sickness
incurred onboard or overseas.
Both cruise lines and independent insurers offer
travel insurance

5. Cruise Itinaries
Two major types of itinerary
 Round trip
 One way

6. Intermediary Port Stops and
shore excursions
 They may purchasea shore excursion through the
cruise line.
 They may buy a tour or activity from vendors who
usually await them at or near the dock
 They may simply explore the port and its environs
on their own
 They may select to stay onboard ro relax, get
some sun, and feel like they hace the ship almost
all to themselve

7. Shore excuresions
 Filling out that’s in the stateroom upon check
in and then turning it in at the shore excursion
desk
 Buying it at the shore excursion desk during
open hours
 On some ships, purchasing it interactively via
the in-room TV

8. Categories Of shore Excursions
 Sightseeing Excursions
 Sports Excursions
 Miscellaneous excursions

9. PostCruise Packages
 They are sold the same way, they represent
the same possible components, options, and
experinces
Some passengers prefer to do a package
before their cruise others after, still others
before and after.

10. Port Experiences and Client
Types
 Ship and port experiences is very much
perceived according to passenger’s likes and
dislike
 Some Cruise lines even go so far as to offer a
full children’s program, with a wide variety of
special activities, each divided into several
age-appropriate groups, and supervised by
trained counselors.

11. Some Cruise lines features special Kid’s
Menu, own newspaper, “kids Only pool”.

12. Propose cruise activity for
Several
 Family
 Couples
 Singles
 Teens
 Kids
 Seniors

13. Time for Mom and Dad to Relax

14. Kids Activities
 “kids-Only” shore excursions
 Ping-Pong tournaments
 “coke-tail” poolside parties
 Nintendo competitions
 “parents-not-allowed’ movies
 Special tours of the Ship
 Camp nights
 Puppet workshops
 Beach parties
 Face-painting competitions
 Entertainment and performance programs
 Classes of all kinds