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About Cruise1st
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We are an award winning Cruise Agency:
AAA: Agent Achievement Awards 2021
We specialise in Cruise bookings:
Unlike some Travel Agencies, who offer Cruise Holidays as an extra. We are specialised in Cruise Holidays. Each of our cruise specialists are trained to have an in-depth understanding of the cruises we offer. Plus many of our cruise specialists are ex crew members. So they have a very detailed knowledge of what to expect while on-board a cruise ship.
We are honest with our customers:
We are looking to have a positive long term relationship with our customers. Many of our first time customer, are repeat customers. We pride ourselves on the quality service both our booking agents and customer service staff provide. They always do their best to help our customer requests or enquiries.
More than 20+ Cruise experience:
We have been working as a Cruise Travel Agency for more than 20 years. The times might have changed! But our desire to provide valuable information and best cruise offers for our customers remains the same.
Contact info
Office 310, 3rd Floor Manchester Digital World, 1 Lowry Plaza, The Quays,, M50 3UB, Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom
- 0161 385 7425
- customer.services@cruise1st.co.uk
- www.cruise1st.co.uk
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Excellent service from Dally
Excellent service from Dally , very helpful , friendly and no pressure . Booked for next May . Credit to your company . Thanks
Always great customer service
Always great customer service, friendly and helpful team. Will definitely use again and again!
Professional service
Professional service . Answered all my questions and very polite .
So patient with us trying to fulfill…
So patient with us trying to fulfill all our requirements.
Always go to them first.
Terrible experience
Terrible experience. They changed our flights with QATAR airways, because we couldn’t transit Doha, to an inferior airline, LUFTHANSA. WHICH THEY REFUSE to alter.
Above & Beyond Patience
Suzanne (Cruise 1st agent) went above and beyond, patiently looking through all the options we kept changing until our holiday package was perfect for us.
Great service and very professional.
Your representive who assisted us with our initial inquiry for a back to back cruise in the med, provided us with a quote as requested within a good timescale. Unfortunatly the cost exceeded our expected budget, so we asked about another couple of cruises which he provided information about. We eventually decided on what we wanted to do and he sorted it all out to our satisfaction. Great service and very professional.
Poor and lack of support
Booked a holiday to Japan before flights announced and explained at the time of booking plus a further two occasions that my daughter had a peanut allergy as I was worried about the flight. When the flights came out they were not direct and with Cathy Pacific - this airline has peanuts on board and so not suitable - very disappointing - will have to cancel.
Ripped off when unable to make trip
We booked an MSC Alaska cruise, whilst on a cruise we had booked through cruise 1st. The cruise was not for nearly 2 years but we were encouraged to book it to get the best price. Not long after we booked this our daughter got engaged and planning to get married the month before we were supposed to go to Alaska. We could not afford to do both. Contacted cruise first straight away and we were told that we would lose our deposit unless we transfered the deposit to another MSC cruise and we had until June 2026 to decide which cruise to change it too. We decide to change to a Caribbean cruise in 2027 but when they gave us the price they were charging us over £500 more than the price were had been given through MSC. We were told it was because we were not new customers, so dont get a discount. We said it was actually cheaper to lose the deposit and book the cruise from someone else. We had to cancel the cruise via email. We then got an email saying that not only have we lost the £400 deposit they were charging us £75 admin fee for cancelling the booking. This is absolutely disgusting. Talking about ripping people off. We will definitely not be booking through them again. We could have booked many more cruises so they have missed out on a lot of future bookings.
We had a last minute holiday to book…
We had a last minute holiday to book and it was hard to try accommodate the dates we passed on but with Millie being very helpful and giving us a lot of options we managed to book a holiday.
Answering the phone and not been cut…
Answering the phone and not been cut off and the booking process
Always Great Service
Yet again, we’ve had a fantastic experience. The level of service we received was exceptional from start to finish. Our cruise agent truly went above and beyond, working tirelessly to secure the perfect cruise for us at a great price. Their professionalism, dedication, and friendly approach made the whole booking process easy and enjoyable. We highly recommend them.
So easy to book and quick response and…
So easy to book and quick response and checking up on if everything was ok
James was excellent when booking our…
James was excellent when booking our tour cruise. He was very thorough and ensured we knew exactly what was and was not included
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