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No we do not.  Everything is included in the price of the cruise, plus the price of any excursions we help you plan.  We never add any markup whatsoever.

When you book a cruise with us, the cruise line will provide us with a commission, just as they do with any agency that books a cruise for you.  Quite simply, we budget a large portion of that commission to providing you with all sorts of added value and the onboard credit.  We end up making less than others, but we are not about short term profit.  Rather, we are more about building long term relationships that matter.

Culture Discovery Cruises is a division of Culture Discovery Vacations.  We are one of the most highly regarded luxury and experiential tour operators that operates in Europe. 

Since 2006, we have had over 10,000 guests, booked over 100,000 room nights in hotels for our guests, and have received nothing but consistent 5-Star ratings for our service year over year.

Our guest-over-proft philosophy has gained us thousands of travelers that trust us implicitly.

Perhaps best of all, when the Covid pandemic hit the world and stopped all travel, we really found out what our guests thought about us.  We didn’t have a single refund request.  Every guest booked for 2020 offer for us to hold onto their deposits.  And when we were able to reopen travel, we were able to deliver every single vacation flawlessly. 

But these are all just words.n If you really want to know who we are, watch this video that tells our Covid story.   You will understand what we mean when we say our guests are family,

If you cancel, you will not have received the credit, and we provide many of our out of pocket costs once you are past your cancellation date, so our out of pocket loss is minimized.  On the other hand, we will suffer a significant loss in terms of time and salaries as they relate to that time, but we take. long view and it all works out in the end.  Hopefully if you cancel this one, you will book another with us.

Yes and no.  On some shore excursions we will get a very small commission. On some we will get nothing at all.  Many travel agencies will only book excursion they make a profit on.  We are quite different, as our parent company is a tour operator, and we operate on a relationship over profit philosophy.  In other words, if you want to do a shore excursion at a port, and we have two options in front of us, we will look at the quality and price of both,  If the one that will give you a better experience provides no profit for us, we will pick that one every single time, because your experience comes first for us.

Of course.

Yes, but we will always want to know the nature of what you want the private driver for before we do so.  Here is a real-life example of why:  Suppose your cruise stops in Kotor, Montenegro, and you want the driver to take you into old town, then back to the ship later.  We can book a private driver for you, and it will cost roughly $60.00.

When you get off the ship, you will need to find the driver, which can be difficult, and when you are ready to come back, you may have difficulty finding the driver or contacting them.   

On the other hand, you can also simply call an Uber when you get there for the same service. Your Uber will probably pick you up in a beautiful Mercedes, and you simply call another Uber when you want to go back, and they will simply pick you up wherever you are. 

The roundtrip with the Uber will have been a better experience, and will probably cost around $15.00.

Yes, we will make $6.00 if we organize your ride, but the Uber will be a significantly better experience for you.

We drop everything and you become our #1 priority!!! You let us know immediately, and we get to work!  We will work with your insurance company the cruise line, and your family at home to take care of everything ASAP with as little hassle as possible.  When there is an emergency, everything else takes a back seat, period.