Variety Cruises Offers Special Travel Agent Rates

WHY IT RATES: Travel agents have a chance to experience yacht-style cruising with Variety Cruises at an affordable price. —Janeen Christoff, TravelPulse Senior Writer.

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Variety Cruises, named one of the top 10 best boutique cruise lines by USA Today’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2017, will be offering new travel agent rates on select Summer 2018 and Winter 2018-2019 cruise dates.

“We recognize that, if a travel agent has personally experienced our unique small ship cruising product, they feel more excited and comfortable in selling it to their clients,” said Yiannis Vontas, Senior Partner and Executive VP of Development and Marketing, Variety Cruises. “This year, especially, as we expand our portfolio of cruise options, we want to provide this opportunity for the agents.”

Travel agents can select from a diverse range of handpicked cruise destinations, including Greece, Spain and Portugal, the Adriatic Sea, Cape Verde, the Seychelles, West Africa, Costa Rica and Panama, Cuba, and Iceland.

Variety Cruises has also announced new itineraries for 2018-2019. Gods, Kings, and Pharaohs, which takes voyagers to Israel, Egypt and Jordan begin in November 2018, and Splendors of Egypt by Sea, set to begin in December 2018 includes Egypt and Jordan.

In 2019, a Bali cruise is also scheduled to be launched where guests will explore the Indonesian Archipelago.

Travel Agent Offer

—60 percent discount on official rate-Confirmation of booking 179 to 60 days prior to embarkation day.

—75 percent discount on official rate-Confirmation of booking 59 days until embarkation day.

Conditions and Restrictions

—Travel agents will be entitled to the above discounts by providing their valid CLIA Certificate or IATAN list along with their business card—Both will be required onboard, upon embarkation.

—The above rates are per person and per cruise and apply for the travel agent and ONE companion.

—Valid for active employees—not retired.

—Travel agent rates do not apply for the owner’s suite and category P cabins.

—Reservations at travel agent rates are subject to prior approval and completed paperwork.

—Port taxes are additional.

Variety Cruises is one of the leading yacht cruise lines worldwide, operating a fleet of 11 fully owned vessels offering travelers the ultimate yacht cruise experience.

With capacities ranging from 5 to 36 cabins, Variety Cruises’ upscale yachts and experiential cruise itineraries embrace each destination by visiting much-loved and unfrequented ports of call in a private, intimate and relaxed environment.

Variety Cruises asks that Travel Agents interested in the discounted rates call: 800-833-2111.

SOURCE: Variety Cruises press release.