when to place a bid

[michael_choe_ll]

what a lively and interesting thread! nice discussion about proxy bidding and cruises. i have nothing more to contribute...



regarding cruises, do you have trouble finding them on our site?



thanks,

michael

[CMDAVILACLI]

Hi Michael,

re: finding cruises... NOPE... they are super easy to locate (and dream about!) Now if I could just locate that winning lottery ticket, all would be swell!

cmdavilacli

[shygirl724]

Mountie,



Are you fishing for me to admit my age? haha. Let's see.....from the demographics you posted, I am either over or under 55, either a grandparent, parent, of kid. I think I fit in there somewhere!





Michael,



To answer you question about finding cruises, I would make a couple of suggestions. Normally on a LL page, featured listings are for specific locations with packages. Under the cruise page this is not always true. Often clicking on the "featured" links only gets you to a listing for the company and no packages. Clicking on the featured link for Uniworld only gets you 1 trip - not the full list. This leaves viewers with the impression that only a couple are available. Only when you click on "all offers" do you get the full list. Perhaps this can be changed a bit. Another change I would make is under the LL site's search feature. If a country or city are searched and there is a cruise that goes to / from / through that location, then that cruise should come up on the list of properties / packages offered. Right now it is hit and miss. For example, if you search Amsterdam today, Regents cruises comes up on the list but they do not have a current LL offering. On the other hand, Uniworld, which does have current offerings that go to / from Amsterdam do not show up in the search.



Just my 2 cents.



S ~

[michael_choe_ll]

shygirl724,

thanks for the feedback about cruises.



-m

[jctdlt]

Be careful when you bid. On all cruises (barges and ocean) a room might not be available. On Luxury Link's site they say subject to availability. I just bid on one and did not get it because would have had to upgrade and pay more money. Solution: You can call Luxury Link before you bid and find out if they do indeed have the room advertised.

[omegaet]

jctdlt....Yep, that's pretty sage advice!

[Mountie]

I'll second that idea.