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AAA Chases Winter Blues Away with Easy Online Cruise Booking Backed by Nation's Largest Leisure Travel Agency.


ORLANDO, Fla. -- Winter's chill sends thousands of people shopping for cruises, looking both online and through travel agents. AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association.


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  • Nicochea (1890) - Renamed Veinticinco de Mayo
 the best of both worlds: a top online cruise booking engine - at http://www.aaa.com/cruises - backed up by thousands of AAA travel professionals around the country.

"This may be the most useful and robust cruise booking engine ever offered to consumers online," said Sandra Hughes, vice president, AAA Travel. "It gives travelers convenient access to detailed information and reviews of dozens of ships, as well as allowing them to easily search for cruises in a variety of ways to meet their schedule or lifestyle needs.

"Plus, it's backed up by the nation's largest leisure travel agency with more than 1,000 locations across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and Canada."

Using AAA's cruise booking engine, travelers can search for cruises by destination, port of departure, length of cruise, cruise line A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships. Cruise lines have a dual character; they are partly in the transportation business, and partly in the leisure entertainment business, a duality that carries down into the ships themselves, which have both a crew headed by the , ship name, price or a combination of those criteria. Travelers can also read reviews of cruise lines
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Name Headquarters
A'rosa Europe
NCL America America
AIDA Cruises Europe
American Cruise Lines America
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 facilities, and a description of who that ship is most likely to appeal to: those who like large staterooms with balconies, lots of children's programs, gourmet cuisine, adventurous ad·ven·tur·ous  
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 shore excursions or many other features.

The AAA cruise booking engine also allows users to view deck plans, a photo gallery of ships' common areas, individual staterooms by category, ship statistics, maps, and itineraries.

"AAA's long-standing partnerships with many top cruise lines in the travel industry allow us to offer great values," said Hughes. "Whether it's a cruise in the Caribbean, Alaska, Europe, the Pacific or around the world, there is something to fit everyone's budget and interests."

Once a cruise has been selected, travelers are asked to log in with a user ID and password in case the traveler is a AAA member and entitled en·ti·tle  
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 to valuable discounts, on-board credits or other extras.

This online tool also provides contact information to reach a AAA travel professional by e-mail, phone or in person. Agents can provide advice, answer questions and handle special requests, as well as provide additional peace-of-mind for travelers.

As North America's largest motoring and leisure travel organization, AAA provides more than 47 million members with travel, insurance, financial and automotive-related services. Since its founding in 1902, the not-for-profit, fully tax-paying AAA has been a leader and advocate for the safety and security of all travelers.
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