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Fee Factor
With cruise prices in a free fall and noncommissionable fees at an all-time high, agents’ angry protests have been replaced by pleas as many cruise sellers question their ability to survive on what in some cases has devolved into single-digit commissions.
By Johanna Jainchill

In an era of massive discounting, can the cruise industry maintain its noncommissionable fee structure as agents shun the entry-level products that have built the industry?

When it comes to cruise commissions, travel agents love to talk about the good old days, that golden age when, until about a decade ago, $900 of a $1,000 cruise fare was commissionable. A time when it would have been unthinkable that the noncommissionable part of a cruise invoice might even approximate the commissionable portion. ...

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