CruiseCompete Sales Up 25 Percent During First Four Months of This Year

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CruiseCompete Sales Up 25 Percent During First Four Months of This Year

Des Moines, Iowa, May. 7th, 2008 - Despite the nation's economic slowdown, CruiseCompete.com today reported it has experienced a 25 percent increase in year-over-year sales for the first four months of 2008. CruiseCompete.com is providing more than 4,000 cruise quotes per day to prospective cruise travelers.

Budgets may be tight, but most people are not willing to give up their vacations, said Heidi Allison-Shane, CruiseCompete.com spokesperson. CruiseCompete.com instantly makes consumers smarter shoppers by letting many of the biggest cruise agency specialists compete for their business. More families and groups seem to be booking cruises so far this year. Cruises offer something for everyone and typically are the best vacation value out there.

Seven night Mediterranean cruises appear to be the most heavily booked right now. We're seeing lovely Mediterranean cruises with a balcony on a luxury ship being booked for as low as $3,000 or less for a couple.

Other extremely popular destinations include the Caribbean, South America, Hawaii and the Canada/New England region. Many Alaska cruises for this summer are already sold out and holiday season voyages to the Caribbean also are filling up.

Why is CruiseCompete.com so popular? CruiseCompete.com mixes Internet technology with the expertise of hundreds of experienced cruise specialists to provide consumers with great values as well as sage advice. It is the only Web site that allows consumers and groups, from corporate gatherings to wedding parties to family reunions and others, to submit a single cruise request and receive multiple, independent offers from cruise specialists, ensuring they find the best deal possible on their vacations.

About CruiseCompete.com:

In 2006, CruiseCompete.com was named as one of the "25 Best Value Travel Sites" on the Internet by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. In addition, Washington Post Online listed CruiseCompete.com as one of the 36 Web sites that consumers "should know of" when planning a vacation. For more information, visit www.CruiseCompete.com.

CruiseCompete.com saves consumers time by finding the agent with the best deal for them. Consumers secure quotes for cruise deals from multiple travel agencies without having to contact each one separately. To date, more than 350,000 customers have accessed CruiseCompete.com to request cruise quotes from more than 200 member travel agencies around the country. Agents have provided more than 1.5 million quotes to consumers. CruiseCompete, LLC, is an independent company not owned by or affiliated with any travel agency.