Build My Christmas Voyage
You pay the same as booking direct — and you get a dedicated U.S.-based expert who knows every river, ship, and market, can stack every available offer, and is one phone call away if anything goes wrong.
Why book through Vacation Planning Company
Christmas-market river cruises are confusing. Eight cruise lines, seven rivers, dozens of itineraries, ships, and departure windows — plus a rotating calendar of early-booking, past-guest, and companion offers that change every month. Booking direct means figuring all of that out alone. Booking through us means a real human does it for you.
You pay exactly the same fare as booking directly with Viking, AMA, Tauck, Uniworld, Scenic, Avalon, Riverside, or Emerald. We're compensated by the cruise lines, not you. There is no markup, no booking fee, no "service charge" — ever.
Your advisor is based in the United States, has sailed the Rhine, Danube, Moselle, Seine, Rhône, and Douro, and has personally walked the markets in Cologne, Nuremberg, Vienna, and Strasbourg. We know which ship fits couples, which fits solo travelers, and which fits multi-generational families.
Vacation Planning Company is a licensed and bonded travel agency. Your booking is protected, your deposit is protected, and if a cruise line ever has an issue, you have a U.S. advocate — not an 800 number in another country.
Early-booking discounts, past-guest credits, companion fares, single-supplement waivers, free pre-cruise nights, complimentary upgrades — we track all of them and stack every one you qualify for. The cruise line's website won't always do that for you. We will.
Before you book, while you plan, and after you sail — your advisor picks up the phone. Missed connection in Amsterdam? Cabin not what you expected? Excursion sold out? You call us, not a call center.
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