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CONSUMER TRAVEL Organizing cruises for own ‘free’ ride could be too costly

Posted: December 13, 2009 at 3:11 a.m.

“You could travel free if you gather as few as 10 paying customers for escorted land and river cruise tours, and 14 full paying passengers on ocean and small ship cruise tours.” That’s the pitch in a recent e-mail, and it sounds enticing. What could be better than “free” travel? Those form-a-tour deals can, in fact, be good deals, but they also pose risks whether you try to form a tour group or join someone else’s.

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Travel, Pages 62 on 12/13/2009

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