Cruise1st Reviews 

7,374
TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.4

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Considering 253 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the friendly and knowledgeable staff members for providing truly exceptional assistance throughout the entire holiday planning phase. People note that the booking process is extremely straightforward, highly efficient, and thoroughly well-managed from start to finish. Consumers frequently emphasize the great quality of customer service and the valuable recommendations offered by helpful representatives. However, some people mentioned unexpected issues with flight bookings and experienced difficulties when trying to make sudden trip changes. Reviewers noted that communication regarding flight arrangements or handling certain alterations could sometimes become quite frustrating and complicated.

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Staff

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Booking process

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Service

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We had no problems whatsoever making the original booking everything ticked the boxes, we then had to change our dates which incurred some costs (mainly from the cruise company) but the whole package... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Stop!! Look no further- these are the very best cruise holiday people, service is excellent, price is unbeatable. Everything from start to finish is polished and professional but they are also so frie... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is our 6th cruise booked through cruise 1st and two of them were for a larger family group so had some added complexity. MIchael Thomas is a cruise consultant and specialist that we have spoken t... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I saw the advertised cruise and needed to know more about it. Victoria Benjamin has booked cruises for us before and we are always delighted with her work. She listens to what the customer wants and o... See more


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About Cruise1st

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We are compliant with ABTA & ATOL:
So your booking is protected when made with Cruise1st.

We are an award winning Cruise Agency:
AAA: Agent Achievement Awards 2021

We specialise in Cruise bookings:
Unlike some Travel Agencies, who offer Cruise Holidays as an extra. We are specialised in Cruise Holidays. Each of our cruise specialists are trained to have an in-depth understanding of the cruises we offer. Plus many of our cruise specialists are ex crew members. So they have a very detailed knowledge of what to expect while on-board a cruise ship.

We are honest with our customers:
We are looking to have a positive long term relationship with our customers. Many of our first time customer, are repeat customers. We pride ourselves on the quality service both our booking agents and customer service staff provide. They always do their best to help our customer requests or enquiries.

More than 20+ Cruise experience:
We have been working as a Cruise Travel Agency for more than 20 years. The times might have changed! But our desire to provide valuable information and best cruise offers for our customers remains the same.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible experience

Terrible experience. They changed our flights with QATAR airways, because we couldn’t transit Doha, to an inferior airline, LUFTHANSA. WHICH THEY REFUSE to alter.

15 June 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Above & Beyond Patience

Suzanne (Cruise 1st agent) went above and beyond, patiently looking through all the options we kept changing until our holiday package was perfect for us.

12 June 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service and very professional.

Your representive who assisted us with our initial inquiry for a back to back cruise in the med, provided us with a quote as requested within a good timescale. Unfortunatly the cost exceeded our expected budget, so we asked about another couple of cruises which he provided information about. We eventually decided on what we wanted to do and he sorted it all out to our satisfaction. Great service and very professional.

12 June 2026
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor and lack of support

Booked a holiday to Japan before flights announced and explained at the time of booking plus a further two occasions that my daughter had a peanut allergy as I was worried about the flight. When the flights came out they were not direct and with Cathy Pacific - this airline has peanuts on board and so not suitable - very disappointing - will have to cancel.

12 June 2026
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ripped off when unable to make trip

We booked an MSC Alaska cruise, whilst on a cruise we had booked through cruise 1st. The cruise was not for nearly 2 years but we were encouraged to book it to get the best price. Not long after we booked this our daughter got engaged and planning to get married the month before we were supposed to go to Alaska. We could not afford to do both. Contacted cruise first straight away and we were told that we would lose our deposit unless we transfered the deposit to another MSC cruise and we had until June 2026 to decide which cruise to change it too. We decide to change to a Caribbean cruise in 2027 but when they gave us the price they were charging us over £500 more than the price were had been given through MSC. We were told it was because we were not new customers, so dont get a discount. We said it was actually cheaper to lose the deposit and book the cruise from someone else. We had to cancel the cruise via email. We then got an email saying that not only have we lost the £400 deposit they were charging us £75 admin fee for cancelling the booking. This is absolutely disgusting. Talking about ripping people off. We will definitely not be booking through them again. We could have booked many more cruises so they have missed out on a lot of future bookings.

11 June 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We had a last minute holiday to book…

We had a last minute holiday to book and it was hard to try accommodate the dates we passed on but with Millie being very helpful and giving us a lot of options we managed to book a holiday.

10 June 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Always Great Service

Yet again, we’ve had a fantastic experience. The level of service we received was exceptional from start to finish. Our cruise agent truly went above and beyond, working tirelessly to secure the perfect cruise for us at a great price. Their professionalism, dedication, and friendly approach made the whole booking process easy and enjoyable. We highly recommend them.

7 June 2026

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