Sure Travel Journey Vol 5.2 Autumn 2019 | Page 14

DEPARTURE LOUNGE // AUTUMN 2019
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EVER WONDERED IF TRAVEL PACKAGE DEALS ARE REALLY THE
BEST VALUE FOR MONEY? OR PERHAPS WHETHER YOU COULD
FIND A BETTER DEAL IF YOU PUT TOGETHER YOUR OWN
DREAM HOLIDAY? THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.
14 // MAKE MEMORIES FOR LIFE
Sure Travel provided a quote from
MSC Cruises for a week-long
Caribbean cruise for two South
African travellers. We asked
independent traveller Courtney
Nikita Maclons to “blind test” the
competitiveness of this package
by researching her own week-long
Caribbean voyage online. Courtney
was tasked with finding a Caribbean
cruise of the same standard and
duration and at the same time of
year, but was not shown the MSC
Cruises quote or any of its details.
Which offered better value? The
results are in: