Thanks Todd. I'm a "newbie" to Expedia. If I book it on their website, I assume all sales are final and non refundable. Do I have any more or less influence in your experience with requesting location (the kind of thing that is kept in the hotel's computer records if one were booking directly with the hotel?)
I wonder if I booked on Expedia if for some reason I had to cancel if my cruise insurance through would cover it?
I take it you think pretty highly of Expedia. I like the idea of being quoted and paying in USD rather than having the hotel do some conversion trickery on checkout.