Tom,
When I booked, I had the complete details regarding the ship, itinerary & all. Went to the T.A.'s office, paid the deposit, she booked us and two months later we paid the remainder. There was no what I call hand-holding, it was very quick and easy.
The reason I booked locally rather than on-line was to give our business to a local company and see if there was any difference in the two. So far, I haven't seen any.
We don't have an AMEX credit card for shipboard credit.
Thank you all for sharing your opinions. I knew I would get some interesting perspectives here.
Thanks,
JP