CruizinSusan70 Posted November 24, 2022 #226 Share Posted November 24, 2022 1 hour ago, franncos said: There must be a big cruise market for all those ships out of NYC. Do you realize the potential of the amount of people within a three hour drive radius of NYC? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneman69 Posted November 26, 2022 #227 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Another day wasted waiting on Carnival to make a decision about my second room. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted November 26, 2022 #228 Share Posted November 26, 2022 18 minutes ago, phoneman69 said: Another day wasted waiting on Carnival to make a decision about my second room. its the holiday weekend, i dont expect anything at all. hopefully something next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keels81 Posted November 26, 2022 #229 Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 10:58 AM, Jamman54 said: So, our PVP called us this morning, as I had left him a message last evening. He still can't access our B2B bookings, but no matter as we have decided to dump those bookings. We are now booked on the 15 day Journeys cruise leaving on 9/29. Better islands, and $1300 less than the 15 day B2B that we originally booked. We will cancel our B2B bookings after we finally get our reassigned cabins. There is no way that they will be giving us the bowling alley balconies that we originally booked. Once I know I will list my gripes and give them to my PVP who will go to bat for me and try to get my nonrefundable deposits applied to my new booking. Even if I wind up losing my deposits I feel we came out ahead. We now have a better 15 day cruise for a much better price. Good luck to the rest of you still waiting for your new cabin assignments. 😎 I was able to do this today for a client in a pretty similar situation -- not so much a particular room for a B2B like y'all have, but multiple ADA rooms in specific situations that won't be able to be met. Ultimately, they were able to get a lift-and-shift of those NRDs toward their new booking, though one room opted to take it in OBC instead of applied payment. So just FYI that that is an option as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneman69 Posted November 26, 2022 #230 Share Posted November 26, 2022 12 hours ago, shof515 said: its the holiday weekend, i dont expect anything at all. hopefully something next week Who knows maybe they will work Saturday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneman69 Posted November 27, 2022 #231 Share Posted November 27, 2022 This waiting game Blows 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted November 27, 2022 #232 Share Posted November 27, 2022 2 hours ago, phoneman69 said: This waiting game Blows yep. another day wasted i cant believe its been almost 2 weeks now ..crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizinisthebest Posted November 27, 2022 #233 Share Posted November 27, 2022 3 hours ago, phoneman69 said: This waiting game Blows Yes it does. This irritates me so much. I have no confidence that we will get room assignments tomorrow or Tuesday either. They did this recently and literally had people waiting for months. And there are some categories that weren't close to being sold out on the Magic now not showing up at all. Mine included. What's up with that?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankeegirl49 Posted November 27, 2022 #234 Share Posted November 27, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 11:58 AM, Jamman54 said: So, our PVP called us this morning, as I had left him a message last evening. He still can't access our B2B bookings, but no matter as we have decided to dump those bookings. We are now booked on the 15 day Journeys cruise leaving on 9/29. Better islands, and $1300 less than the 15 day B2B that we originally booked. We will cancel our B2B bookings after we finally get our reassigned cabins. There is no way that they will be giving us the bowling alley balconies that we originally booked. Once I know I will list my gripes and give them to my PVP who will go to bat for me and try to get my nonrefundable deposits applied to my new booking. Even if I wind up losing my deposits I feel we came out ahead. We now have a better 15 day cruise for a much better price. Good luck to the rest of you still waiting for your new cabin assignments. 😎 I am on that journey cruise as well. I originally was on a 14 day on the Legend, I switched it to this one. It was cheaper, I got additional OBC and I dont have to drive from NYC to Balt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jamman54 Posted November 27, 2022 #235 Share Posted November 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, Yankeegirl49 said: I am on that journey cruise as well. I originally was on a 14 day on the Legend, I switched it to this one. It was cheaper, I got additional OBC and I dont have to drive from NYC to Balt. Good deal. See you on board! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolocruiserMA Posted November 28, 2022 #236 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Was booked for 9/16. Spa inside. It was about 300.00 additional over a standard inside. Worth it to me on a Canada route. The offer as spa insides don't exist, was 100 pp spa credit that can only he used for treatments. And a standard inside. So 1 massage in essence and a standard inside. I calmy called and canceled. They waived the 250.00 fee as I explained I understand the need to make a business decision but I shouldn't be forced to take less than after the fact. The rep agreed with me. At least make me whole. Carnival, I tried, really I did. Trying MSC next. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruizinSusan70 Posted November 28, 2022 #237 Share Posted November 28, 2022 13 minutes ago, SolocruiserMA said: Trying MSC next. The Yacht Club has inside cabins and includes spa access as often as you'd like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolocruiserMA Posted November 28, 2022 #238 Share Posted November 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, CruizinSusan70 said: The Yacht Club has inside cabins and includes spa access as often as you'd like. Funny you mentioned MSC Yacht Club. That's exactly what I hooked! Interior with tons of perks including drinks. A small amount more expensive but worth it as its ultimately cheaper factoring adding in cheers. Carnival, If you read these boards, a poor business decision led you to lose any future business from this single cruiser who sails 4 times a year. I'll be actively sailing your competitors. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted November 28, 2022 #239 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Happy cyber monday i noticed there is a cyber monday sale on the website and one of my cruises went down in price. unfortunately my cabin for that cruise is still TBA and i dont know my cabin category yet. for those who had a TBA cabin and called carnival. do they assign you a cabin on the spot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizinisthebest Posted November 28, 2022 #240 Share Posted November 28, 2022 58 minutes ago, shof515 said: Happy cyber monday i noticed there is a cyber monday sale on the website and one of my cruises went down in price. unfortunately my cabin for that cruise is still TBA and i dont know my cabin category yet. for those who had a TBA cabin and called carnival. do they assign you a cabin on the spot? Carnival sure has themselves in a spot. The cabin I booked way last year is now more expensive than a cove balcony. No clue what they are going to do but I just sent an email to my TA to see if they will just let him upgrade the TBA interior to a cove. Jamman54 did the right thing cancelling and rebooking. This is nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotzyok Posted November 28, 2022 #241 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) Cyber Monday deals has my cruise considerably less and I can select my own cabin instead of waiting…..Has anyone tried this and was able to keep your deposits? Left msg for PVP. Edited November 28, 2022 by shotzyok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamericannn Posted November 28, 2022 #242 Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, shof515 said: Happy cyber monday i noticed there is a cyber monday sale on the website and one of my cruises went down in price. unfortunately my cabin for that cruise is still TBA and i dont know my cabin category yet. for those who had a TBA cabin and called carnival. do they assign you a cabin on the spot? They say they can't do anything until we are assigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted November 28, 2022 #243 Share Posted November 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, Jamericannn said: They say they can't do anything until we are assigned. i got a feeling that will wait after the holidays to assign the rooms so that we can not take advantage to any cyber monday or whatever the promo is called to get reduced pricing. not fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamericannn Posted November 28, 2022 #244 Share Posted November 28, 2022 13 minutes ago, shof515 said: i got a feeling that will wait after the holidays to assign the rooms so that we can not take advantage to any cyber monday or whatever the promo is called to get reduced pricing. not fun I got my rooms booked a while ago at 40% off. I just checked the prices and it was cheaper than the cyber deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneman69 Posted November 28, 2022 #245 Share Posted November 28, 2022 I had booked mine during the Birthday celebration so i know there not matching that price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EllieinNJ Posted November 28, 2022 #246 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Last Monday I got an email from my VIFP account to book the Venezia. The price was great so I booked the Journey Feb. 11, 2024 on line. Today (cyber Mon.) this cruise was $150pp more than last week for same cabin. My problem now is that my TA won't take any cruises I book myself at a discount because she says there is no profit for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fart Cruisers Posted November 28, 2022 Author #247 Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, EllieinNJ said: My problem now is that my TA won't take any cruises I book myself at a discount because she says there is no profit for her. How is that any kind of problem? You can quickly book it yourself online without a TA, make payments yourself online without a TA, if you have to make any changes you can call Carnival yourself, without having to deal with a. TA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRockCruiser Posted November 28, 2022 #248 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, EllieinNJ said: Last Monday I got an email from my VIFP account to book the Venezia. The price was great so I booked the Journey Feb. 11, 2024 on line. Today (cyber Mon.) this cruise was $150pp more than last week for same cabin. My problem now is that my TA won't take any cruises I book myself at a discount because she says there is no profit for her. Well, yeah, (AFAIK) TAs only get commission if they make the original booking. So why should they manage something they get no reward for? Edited November 28, 2022 by ProgRockCruiser added AFAIK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EllieinNJ Posted November 29, 2022 #249 Share Posted November 29, 2022 3 hours ago, Old Fart Cruisers said: How is that any kind of problem? You can quickly book it yourself online without a TA, make payments yourself online without a TA, if you have to make any changes you can call Carnival yourself, without having to deal with a. TA. With other cruise lines she can match the price and give me Some generous OBC. But with Carnival when I get these really reduced prices she can't match it. In the past she did and gave me a small OBC but not anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruizinSusan70 Posted November 29, 2022 #250 Share Posted November 29, 2022 3 hours ago, ProgRockCruiser said: Well, yeah, (AFAIK) TAs only get commission if they make the original booking. So why should they manage something they get no reward for? No, have booked cruises directly in the past with Princess, Celebrity, Royal and MSC and then transferred them to an agent and received either a small discount or OBC. You lose control but you get a better price or OBC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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