Galleon1234 Posted February 26, 2018 #1 Share Posted February 26, 2018 John Heald would you please tell Carnival that we want "Carnival Fare Viewer" back. Doing "mock" bookings wastes Carnivals time and ours. Cruise Critic people want it back.! Thanks so much for your assistance in this matter.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboatahoy Posted February 26, 2018 #2 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I'm not sure how you waste a website's time Sent from my Pixel using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micahs Grandad Posted February 26, 2018 #3 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Why not post it on his fb page probably leaving out cc from pos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galleon1234 Posted February 26, 2018 Author #4 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Posted it there too:)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffatsea Posted February 26, 2018 #5 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I have never really found Fare Viewer to be necessary. I don't think doing mock bookings on the web site is at all a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray98 Posted February 26, 2018 #6 Share Posted February 26, 2018 You need to go to the website anyway because OBC's and such factor into the overall price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknoge3k Posted February 26, 2018 #7 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Wasting a websites time doing mock bookings? :') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micahs Grandad Posted February 26, 2018 #8 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I have never really found Fare Viewer to be necessary.I don't think doing mock bookings on the web site is at all a problem. That is how we have always checked pricing and works for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray98 Posted February 26, 2018 #9 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I bet that website has more important things it could be doing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StolidCruiser Posted February 26, 2018 #10 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Who is this “we” you speak of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crooooze Posted February 26, 2018 #11 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I have three future cruises booked. Every other day, I check if the prices dropped and spend no more than 1 minute total. I have the URLs for mock bookings stored in my bookmarks. I literally click 4 times for each one and know immediately if the price changed and what promotion categories exist. This works better and faster for me than Fare Viewer ever did. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted February 26, 2018 #12 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I find mock bookings to be better than fare viewer because fareviewer just gives you the base price. It doesn’t include the upgrades for various decks and whatnot which can swing the price significantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsotm73 Posted February 26, 2018 #13 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Just curious since I don't remember ever using "Carnival Fare Viewer," but do any of the competing lines have something similar to that, so I can see what I am missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerman2 Posted February 26, 2018 #14 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Once booked let's use 8E as an example. Carnival web you need to know what "color" an 8E cabin is. As there are what 5 different (8) categories? Fare viewer you matched number and letter (8E) . It was simpler and quicker than doing mock booking. I was one who did the mock bookings until someone showed me the way to fare viewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury me at sea Posted February 26, 2018 #15 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Fare Viewer was quick and easy to use. Also showed very clearly what Carnival's two category upgrade truly meant. I think the chances of bringing it back are about the same as bringing back tablecloths in the MDR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepeka Posted February 26, 2018 #16 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Once booked let's use 8E as an example. Carnival web you need to know what "color" an 8E cabin is. As there are what 5 different (8) categories? Fare viewer you matched number and letter (8E) . It was simpler and quicker than doing mock booking. I was one who did the mock bookings until someone showed me the way to fare viewer. Fare Viewer was quick and easy to use. Also showed very clearly what Carnival's two category upgrade truly meant. I think the chances of bringing it back are about the same as bringing back tablecloths in the MDR. Agree with both of these posts. While bookmarking a specific cruise does save a few steps, Fareviewer showed better information in terms of cabin categories and pricing. Unfortunately, it did not show military rates. As to the question about other cruise lines having a similar tool, I've never seen or heard of one but then I don't frequent all the major cruise lines web sites (or their CC boards) that often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winddawn Posted February 26, 2018 #17 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I never used fare viewer because it did not display offers Carnival targeted to me, such as casino fares. If I had relied on fare viewer, I'd have missed some great deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerman2 Posted February 26, 2018 #18 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I never used fare viewer because it did not display offers Carnival targeted to me, such as casino fares. If I had relied on fare viewer, I'd have missed some great deals. I think the point being missed is "after" you have booked at whatever special/rate, you could just looked at fare viewer and see the rate for 8E etc. or whatever category booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoW mAn Posted July 7, 2018 #19 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I still miss it - made a video on the subject [YOUTUBE]8WKoRY6Wxtc[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecruiserofships Posted July 7, 2018 #20 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I miss it too. It was a quick & simple tool to use for checking base prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudyard Posted July 7, 2018 #21 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I think what the OP meant by wasting Carnival's time was that a mock booking sometimes triggers a call from a PVP. It's their time being wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spleenstomper Posted July 7, 2018 #22 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I also want fare viewer back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaz Posted July 7, 2018 #23 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I think what the OP meant by wasting Carnival's time was that a mock booking sometimes triggers a call from a PVP. It's their time being wasted. That, plus the website server has to spend more time, processing muscle and bandwidth during mock bookings serving up different cruise offerings and pages, images, etc. Not a big deal but it's certainly annoying for us. (WHY they can't let you select and drill-down your cruise parameters and THEN initiate a shorter, easier search I'll never know...and all of the Big Three are guilty of this...which is why I use that vee-tee-gee website to find sailings and then book them direct with the line.) I DO miss FareViewer as it made checking for price-drops easier, but I can survive without it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1AL Posted July 7, 2018 #24 Share Posted July 7, 2018 OP, Though crowd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siestakeys04 Posted July 7, 2018 #25 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Doing mock bookings don’t bother me. It’s all I’ve ever done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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