Carnival Planners

[bury me at sea]

I'm on my second one from my brick and mortar TA.  I use it often.  It's a valuable tool.

 

I didn't realize they are not readily available.

 

 

[snowy owl]

1 hour ago, JasperCruiser said:

I wonder if a Carnival PVP has the ability to forward me some printed materials... more specifically, one of those large Carnival brochures that travel agents have in their lobby’s. 

I just went into a travel agency and asked for one. The lady that gave it to me just gave me her card and that was it. I was excited to get it but after I got it I have only looked at it one time. I get more info on the internet. The print on the deck plans is so small you can't read it. So I think the net is a better place to look.

[Tapi]

27 minutes ago, teknoge3k said:

 

I am not sure why someone would want these, they're very antiquated. Everything is online and very easy to find. I guess they could have a small handful of them for the people who still haven't discovered the Internet yet. 

I still get printed brochures in the mail, but mostly from the luxury cruise lines, so I guess there’s still an interest in this type of advertising by a sector of the cruising population. But I’m deducting  that it’s mostly older, more affluent, and less tech savvy cruisers the ones who are interested based on what I receive.

 

At some point in time I went online and entered my contact information at various websites just looking for information so I guess they have me on some sort of permanent mailing list. 

Edited January 17, 2019 by Tapi

[Illbcruzn4life]

2 hours ago, snowy owl said:

I booked last week by calling. I'm platinum but have not cruised since 2010. I called a number yesterday and was told because I'm booked I won't get a PVP.... In the past I have always had one person I booked with and talked to whenever I had question and I had their ext. number. This time I have nobody... I want to have one...😏

 

 

by calling the regular reservations number you bypassed the PVP. Since the PVP only gets paid for bookings they actually initiated you would be asking a PVP to work for you for free if you added one now.

 

 

[Mommawo]

PVP verses travel agent..... what can the PVP do that a travel agency can’t? Btw I have never used either of them.  Considering next trip 

[DanvilleCruiser]

1 hour ago, Mommawo said:

PVP verses travel agent..... what can the PVP do that a travel agency can’t? Btw I have never used either of them.  Considering next trip 

The biggest problem that I have had with using a travel agent is that if you have issues or even questions, Carnival makes you go through the travel agent.  I have not yet used a  Carnival PVP, although one was apparently assigned to me after my last cruise.

Edited January 17, 2019 by DanvilleCruiser

[Saint Greg]

Only thing for me it was easy to text him for price adjustments. Since my PVP left the company I’ve been booking my own and I’ve had good luck just calling in my price adjustments.