zitsky Posted September 29, 2022 #1 Share Posted September 29, 2022 (edited) Distinctive Voyage Includes:- Services of a distinctive voyage host- Invitation to a Private Welcome Reception- An Exclusive Amenity (may include: exclusive shore event, onboard event, in-room gift, or shipboard credit) Does anyone have a clue what Distinctive voyage relates to? My TA sent this to me. Am I finally getting the respect I deserve? Edited September 29, 2022 by zitsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbenboys Posted September 29, 2022 #2 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Distinctive voyages has a website. Do a google search. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zitsky Posted September 29, 2022 Author #3 Share Posted September 29, 2022 7 minutes ago, bigbenboys said: Distinctive voyages has a website. Do a google search. Thanks. Not really helpful. There are dozens of results none of which seem related to Celebrity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwlane Posted September 29, 2022 #4 Share Posted September 29, 2022 DV is a TA perk that is not exclusive to Celebrity. A consortium of TA's provides various free onboard amenities---we've been provided a couple of free shore excursion thru them on a couple of cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbenboys Posted September 29, 2022 #5 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Celebrity is shown on the front page. https://mickeystravel.com/site/agent/distinctive-voyages/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGW59 Posted September 29, 2022 #6 Share Posted September 29, 2022 28 minutes ago, zitsky said: Distinctive Voyage Includes:- Services of a distinctive voyage host- Invitation to a Private Welcome Reception- An Exclusive Amenity (may include: exclusive shore event, onboard event, in-room gift, or shipboard credit) Does anyone have a clue what Distinctive voyage relates to? My TA sent this to me. Am I finally getting the respect I deserve? Did you ask the TA that sent it to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zitsky Posted September 29, 2022 Author #7 Share Posted September 29, 2022 3 minutes ago, jwlane said: DV is a TA perk that is not exclusive to Celebrity. A consortium of TA's provides various free onboard amenities---we've been provided a couple of free shore excursion thru them on a couple of cruises. Ok thank you for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted September 29, 2022 #8 Share Posted September 29, 2022 53 minutes ago, zitsky said: Distinctive Voyage Includes:-Am I finally getting the respect I deserve? I think not, just another marketing email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zitsky Posted September 29, 2022 Author #9 Share Posted September 29, 2022 19 minutes ago, jelayne said: I think not, just another marketing email. 😭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrk2cruise Posted September 29, 2022 #10 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Since discussing TA's is not allowed on Cruise Critic this thread will be deleted shortly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwlane Posted September 29, 2022 #11 Share Posted September 29, 2022 3 hours ago, bigbenboys said: Celebrity is shown on the front page. Along with how many other cruise lines??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Gopher Posted September 29, 2022 #12 Share Posted September 29, 2022 4 hours ago, zitsky said: Distinctive Voyage Includes:- Services of a distinctive voyage host- Invitation to a Private Welcome Reception- An Exclusive Amenity (may include: exclusive shore event, onboard event, in-room gift, or shipboard credit) Does anyone have a clue what Distinctive voyage relates to? My TA sent this to me. Am I finally getting the respect I deserve? It’s a perk offered by travel agency consortiums. Looking at the list of Distinctive Voyages for the Beyond in May 2023 it looks like the exclusive amenity will be a free shore excursion “Highlights of Sorrento and Naples”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zitsky Posted September 29, 2022 Author #13 Share Posted September 29, 2022 10 minutes ago, Cruise Gopher said: It’s a perk offered by travel agency consortiums. Looking at the list of Distinctive Voyages for the Beyond in May 2023 it looks like the exclusive amenity will be a free shore excursion “Highlights of Sorrento and Naples”. Thank you. I’ve never seen or heard about this. Just happy that our canceled cruise will be a repeat on the BEYOND! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crusinthrough Posted September 30, 2022 #14 Share Posted September 30, 2022 6 hours ago, wrk2cruise said: Since discussing TA's is not allowed on Cruise Critic this thread will be deleted shortly. No TA is mentioned by name in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrk2cruise Posted September 30, 2022 #15 Share Posted September 30, 2022 55 minutes ago, crusinthrough said: No TA is mentioned by name in this thread. I believe they market/sell cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crusinthrough Posted September 30, 2022 #16 Share Posted September 30, 2022 8 hours ago, wrk2cruise said: I believe they market/sell cruises. Thanks for the clarification.. I thought this was a promotion being offered by a TA not necessarily the actual TA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miched Posted September 30, 2022 #17 Share Posted September 30, 2022 We have received this on a few cruises. I called my TA as I was leery that it was a promotion to sell something like a vacation membership. He said it was just a perk that is available on some cruises. We were invited to a info meeting reception and then a free tour. We did the tour. It was nice but after it reinforced our reason for not taking any tours. Stand and wait, sit and wait and ride on tour bus. It made a few stops and the process began again. Got a free buffet lunch that wasn’t necessary and rather poor quality We passed on the 2nd time we received it Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zitsky Posted September 30, 2022 Author #18 Share Posted September 30, 2022 57 minutes ago, miched said: We have received this on a few cruises. I called my TA as I was leery that it was a promotion to sell something like a vacation membership. He said it was just a perk that is available on some cruises. We were invited to a info meeting reception and then a free tour. We did the tour. It was nice but after it reinforced our reason for not taking any tours. Stand and wait, sit and wait and ride on tour bus. It made a few stops and the process began again. Got a free buffet lunch that wasn’t necessary and rather poor quality We passed on the 2nd time we received it Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅 Thanks for the warning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare dlh015 Posted September 30, 2022 #19 Share Posted September 30, 2022 8 hours ago, miched said: We have received this on a few cruises. I called my TA as I was leery that it was a promotion to sell something like a vacation membership. He said it was just a perk that is available on some cruises. We were invited to a info meeting reception and then a free tour. We did the tour. It was nice but after it reinforced our reason for not taking any tours. Stand and wait, sit and wait and ride on tour bus. It made a few stops and the process began again. Got a free buffet lunch that wasn’t necessary and rather poor quality We passed on the 2nd time we received it Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅 Sounds a little like those real estate/investment come-ons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miched Posted October 1, 2022 #20 Share Posted October 1, 2022 2 hours ago, dlh015 said: Sounds a little like those real estate/investment come-ons... Not really. I don’t know the purpose as they weren’t selling anything. The reception was just that. It had free drinks and appetizers and told about the time and where to meet for the tour the next day. We don’t like taking tours for the reasons noted and nothing has changed about them. Apparently many do like tours and if that is your thing then do it. It is a free tour and drinks at the reception. A great deal if you don’t have a drink package. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare dlh015 Posted October 1, 2022 #21 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Ah! I misunderstood...thanks for clarifying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Gopher Posted October 1, 2022 #22 Share Posted October 1, 2022 The Distinctive Voyages have absolutely nothing to do with timeshares, upsells or anything like that. They are literally just freebie perks that TAs offer, just like they offer free OBC sometimes. No different. Also, if the TA consortium doesn’t get a certain number of bookings into the sailing then the freebie may change from a shore excursion to something more basic like a bottle of wine and some OBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zitsky Posted October 1, 2022 Author #23 Share Posted October 1, 2022 47 minutes ago, Cruise Gopher said: The Distinctive Voyages have absolutely nothing to do with timeshares, upsells or anything like that. They are literally just freebie perks that TAs offer, just like they offer free OBC sometimes. No different. Also, if the TA consortium doesn’t get a certain number of bookings into the sailing then the freebie may change from a shore excursion to something more basic like a bottle of wine and some OBC. A bottle of wine? Some OBC? For free you say? This must be illegal! Who do I report this to? 🙂 Lots of paranoid people on this thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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