Comments on: Carnival Vacation Club - The Little Engine That Couldn’t http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/08/05/carnival-vacation-club-the-little-engine-that-couldnt A day in the life of Anna Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:51:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Anna Skamarakas » Carnival Vacation Club Update http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/08/05/carnival-vacation-club-the-little-engine-that-couldnt#comment-619 Anna Skamarakas » Carnival Vacation Club Update Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:49:05 +0000 http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/08/05/carnival-vacation-club-the-little-engine-that-couldnt#comment-619 [...] a comment on a previous post I made about the Carnival Vacation Club, which you can find here - http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/08/05/carnival-vacation-club-the-little-engine-that-couldnt#comment-... .  It reminded me that I had not taken the opportunity to update the situation with the club, or [...] [...] a comment on a previous post I made about the Carnival Vacation Club, which you can find here - http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/08/05/carnival-vacation-club-the-little-engine-that-couldnt#comment-... .  It reminded me that I had not taken the opportunity to update the situation with the club, or [...]

]]> By: anna http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/08/05/carnival-vacation-club-the-little-engine-that-couldnt#comment-618 anna Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:31:31 +0000 http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/08/05/carnival-vacation-club-the-little-engine-that-couldnt#comment-618 I'm sorry you've had an experience similar to the one my in-laws had. They also learned during the course of our cruise that they were not entitled to the benefits of their cruise line status because they used points to pay for the cruise (for example, they are gold members with one cruise line that would not allow them the priority debarkation because they were there on points). A Carnival Cruise Club rep has made repeated phone calls to my in-laws to try and get them to purchase into the new plan. I don't know how the new plan works, but you have to pay $50 up front, and I convinced them not to get involved. I hope other people find this blog and realize that even though on the face of it, it seems like a reputable company offering you a great price for their product. It's a scam, it's not worth the money you pay into it, and the hassles to use it are aggravating at best. I’m sorry you’ve had an experience similar to the one my in-laws had. They also learned during the course of our cruise that they were not entitled to the benefits of their cruise line status because they used points to pay for the cruise (for example, they are gold members with one cruise line that would not allow them the priority debarkation because they were there on points).

A Carnival Cruise Club rep has made repeated phone calls to my in-laws to try and get them to purchase into the new plan. I don’t know how the new plan works, but you have to pay $50 up front, and I convinced them not to get involved. I hope other people find this blog and realize that even though on the face of it, it seems like a reputable company offering you a great price for their product. It’s a scam, it’s not worth the money you pay into it, and the hassles to use it are aggravating at best.

]]> By: UnhappyCruiser http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/08/05/carnival-vacation-club-the-little-engine-that-couldnt#comment-617 UnhappyCruiser Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:36:03 +0000 http://skamarakas.com/anna/2008/08/05/carnival-vacation-club-the-little-engine-that-couldnt#comment-617 Sadly, we bought into this sham back in July 2004. We were on a first time cruise with our kids. The sales people promised us 30 to 50% savings on future cruises, which NEVER materialized. Every time we tried to book the cruise through the "vacation club" the points we would use equaled to or exceeded in cost the price of a cruise if we would have paid for it outright on the Carnival website. We complained and complained to no avail. We just finally decided to use our points instead of lose them, so we booked a cruise -only to find out they have more hidden fees now for using your points. VERY SAD indeed. If there is another one of these things being ready to be released on unsuspecting cruisers - I pray that more people read these complaints and let them know they should run folks, RUN.... Sadly, we bought into this sham back in July 2004. We were on a first time cruise with our kids. The sales people promised us 30 to 50% savings on future cruises, which NEVER materialized. Every time we tried to book the cruise through the “vacation club” the points we would use equaled to or exceeded in cost the price of a cruise if we would have paid for it outright on the Carnival website. We complained and complained to no avail. We just finally decided to use our points instead of lose them, so we booked a cruise -only to find out they have more hidden fees now for using your points. VERY SAD indeed. If there is another one of these things being ready to be released on unsuspecting cruisers - I pray that more people read these complaints and let them know they should run folks, RUN….

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