Cancelled Carnival cruises

In article , George Leppla
wrote:

I would imagine there is less actual food waste in a buffet (food prepared)
and the staffing is not as intensive... or require as much supervision or
training.

Even at the low wages the cruise lines pay I think the labor is the
major cost. So less staffing and training, a buffet would cost less.
With computer software now a days they can make pretty good predictions
on how much food to prepare. Plus they could use the crew cabin space
for more revenue cabins or revenue enhancing public space.

--
Charles

"Jeff Gersten" wrote in message
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(Tom K) wrote"


As for Quebec, I'm not sure but I think they cancelled all 3 cruise,not
just te one we were looking at. But, if they have told their reps that
the itinerary is still a go for 2010, they must think it has potential.




The Quebec sailing was unusual. While Quebec itself is great, there were a
TON of sea days, and the itinerary doesn't bother to go to the Saguenay
River Fjord, which for me is a major attraction up there. I think the
itinerary could scare people off. And the itinerary could fit more with
Cunard, HAL or Princess than Carnival. Like Europe.

--Tom

I'm actually very disappointed as I planned my vacation schedule this
year around the Quebec cruise.

Now I have to think about possibly doing Holland America Boston to
Montreal one way and using Amtrak for the return to NJ.



In article ,
"Tom K" wrote:

"Jeff Gersten" wrote in message
...
(Tom K) wrote"


As for Quebec, I'm not sure but I think they cancelled all 3 cruise,not
just te one we were looking at. But, if they have told their reps that
the itinerary is still a go for 2010, they must think it has potential.




The Quebec sailing was unusual. While Quebec itself is great, there were a
TON of sea days, and the itinerary doesn't bother to go to the Saguenay
River Fjord, which for me is a major attraction up there. I think the
itinerary could scare people off. And the itinerary could fit more with
Cunard, HAL or Princess than Carnival. Like Europe.

--Tom

(George*Leppla) wrote:

Carnival cares about the bottom line... just like
any other business. Most travel agents had
bookings that were lost, but... the vast majority
of them re-booked on other ships. It took a
little work but things happen and I doubt that
many TA's lost a significant amount of money
over this.

Some business must have been lost. I know in the Christmas/New Years
vacation in 2003-2004, we had a river cruise booked in the Netherlands
that was chartered out. We ended up doing a land vacation in Amsterdam.
The original cruise was booked with a cruise only agent, so she lost
that business.

And, it would seem to me, that even if you did not lose any customers
who were cancelled, you would be doing a lot more work for no more
money. I am assuming that Carnival is not reimbursing you for your time
and effort of booking cruises that they later cancel.

"Jeff Gersten" wrote

And, it would seem to me, that even if you did not lose any customers
who were cancelled, you would be doing a lot more work for no more
money. I am assuming that Carnival is not reimbursing you for your time
and effort of booking cruises that they later cancel.


Well, you are right but that is just the way it is. Being a Travel Agent
isn't always unlimited Shrimp and Champagne, you know! vbg

Every job has it's glitches and Sonsabitches ® moments.

It happens, you bitch and moan then you do what you can for the customers
and move on.


--
George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com

Cruise Specials Weblog http://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/

"Paul Krause" wrote in message
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I'm actually very disappointed as I planned my vacation schedule this
year around the Quebec cruise.

Now I have to think about possibly doing Holland America Boston to
Montreal one way and using Amtrak for the return to NJ.



Does HAL do it in August?

--Tom

We are in the minority,we pine for the good old days of cruising on a
smaller ship,but without the high cost of the ships like seaborne or
oceania,really loved the old pacific princess,and the now gone home
lines,







cruise lover(~~~~~)






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On Jan 26, 5:25�pm, "George Leppla" wrote:
"Jeff Gersten" wrote

And, it would seem to me, that even if you did not lose any customers

who were cancelled, you would be doing a lot more work for no more
money. I am assuming that Carnival is not reimbursing you for your time
and effort of booking cruises that they later cancel.

Well, you are right but that is just the way it is. �Being a Travel Agent
isn't always unlimited Shrimp and Champagne, you know! vbg

Every job has it's glitches and Sonsabitches � �moments.

It happens, you bitch and moan then you do what you can for the customers
and move on.

--
George Leppla � �http://www.CruiseMaster.com

Cruise Specials Webloghttp://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/

George
Everytime I do a travel agent onboard I think of you. And its funny
very few times of late is there any Shrimp! The dang TA's ruined it!
If it is free Esp Alcohol yoi can not get near a bar!

I had a SOB moment today getting a call from a client on Sunday
saying the Caribbean princess was not ready when they got to San Juan
and they put them in a warehouse to wait and it was delayed 7 hours.
I was thinking IN A WAREHOUSE what is wrong with these Cruise lines!
The clients were NCL cruisers who now decided to Move on Up to
Princess... bet they are saying they like being on NCL and happy.....
here the ship was not ready from Dry dock so now they sailed and they
are still finishing the ship.....
SO hope when they come home they will be Hsppy with their cruise
Susette
Cruise Outlets and Travel
www.cruiseoutlets.com
800-853-9515

Susette wrote:

I had a SOB moment today getting a call from a client on Sunday
saying the Caribbean princess was not ready when they got to San Juan
and they put them in a warehouse to wait and it was delayed 7 hours.
I was thinking IN A WAREHOUSE what is wrong with these Cruise lines!

We had something similar situation when we sailed on the Grand Princess
Oct. 31, 1999. The ship was coming from Europe and there had been some
very bad storms there and during the crossing. Princess knew the ship
would be delayed, but did not notify most of the TAs. They put us in a
conference center that wasn't big enough for all the passengers. Someone
actually called 911 reporting a fire hazzard.lol Finally we found
out(not from Princess) that the ship was boarding passengers, so a group
of us got cabs to the pier and at 9PM got on the ship. It was not a fun
day, but we did enjoy the cruise and the ship.

Hope your clients enjoy their cruise!!

sue

Sue Mullen wrote:

We had something similar situation when we sailed on the Grand Princess
Oct. 31, 1999. The ship was coming from Europe and there had been some
very bad storms there and during the crossing. Princess knew the ship
would be delayed, but did not notify most of the TAs. They put us in a
conference center that wasn't big enough for all the passengers. Someone
actually called 911 reporting a fire hazzard.lol Finally we found
out(not from Princess) that the ship was boarding passengers, so a group
of us got cabs to the pier and at 9PM got on the ship. It was not a fun
day, but we did enjoy the cruise and the ship.

Hope your clients enjoy their cruise!!

sue

About 12-13 yrs ago, I was booked on the Norwegian Windward, which
became the Norwegian Wind, then the MS SuperStar Aquarius. whew

This was a cruise for the solar eclipse, plus we would see the volcano
at Montserrat, which was belching, had lava flows and mud flows.
Norwegian were stretching the ship and it was not finished in time for
the cruise. The cruise was canceled and I read about it here; it took my
TA several weeks to notify me.

Becca