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From: John Sisker on 7 Jun 2010 14:38 "Tom K" <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote in message news:4c0b1dc6$0$21968$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > If you like Carnival fine. If you like recommending it to your clients... > that's your decision. But my experience on Carnival was below my minimal > acceptable level. Carnival is not something that I can honestly > recommend. Not with so many better alternatives, many of which they own. > > --Tom Tom, Fair assumption, but like any recommendation, if we feel Carnival best fits the bill for the clients needs, wants and budget, then that will be one of our suggestions - unless of course, they purposely request otherwise for some reason. But even then, we will find out why. We also try not to let our individual bias influence our research, but will take into consideration our personal experience. Yet, as someone said, your experience with Carnival was years ago, on a 3 or 4 day cruise, and on one of their older ships; no wonder you tend to look elsewhere. Yet, the Carnival of yesteryear if not the Carnival of today. We were initially cruising on Carnival when beer drinking contests were the "in" thing. Yet, today, it's a whole different ballpark with them, still fun, but not so much the party atmosphere that some tend to think it is. You may be pleasantly surprised with today's Carnival Cruise Line. In addition, we are well aware that Carnival is more of a mass-market cruise line, hence their popularity. Likewise, there are other cruise lines, such as Holland American Line (HAL), for example, which tends to cater to a more experience, upscale audience. Even though HAL is owned by Carnival itself, they also know the need to appeal to different market segments. In fact, we have not only sailed on both cruise lines a number of times ourselves, but many others as well. John Sisker - SHIP-TO-SHORE CRUISE AGENCY� (714) 536-3850 or toll-free at (800) 724-6644 & (Agency ID: 714.536.3850) www.shiptoshorecruise.com / www.tinplatedesign.com > Facebook/Twitter/Blog/Flickr/MyPage
From: Stu on 7 Jun 2010 15:12 On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:38:19 -0700, "John Sisker" <jsisker(a)sprynet.com> wrote: >"Tom K" <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote in message >news:4c0b1dc6$0$21968$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... >> If you like Carnival fine. If you like recommending it to your clients... >> that's your decision. But my experience on Carnival was below my minimal >> acceptable level. Carnival is not something that I can honestly >> recommend. Not with so many better alternatives, many of which they own. >> >> --Tom > > > >Tom, > >Fair assumption, but like any recommendation, if we feel Carnival best fits >the bill for the clients needs, wants and budget, then that will be one of >our suggestions - unless of course, they purposely request otherwise for >some reason. But even then, we will find out why. We also try not to let our >individual bias influence our research, but will take into consideration our >personal experience. Yet, as someone said, your experience with Carnival was >years ago, on a 3 or 4 day cruise, and on one of their older ships; no >wonder you tend to look elsewhere. Yet, the Carnival of yesteryear if not >the Carnival of today. We were initially cruising on Carnival when beer >drinking contests were the "in" thing. Yet, today, it's a whole different >ballpark with them, still fun, but not so much the party atmosphere that >some tend to think it is. You may be pleasantly surprised with today's >Carnival Cruise Line. Yes indeed, many went on Carnival years back, they've changed quite abit, and the food is much better than most.
From: George Leppla on 7 Jun 2010 15:23 On 6/7/2010 1:38 PM, John Sisker wrote: > Fair assumption, but like any recommendation, if we feel Carnival best > fits the bill for the clients needs, wants and budget, then that will be > one of our suggestions - Here is what your "clients" can expect about your recommendations... taken from your website: "Users of our Website and/or recommendations agree that use of our booking services are entirely at the users own risk." And..... "SHIP-TO-SHORE CRUISE AGENCY� does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose of any of the data on its Website or any referrals, recommendations, troubleshooting, suggestions and/or other services provided herewith." So much for recommendations and suggestions. >. Yet, as someone said, your > experience with Carnival was years ago, on a 3 or 4 day cruise, and on > one of their older ships; no wonder you tend to look elsewhere. As I recall, the vast majority of your Carnival Cruise experiences was on 3 and 4 night Carnival cruises, no? Perhaps you could post a list of the numerous longer Carnival cruises you have been on so we can share in your experiences. > In addition, we are well aware that Carnival is more of a mass-market > cruise line, hence their popularity. Likewise, there are other cruise > lines, such as Holland American Line (HAL), for example, which tends to > cater to a more experience, upscale audience. Even though HAL is owned > by Carnival itself, they also know the need to appeal to different > market segments. In fact, we have not only sailed on both cruise lines a > number of times ourselves, but many others as well. John, you'll have to refresh my memory. Which HAL cruise ships have you cruised on a "number of times"? -- George Leppla Countryside Travel http://www.CruiseMaster.com Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CruiseMaster
From: peter on 7 Jun 2010 15:41 X-no-archive: yes On 6/7/10 9:23 PM, in article hujgvj01cqj(a)news4.newsguy.com, "Leper" wrote: > John, you'll have to refresh my memory. Which HAL cruise ships have you > cruised on a "number of times"? Yeah John, please tell Leper: he wants to update his John Sisker database as he doesn't have anything else to do. He hasn't seen a customer since late last year.
From: Stu on 7 Jun 2010 15:48
On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:41:47 +0200, peter <peters25(a)stockton.com> wrote: >X-no-archive: yes On 6/7/10 9:23 PM, in article >hujgvj01cqj(a)news4.newsguy.com, "Leper" wrote: > >> John, you'll have to refresh my memory. Which HAL cruise ships have you >> cruised on a "number of times"? > >Yeah John, please tell Leper: he wants to update his John Sisker database as >he doesn't have anything else to do. He hasn't seen a customer since late >last year. Why not answer the question? I'm sure John would be happy to. |