skurvish Posted August 24, 2010 #1 Share Posted August 24, 2010 We are attempting to book some private shore excursions but are not getting the response we need from the roll call. Anyone have any thoughts on how the cruise line might react if we attempted to promote these ourselves while on board? Person to person should not be a problem, but we thought we might drop fliers at each door. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
operafan Posted August 24, 2010 #2 Share Posted August 24, 2010 We are attempting to book some private shore excursions but are not getting the response we need from the roll call. Anyone have any thoughts on how the cruise line might react if we attempted to promote these ourselves while on board? Person to person should not be a problem, but we thought we might drop fliers at each door. Thoughts? How would the cruise line react? They may just "shorten" your cruise. Not a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted August 24, 2010 #3 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Person to person would be fine, but distributing flyers may be frowned upon. It the past, we have found a couple to share a rental car for a day just by asking around. There has also been some firming up of private excursions amongst the Roll Call members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo70 Posted August 24, 2010 #4 Share Posted August 24, 2010 I would fully expect that you would be booted off the ship if you dropped flyers about a private excursion under people's doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suezyq50 Posted August 24, 2010 #5 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Not a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicam Posted August 24, 2010 #6 Share Posted August 24, 2010 We are attempting to book some private shore excursions but are not getting the response we need from the roll call. Anyone have any thoughts on how the cruise line might react if we attempted to promote these ourselves while on board? Person to person should not be a problem, but we thought we might drop fliers at each door. Thoughts? How do you spell tacky???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuizer2 Posted August 24, 2010 #7 Share Posted August 24, 2010 We are attempting to book some private shore excursions but are not getting the response we need from the roll call. Anyone have any thoughts on how the cruise line might react if we attempted to promote these ourselves while on board? Person to person should not be a problem, but we thought we might drop fliers at each door. Thoughts? The cruise line sells excursions. How do you think they are going to react when they find someone competing with them on their own ship? If you do this, make sure you have a passport. You may end up flying home from the first port stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty9 Posted August 24, 2010 #8 Share Posted August 24, 2010 On every cruise line, it's against the rules to promote yourself as a travel agent or promote any kind of travel agent activities-----and you need not be a travel agent to break those rules. I think it would be frowned upon to even do this one on one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skurvish Posted August 24, 2010 Author #9 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Fair enough. We figured this would be likely answer. Thanks all for your replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady_cruiser Posted August 24, 2010 #10 Share Posted August 24, 2010 How do you spell tacky???? As in "this is a tacky answer to someone's legimate question?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klfrodo Posted August 24, 2010 #11 Share Posted August 24, 2010 As in "this is a tacky answer to someone's legimate question?" Classy response :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicam Posted August 24, 2010 #12 Share Posted August 24, 2010 As in "this is a tacky answer to someone's legimate question?" OH...thankyou very much...I guess I missed the "Proper Etiquette to Respond to a Excursion Flyer Handout" class:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergus Posted August 25, 2010 #13 Share Posted August 25, 2010 We used to get a real kick out of watching our office building's security guard jump and run when he would hear that some unauthorized party was going floor to floor selling something. I would LOVE to see the cruise ship staff's reaction when they get wind of somebody promoting private excursions onboard.........I just think that would be hysterical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted August 25, 2010 #14 Share Posted August 25, 2010 On every cruise line, it's against the rules to promote yourself as a travel agent or promote any kind of travel agent activities-----and you need not be a travel agent to break those rules. I think it would be frowned upon to even do this one on one Of course the line would object to any marketing effort, but certainly there can be no objection to one on one. On every cruise I've taken I have shared non-line-sponsored excursion costs (or airport transportation at debarkation) with people I've met on board. I cannot imagine any line attempting to discourage such interaction among passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted August 25, 2010 #15 Share Posted August 25, 2010 We are attempting to book some private shore excursions but are not getting the response we need from the roll call. Anyone have any thoughts on how the cruise line might react if we attempted to promote these ourselves while on board? Person to person should not be a problem, but we thought we might drop fliers at each door. Thoughts? Talking to someone about an excursion -- fine. But dropping off flyers door-to-door -- NO WAY!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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