4merlurker Posted December 6, 2013 #1 Share Posted December 6, 2013 It was a PVP I worked with 2 years ago when I was planning a carnival cruise. Long story short: that cruise never happened but this women called me 2-3x a month for about 8 months asking if I was ready to book...ready to book...ready to book. Nutz! Finally she stopped. The phone rang yesterday and it was HER! Asking if I was ready to book a cruise. I told her that I had in fact booked already - online. She seemed put off...said "oh, ok" and HUNG UP ON ME!:eek: 2 mins later the phone rang again....305....It was her again. She said she found my booking and it was indeed in the system (Like I was lying?) and to enjoy my cruise and then hung up again. ***??? Anyone else have a stalker PVP??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsTabbyKats Posted December 6, 2013 #2 Share Posted December 6, 2013 It was a PVP I worked with 2 years ago when I was planning a carnival cruise. Long story short: that cruise never happened but this women called me 2-3x a month for about 8 months asking if I was ready to book...ready to book...ready to book. Nutz! Finally she stopped.The phone rang yesterday and it was HER! Asking if I was ready to book a cruise. I told her that I had in fact booked already - online. She seemed put off...said "oh, ok" and HUNG UP ON ME!:eek: 2 mins later the phone rang again....305....It was her again. She said she found my booking and it was indeed in the system (Like I was lying?) and to enjoy my cruise and then hung up again. ***??? Anyone else have a stalker PVP??? Yes...I did. PVP kept calling me...even though I wasn't planning to book. When I finally booked (I called and spoke to the first person who answered) I mentioned "the PVP". She "unchecked a box" on my profile...and said he wouldn't call again. He hasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havingfun2010 Posted December 6, 2013 #3 Share Posted December 6, 2013 PVP = Sales person.....and Carnival needs business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitamin_Sea Posted December 6, 2013 #4 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I book with a popular TA and get better deals then CCL offers. Im booked now and I will answer if I see a 305 call coming in. Never know could be a worth while upgrade;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemrtt Posted December 6, 2013 #5 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I had a PVP that called quite a bit during the course of a year. I finally asked him not to call back unless he was offering a free cruise. I really don't need to be coerced to spend money. He never called again. I had a PCC with NCL that did the same thing. But he stopped calling on his own. When I was ready to book this year, I called & I found out he was no longer with the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfadj Posted December 6, 2013 #6 Share Posted December 6, 2013 When I started with our current pvp told her to please only call if she has something important to tell me and when i call her it means i am ready to book. working perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitamin_Sea Posted December 6, 2013 #7 Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) I had a PVP that called quite a bit during the course of a year. I finally asked him not to call back unless he was offering a free cruise. I really don't need to be coerced to spend money. He never called again. I had a PCC with NCL that did the same thing. But he stopped calling on his own. When I was ready to book this year, I called & I found out he was no longer with the company. Typical sales calls..They must work on commission. I used to get calls but I told him to stop calling and he did. Edited December 6, 2013 by limoguy1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowskier Posted December 6, 2013 #8 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I have blocked the stalker PVP number on both my land line and cell phone. That takes care of it. I don't want to pay for upgrades Carnival may offer as they are depending on impulse buying and I just don't do that -- so could care less that I don't get any calls from Carnival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pirate4me2 Posted December 6, 2013 #9 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I have wondered before if I got a PVP if I would get better deals, upgrades, etc. But hearing some stories of the pushy ones makes me glad I book online myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitamin_Sea Posted December 6, 2013 #10 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I have wondered before if I got a PVP if I would get better deals, upgrades, etc. But hearing some stories of the pushy ones makes me glad I book online myself! I have always got a better deal with a TA. Maybe they cut there commission or buy cabins in bulk. Whatever the case, I get more with a TA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Geegitz Posted December 6, 2013 #11 Share Posted December 6, 2013 We had always used a PVP. Then she left. The new one wasn't near as good so I started booking direct. It's been great. Instant changes or any other request. Something a TA could never do. Too many channels for a TA. Highly doubt you get a better deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitamin_Sea Posted December 6, 2013 #12 Share Posted December 6, 2013 We had always used a PVP. Then she left. The new one wasn't near as good so I started booking direct. It's been great. Instant changes or any other request. Something a TA could never do. Too many channels for a TA. Highly doubt you get a better deal. Well sure, a TA is the middle man so if you have to make changes it takes time. I just care about the bottom line number (OBC, cabin price). For us, a TA has been winning the battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooselover Posted December 6, 2013 #13 Share Posted December 6, 2013 We had a wonderful PVP with Carnival. Then about a year later when I was perusing around Carnival's website thinking of booking....another PVP called me. I told this person that so and so was my PVP and they said, oh, she is not here anymore! Okay, so I book this cruise with my new PVP. About a year later, thinking of another cruise, I get another call from a different PVP. This time I did NOT book the cruise with the PVP, but online. A while later, my original PVP called. I said they told me you were not there anymore! Of course that was a lie. Now when I book, I email her or call her directly. I couldn't believe some of these other PVP's just flat out lied to me! Now, for whatever it is worth, the SAME THING has happened with RCCL and NCL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfadj Posted December 6, 2013 #14 Share Posted December 6, 2013 We had a wonderful PVP with Carnival. Then about a year later when I was perusing around Carnival's website thinking of booking....another PVP called me. I told this person that so and so was my PVP and they said, oh, she is not here anymore! Okay, so I book this cruise with my new PVP. About a year later, thinking of another cruise, I get another call from a different PVP. This time I did NOT book the cruise with the PVP, but online. A while later, my original PVP called. I said they told me you were not there anymore! Of course that was a lie. Now when I book, I email her or call her directly. I couldn't believe some of these other PVP's just flat out lied to me! Now, for whatever it is worth, the SAME THING has happened with RCCL and NCL! Hope that if Carnival found out that pvp's were lying to steal other pvp's businessthey would fire them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vols_159 Posted December 6, 2013 #15 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Anyone has a pvp leave carnival for another company than call you for the other cruise company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Posted December 6, 2013 #16 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I am lucky to have a great PVP. Calls back quickly if I call & always calls right before a cruise to see if any last minute concerns or questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfadj Posted December 6, 2013 #17 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Anyone has a pvp leave carnival for another company than call you for the other cruise company No but would think that if a pvp left for another cruise company would take their customer list with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle1836 Posted December 6, 2013 #18 Share Posted December 6, 2013 my PVP used to call when ever I logged in. now I don't log in until I am ready to book. and I told him that since he calls all the time, he better know what number he is calling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The4Cruisers Posted December 6, 2013 #19 Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) I use discount certificates (Thank You Rewards) when I book, so I have to call a special promotions desk rather than my PVP. The last time I tried to used the discount cert's via my PVP, I had to fight to get them to accept the the cert's because I didn't call the Promo desk to book the cruise. So, I don't get to talk to my PVP much anymore. :mad: Edited December 6, 2013 by The4Cruisers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squakittymaus Posted December 7, 2013 #20 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I have a pushy PVP in the sense that every time I visit the Carnivals website, just to snoop around and see different things, I get a phone call the very next day. Even if it's multiple days in a row. However, I've booked 3 cruises through him and he always gets me a good worthwhile upgrade, so I can't complain. I just visit carnivals website in google chrome incognito mode from now on ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusinpsychRN Posted December 7, 2013 #21 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Anyone has a pvp leave carnival for another company than call you for the other cruise company I had a great PVP who would call me with great deals. I booked about 5 cruises with him. When he left Carnival, he sent me something in the mail to tell me he'd gone private. I used him twice more. The second time I noticedI was 3 days past final payment and payment hadn't been made. I called him, emailed, called, emailed. No response. Carnival wouldn't talk to me until I told them I didn't want to lose my booking but my TA was missing and not responding. They put me in touch with his parent company and they helped me fix it. I thought for sure something awful had happened to him. Nope, he still works there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerin Posted December 7, 2013 #22 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Anyone else have a stalker PVP??? Yes, we always book online ourselves to avoid this. I called 1 time a few weeks back to make a change because the site was sending e mails to the wrong account. Ever since then I've gotten calls and e mails from a PVP telling me about all the great deals and saying I need to book a cruise. Ummmm...I already have 2 booked. Irritating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitamin_Sea Posted December 7, 2013 #23 Share Posted December 7, 2013 (edited) I have a pushy PVP in the sense that every time I visit the Carnivals website, just to snoop around and see different things, I get a phone call the very next day. ;) I used to get that until I told them to not call anymore :rolleyes: You can always know its them with the 305! After a while it gets annoying. They are like wolves!:eek: Edited December 7, 2013 by limoguy1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmet0225 Posted December 7, 2013 #24 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I've been on 3 Carnival cruises, and all have been booked online. Never have had my own PVP. A few months ago, I started getting calls about once a month from the 305 area code, from the same lady. Finally figured out it was a day after I had checked rates online. One time I answered, and she asked if I was ready to book. I said "no," and she asked if I had any questions. I said "no", and she seemed put off with that answer, so she said "bye." Now, I just log in to check rates to see if she'll call the next day. She does, and I don't answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccruisequeen Posted December 7, 2013 #25 Share Posted December 7, 2013 (edited) I have a PVP I love, but got stalker emails from another PvP. I finally emailed him back and said that PVP "A" was my only PVP but if I needed another I'd let him know. Never heard from him again Edited December 7, 2013 by ccruisequeen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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