carsastic Posted March 23, 2023 #1 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Greetings , I’ve been on this site for many years , while my wife and I moved on from carnival , I do check in here from time to time to see what’s up and changed . Several of our nieces and nephews are planning a cruise ( on carnival ) this summer and looks like quite the turn out. My wife and will be going once they decide what ship /date. Looks like out of Florida and this summer. I have been reading these boards for weeks now to catch up. I’m looking at the reviews posted on here . Question, I hope this is allowed . Is there a way to determine within a review , what is a review by a cruiser /enthusiast from ones that write reviews for for profit or work like a TA or influencer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted March 23, 2023 #2 Share Posted March 23, 2023 If it's glowing about how awesome everything is, it's trash. If it seems like they took a lot of time to make and produce their video, they're likely compensated, especially if they have many travel videos. No one does that much work for free. That's difference between what folks say on a place like this or a place where they get paid to say it as "influencers" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carsastic Posted March 24, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Thanks, I certainly get the ones with videos or who have travel sites .. but on this site we have reviews both live and after with tons of pics , often the same people do maybe 4 to 6 a yea and they are certainly enjoyable .. trying to determine who is sharing the info vs who is doing it for some personal gain? Nothing wrong with personal gain whatsoever, just need to understand it it going in the review .. Btw for our upcoming trip we are up to 22 cabins .. yikes .. should be fun .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jamman54 Posted March 24, 2023 #4 Share Posted March 24, 2023 We do our reviews to share our love of cruising and info with the Cruise Critic community. Nothing more and nothing less. It also helps us to relive the cruises we have taken. The only personal gain is the friendships we have made with fellow Cruise Critic members that we have met on every cruise, and here on the boards. 😎 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carsastic Posted March 24, 2023 Author #5 Share Posted March 24, 2023 53 minutes ago, Jamman54 said: We do our reviews to share our love of cruising and info with the Cruise Critic community. Nothing more and nothing less. It also helps us to relive the cruises we have taken. The only personal gain is the friendships we have made with fellow Cruise Critic members that we have met on every cruise, and here on the boards. 😎 Perfect , thank you .. btw I do enjoy yours and your wife’s review 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted March 24, 2023 #6 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) Nobody profits off of anything posted here. Other than whoever it is that owns cruise critic. I'm sure they do very well. If you don't want to run the risk of helping anyone else out just don't click on any links or watch any youtube videos. Edited March 24, 2023 by Saint Greg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pe4all Posted March 24, 2023 #7 Share Posted March 24, 2023 40 minutes ago, Saint Greg said: Nobody profits off of anything posted here. Other than whoever it is that owns cruise critic. I'm sure they do very well. As far as I know - https://tripadvisor.mediaroom.com/2007-05-23-TripAdvisor-Acquires-Cruise-Critic-Leading-Cruise-Community 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted March 24, 2023 #8 Share Posted March 24, 2023 3 hours ago, Jamman54 said: We do our reviews to share our love of cruising and info with the Cruise Critic community. Nothing more and nothing less. It also helps us to relive the cruises we have taken. The only personal gain is the friendships we have made with fellow Cruise Critic members that we have met on every cruise, and here on the boards. 😎 Same. I'm a pretty OCD kind of person, funny how it's increased as I've gotten older, but I try to do as much research as possible beforehand and in turn try to help others. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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