Cienfuegos Posted June 6, 2023 #1 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Viking seems to be in overdrive for sending out brochures, booklets, postcards, etc for their river and ocean cruises. Yesterday we received five separate pieces of mail from them, none were duplicates. All to the same address and person (me). I've called Viking twice, asking them to throttle back the volume of stuff, the same stuff, they send week after week. It can't be an inexpensive investment for them to print and send glossy materials. If it was new cruises, added river adventures, etc that would be one thing. But this is the same stuff... [/end of rant] 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duquephart Posted June 6, 2023 #2 Share Posted June 6, 2023 It is pretty ridiculous. Very few days go by without something. Oceania is no different. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted June 6, 2023 #3 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Same here. I would rather they spent all that money on included tips.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoj Posted June 6, 2023 #4 Share Posted June 6, 2023 27 minutes ago, duquephart said: It is pretty ridiculous. Very few days go by without something. Oceania is no different. Regent too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJD117 Posted June 6, 2023 #5 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Cruise lines are chasing the folks with money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorPaulH Posted June 6, 2023 #6 Share Posted June 6, 2023 22 minutes ago, SJD117 said: Cruise lines are chasing the folks with money. Direct mail pieces work - that's why they do them .... a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meander Ingwa Posted June 6, 2023 #7 Share Posted June 6, 2023 e mail links are handy but glossy "dream books" capture people and hold them. I paged through my river cruise book and noted the nice SE Asia tour. It then went in to the recycle bin. I face the same mail volume from my Medicare Advantage provider. Statements every months in multiple forms about how I have used my benefits. I dont need this stuff, particularly the notification that I did not use any benefits . (rollyeyes) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw1776 Posted June 6, 2023 #8 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Despite ~10 Viking cruises I have received no brochures for the last 3-4 years except one for Expedition ships. I must have done something quite unacceptable on one or more of my cruises. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted June 6, 2023 #9 Share Posted June 6, 2023 We heard about you.😱 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CDNPolar Posted June 6, 2023 #10 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Direct mail works. We moved and then noted that "another company" was sending the past owners of our home brochures. (Primarily a land based tour operator) So many came, we started to take note and look at them, and we have now booked our first tour. Viking have a marketing budget. They spend it where it works and I am certain that there are discount codes and things that they track. They know where they send this "junk mail" and no company the size of Viking spends money without some justification that there is a return. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted June 6, 2023 #11 Share Posted June 6, 2023 I am usually never home anyway...so I don't notice what comes in the mail there. 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PasadenaDave Posted June 6, 2023 #12 Share Posted June 6, 2023 We get many and yesterday a huge book from Tauk, although we have never inquired about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cienfuegos Posted June 6, 2023 Author #13 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Good points, but I'm still scratching my head about the same brochure showing up twice in one week, then again the next week, etc. Would I suddenly decide that the Mosel trip which didn't interest me last week is now the object of my desire? I knew we got a lot of this stuff, but my wife and I stopped mail while we were away for a week. Our letter carrier delivered a small tote container of stuff when we returned. Much of it from Viking, Oceania, and Talbot's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHI Cruiser1 Posted June 7, 2023 #14 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Viking's just spending all those advance cruise fares that have been collected recently. Viking has also started buying more TV ad time on numerous cable channels (more than just PBS). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyB Posted June 7, 2023 #15 Share Posted June 7, 2023 For those receiving Viking brochures with promo codes- What are your reasons for not posting the codes for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cienfuegos Posted June 7, 2023 Author #16 Share Posted June 7, 2023 3 hours ago, MikeyB said: For those receiving Viking brochures with promo codes- What are your reasons for not posting the codes for others? I hadn't given that the slightest consideration, but it's not a bad idea. I wonder if Cruise Critic would agree to pin a thread with codes at the top of the forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LindaS272 Posted June 7, 2023 #17 Share Posted June 7, 2023 23 minutes ago, Cienfuegos said: I hadn't given that the slightest consideration, but it's not a bad idea. I wonder if Cruise Critic would agree to pin a thread with codes at the top of the forum? How about making people work for it by going to the thread already dedicated to that purpose? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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