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I have a dining question, and I will admit that I am getting a little frustrated that no one at Carnival can answer my question. Let me start with I have sailed with Carnival many time – most recently on the Conquest Dec. 7, 2014 and the Ecstasy Dec. 19, 2014. I also understand the 3 dining options – early, late, and YTD. My next cruise on the Freedom Feb. 2, 2015. It is this sailing I have a question about. I booked this cruise on goccl – the same way I book all cruises with Carnival. When I got to “Dining Request” this is what I see: Dining Request Select your preferred confirmed dining time: Select your preferred waitlisted dining time (optional): The drop down menu for “preferred confirmed” has listed: Late dining – 8:15 Your Time 5:45-9:30 On Request My question is WHAT is “On Request?” I have called a couple times. No one knows. The 2 people I spoke to this morning actually got rude telling me I “forgot to choose a dining time,” “You have unassigned dining because all times are waitlisted.” They wouldn’t/couldn’t acknowledge that “on Request” is listed as an option. I did choose a dining time – I am confirmed for On Request– and all are not waitlisted. I *thought* maybe “On Request” was a new option and that I would try it out. But now that my boarding pass says “unassigned” and no one can tell me what it is I am nervous that I am going to get stuck with late dining for 12 days. If all this is, is a placeholder in the system – then please tell us that. I have search goccl and carnival and passport and can’t find anything!!! Please let me know before it is too late.

Let me start off by welcoming you back again and thanking you for being such a loyal Fan of Fun.  When you made your booking, Your Time Dining was already at capacity which is the reason why the status appears as On Request.  Had you been able to secure a place then the status would have been Confirmed.  Send me your contact information Nhernandez2@carnival.com so one of my team members can answer any questions you have.

 

– Noel

  
By |January 26th, 2015|GoCCL.com|0 Comments

I booked a couple on a 7-night cruise. Here is the e-mail I just received from the client. Lenny. I noticed when I logged onto Carnival with our booking # that it has our cabin down for 2 twin beds. Do we have to do something to make sure those beds are not left as twins but put together as a king? Thanks. Christine So I went back into the booking to change the bedding on Bookccl and found out I could not. I called an dwas told that I would have to log into Carnival.com to make the change. As a travel professional for the past 25 years do not understand why I should have to do this instead of in one place, BookCCL. I do not want to work harder just smarter. Thanks

You do raise a good point.  That feature to choose the bedding type either during the booking process or after is already on our GoCCL.com wish list.  Our team is considering this feature along with some others that we know will make it more efficient to make and create bookings.   Stay tuned.

 

-Noel

  
By |January 26th, 2015|GoCCL.com|0 Comments

Each time we attempt to fill out the Early Saver form at the following website, it will not submit: http://www.carnival.com/request-forms/agency-early-saver-claim.aspx We call in and are transferred to the IT department, who eventually decides just to submit the form on our behalf. It would be much easier for CCL and our office if this form could be corrected. Thank you for your help! :)

I am sorry to hear about your trouble submitting this request form.  I would like to understand exactly what error you receive when you do so.  I’m sure we can get to the bottom of the issue rather than just submitting the form on your behalf. Please send me your contact information to Nhernandez2@carnival.com.

 

-Noel

  
By |January 26th, 2015|GoCCL.com|0 Comments

I would like for you to address and answer my question/issue with a more detailed WHY? – please do not give us travel agents a corporate answer. I was on carnival.com and clicked “find a travel professional”. I input my zip code 4 different times and nothing happened. Finally on the 5th time it worked. I input my zip code and it only shows agencies in the Exact zip code. And, it ONLY gives the name and address of the agency. Here are my questions… #1 Why did it take me 5 tries to get the system to even work? (if I was a shopper, I would have moved on…hmm) #2 Why do you have to input the exact zip code to get a list? #3 Why can’t you give a list of agents in a 5 mile radius or something? #4 WHY don’t you list the agency phone number and website link??????? It Carnival wants their customer/passenger/client to decide how to book their cruise and Carnival wants to provide the best service and product, why not give the customer the info at their fingertips. Carnival has links on their website for everything else, WHY not this? Carnival does want to provide the best for their customers, right?? Thank you.

Thanks you for your comments, I promise not to give you a corporate response.  The truth is you should not have to enter your zip code more than once in the Find a Travel Professional page.  We have identified this as a defect as well as the fact that the telephone number is missing from the information returned.  We are working on determining the root cause.   Meanwhile, the way the tool is set up to work is that it will return results matching the same exact zip code that was originally entered.  The next step, of course, is to enhance the tool to make it more dynamic so that it can also map the zip code and determine which zip codes are closest to the original and return results based on that.

 

-Noel

  
By |December 12th, 2014|GoCCL.com|0 Comments

When we book on goccl or look at a booking on goccl, i dont sem to find the cancellation penalties readily. it would be nice if it is displayed unless perhaps i just have not looked close enough and not found it

When you are in the process of creating a booking, you can access the cancellation grid by clicking on the Terms & Conditions link or the Guest Cruise Ticket Contract link in the Review page.   We also have the information listed in the Resource Center  > Knowledge Center  > Booking Policies and Information > Cancellation Policy.  Even quicker, you can enter the keyword  “cancellation policy” in the search field.

 

-Noel

  
By |December 12th, 2014|GoCCL.com|0 Comments
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