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Originally posted by WendyO:
No offense taken. I've been called worse.

I have great news! I checked my credit card balance this a.m. and the the CVC refund had been posted! I am victorious!

Thanks to all of you! You input and suggestions have been priceless. See you on my next cruise!

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Originally posted by WendyO:
In one way I am "nuts" in what I did at the time. But as was stated, the people hired by CVC are good at what they do. I was on vacation with my 21 year old daughter, who actually helped THEM sell their pitch.

My daughter and I was scheduled to listen to the spiele right after lunch the first full day on the cruise. We were taken to a elaborbately decorated meeting room and was told this was where more exclusive candidates were meeting. We had noted that other groups were being "pitched" in groups of 2-3 in the general lobby area. With the pre-screening questions, they asked what my cabin number was, so they knew ahead time the type of cabin and accomadations we had. Diana, my daughter, volunteered the information that I've cruised many times before. So that gave CVC the information that I was a likely target. They gave us endless mimosas as we waited to get started.

I'm not a math major and that's where I got tripped up. The point system into dollars didn't hit home until I read this web-site. Then I read about all the other problems. I admit, I was on vaction and I didn't read all the small print of the contract. Tracy, the CVC rep was so nice! She promised things that wasn't true at all! I specifically wanted a European CRUISE and she agreed that would be nice; then I read in the contract that the Carnival European cruises are excluded from the club points!

I admit I was stupid for not reading the contract at the time I signed it, but that is something I'm GUILTY for at my own job. I'm a nurse and so many times I have to have patients signs surgical consents. I tell them, "I know your doctor has told you everything that about your surgery and the possible complications (by law the doctors have to disclose the information), this is the consent for your surgey to sign". People always sign without reading it first. Did you know one complication that is always stated in those surgical forms is DEATH?

We trust nice people and the CVC people were very nice; especially to me when I was on vacation. Having some mimosas with my daughter didn't help the situation. Diana just saw several more vacations coming her way if I joined "the club". Anyway, that's how I got suckered in. My next cruise is in January. I plan to be more careful.

Anyway, 3 more cruises and I'll be platinum! I don't need CVC.

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Originally posted by whickey:
Wow
I did the presentation on the pride in 2005 and i am now glad that I did not purchase it. I would like to know if there is anyone brave enough to say if they have had a good experiance with CVC.
I personally did not think that is was all cracked up to be at that time. I agree that it is sad to see Carnivals name dragged throught the mud like this

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Originally posted by pvjensen4:
Thank you to everyone who posted their experiences regarding the Carnival Vacation Club. My husband and I just disembarked off of the Carnival Miracle yesterday and we, too, signed up for the Vacation Club. We were experiencing some buyers remorse for spending $5k on prepaid vacations, which led me to research the club. Thankfully, we are still within the 3 days from disembarkation and, based on the feedback we have read, the cancellation notice has been typed and will be priority mailed tomorrow to our "friends" at Solutions at Sea. Plus, I am calling American Express to dispute the charge. We can't thank you enough for posting! Now I can only hope for a relatively quick refund ).

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Originally posted by CableCruiser:
We just joined the Vacation Club and are eager to use it in Jan

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Originally posted by whickey:
I also agree that if everyone knows what the club is really about then I would suggest that is will not be worth money to them, there lyes the problem with this club is it is missleading people to belive one thing when they are really getting another.

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Originally posted by Jim C.:
LHP-

Cruising time is too precious for me to want to waste it listening to their sales pitch.

Even if they became completely honest and sold the program as we have been describing it, I still don't think it would be worth it, so why sit through the speech. Unless you can manage to sit in on the "group" presentation and ask very pointed questions about it so as to warn off the others in the group. (You know.. a public service)