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Doug Parker

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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A recent article from Skift.com mentioned that Carnival Cruise Line could be tinkering around with their VIFP loyalty program. Richard Simms, writer at Cruise Radio and Tommy from the Always Be Booked Podcast weigh in on the possible change and what could be revised from the current program.

Sherry Kennedy has cruise news:

Carnival is lowering their internet packages if you pre-purchase it - what new rates will we see?
Celebrity Cruises rolled out a new venue on their upcoming ship Celebrity Edge
Princess is adding their wearable technology to more ships in the next couple years
Royal Caribbean is rolling out a new non-refundable deposit program. A hotel brand is rolling out a cruise line - which hotel brand and what kind of vessels are we gonna see?
A hotel brand is rolling out a cruise line - which hotel brand and what kind of vessels are we gonna see?

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0:00.0	Cruise Radio is brought to you in part by Tripinsurance.com. Travel insurance done right by the people who know travel insurance. Get a quote today at tripinsurance.com.
0:11.8	Broadcasting from the Tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida. This is. This is Cruise Radio.
0:20.0	Hey, what's up? My name is dog parker thanks for checking out this episode
0:22.8	of cruise radio happy to have you here and yeah four day weekend coming up so we're going to be
0:26.9	doing some july 4th celebrating here shortly uh let's see what's happening on this week's show first
0:32.8	things first so skiff dot com did a post about carnival cruise Line potentially, don't panic yet, we said potentially, changing up their VIFP loyalty program.
0:43.4	So we have a panel coming on later on in the show to discuss and kick that around.
0:47.7	Sherry Kennedy is here with Cruise News.
0:49.8	As always, don't forget about our Cruise Radio News Facebook group.
0:53.8	Just look us up and come join the
0:55.5	cruise conversation. All right, Sherry Kennedy is here with Cruise News. Hey, Sherry. Hey, Doug.
1:01.0	So Carnival is lowering their internet packages. If you pre-purchase your internet before you cruise,
1:07.7	what rates are we going to see? Well, I've got some pretty good rates. The differences between before and after are pretty good. For example, if you cruise, what rates are we going to see? Well, I've got some pretty good rates.
1:11.2	The differences between before and after are pretty good.
1:14.1	For example, if you just want the social package, it's $4 a day if you book it before your
1:20.0	cruise and you'll pay $5 a day if you're on board.
1:23.0	And then to jump to the premium package before your cruise, it's $14.88.
1:29.0	But if you do it when you're on board, it's $25 a day.
1:32.5	So that's the biggest jump that I've found so far.
1:35.3	The Mama Bear package is $10.25 a day.
1:38.1	It's called the value package.
1:40.0	And that's $16 a day if you're on board.
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