what would you do

frostyboy64 · May 23, 2007

what would you do if the person or persons your cruising with said that they can not go with you

one day before your cruise?

would you go anyways?

can you get some of the price of the cruise back?

can you add someone else to your cruise?

a couple from daytona that i know had this happen to them

there parents changed there mind about the cruise one day before

because they were scared about getting sick onboard.

so everyone stayed and did not go on the cruise.

they lost $4000 on two balcony rooms.

they tried to get some of the cash back

but carnival said no.

did carnival resale there rooms?

or did they stay empty?

this was there first cruise (i talked the kids in going not there parents)

well the kids are in there 30s

what would you do?<]

CanadianCruiser · May 23, 2007

If it was one day before the cruise Carnival nor any agent of thiers coud re-sale the cabins. The passenger manefest must be completed 72 hours prior to sailing as per Homeland Security.

The only way of re-couping thier financial loss would have been through insurance. Those cabins did remain empty...

Such a shame.....

Spikesgirl · May 23, 2007

Not much your friends can or could do except go on the cruise and enjoyed themselves - We have friends going with us and prior to the final payment, there were times when we wondered if they would back out, but it would never stop me from going on the cruise - unless it was a bona vide emergency.

Charlie

JohnG · May 23, 2007

Some of the cruiselines provide insurance will provide a "cancel for any reason" policy, but there is no refund, just a 75% future cruise credit. Most policies do not include such a clause. They cover only for "covered reasons" and fear of norovirus is not one of them.

What they could have done is reschedule the cruise for a future date. I had a customer have to cancel in the week before cruising and the cruiseline let us reschedule with no penalty. At least it would have given them time to rethink it, or find someone else to accompany them.

Ol39Capt · May 23, 2007

It's really a shame, but I would want to know for sure that the room I had booked stayed empty and that someone was not upgraded to them because of my cancellation. I might have changed my mind and flown to the next port to catch the ship. What would have happened if I got there and my rooms were not empty..would they refund my money??

I'm a newbie, but I am going to get the cruise insurance just in case something might happen to me or my wife.

rogue · May 23, 2007

You better read the contract that you get with your docs. You may be surprised just how little rights you actually have. Remember, most of the laws that you're dealing with are maritime laws which really tend to favor the shippong lines.

Gregswife · May 23, 2007

This actually happened to us in 2000. A couple we know asked if we wanted to go on a cruise with them - it was to be their first. She wanted to do a 4 day cruise as she had never been on a ship and wasn't sure she would like it. I totally understood as that is what we did on our first. They picked the Fantasy. It is not a ship we would have picked because we had sailed on it before (again, our first) and knew that there were only balconies with the suites and we always prefer to have a balcony. Anyway, about 2 months before we were to sail, she discovered she was pregnant. The night before we were to fly out, she decided that she didn't want to go because she was afraid the morning sickness would be worse onboard. We had booked a flight into Orlando on Friday and the ship sailed Sunday, but she had never been to Florida and wanted to do some sight seeing. If it had been just us, we would have booked a week long cruise on a ship we could have had a balcony on, but the whole trip was planned around her. We went anyway and had a great time.

hazelson · May 24, 2007

First I would buy a gun .... just kidding but I would want to lol.

Friends like that you don't need.

Bottom line - I would go anyway and take lots of pictures and make sure the "friends" saw them - often.

elfed · May 24, 2007

Oh boy, another difficult one. I think as people suggest, everyone should read the fine print in their insurance documents and also check with their travel agent or cruise line at the time of booking. One never knows when things change. I think for serious injury or death of a family member there would be no problem but friends changing their minds isn't a good enough reason for a refund. Like someone suggested maybe re-booking at another time would be acceptable to the cruise line.

Regards,

James.

Dan · May 24, 2007

If you no-show for the cruise, then you have no rights to the cabin or any recocery of costs should the cruise line upgrade someone to your room. (Since they can't resell a no-show's cabin that close to departure, they aren't getting any more money anyway, so nothing to give you).

If you call the cruise line and advise them that circumstances prevent you from getting there at sailaway but you plan to meet the ship, they may leave your cabin open for you to meet it, but I really don't know for sure.

If you don't communicate with the cruise line about missing embarkation, you will likely be turned away at the next port if you just showed up there to meet up with the ship.

In regards to the question, there would have to be a very serious reason for us to cancel because of travelling companions cancelling. I can't really think of anything that could happen to our friends that would cause us to also cancel, short of them dying. And in that situation, if our bookings were together like last time, I'm sure the cruise line would allow a penalty-free re-scheduling. But fear of getting sick? Sorry, enjoy the cold at home while we head south LOL.