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lenbest

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  1. I wonder if anyone could me help regarding my future cruise booking made with a UK TA. When I go to make the booking in the UK a deposit is required of several hundreds of pounds and is non refundable at any point, also if I book a guarantee cabin this cannot be changed. However Americans booking the same cruise do not have this stipulation and can cancel with a full refund up to about the 90 day departure point. Also if they book a guarantee cabin they are allowed to change if other cabins are available. The situation now is that we are not booking on the same terms as our American friends, booking some of the best cabins knowing they can cancel and if they book a guarantee cabin then that can be changed .To make matters even worse is if the price drops then even that is matched. What chance have UK cruisers got we are always going to get the worst cabin as the cruise lines know we cannot change.-or do I have it all wrong and this is not the case

  2. Celebrity Cruises

    If you cancel your holiday you will lose your deposit. Additional charges will apply for any cancellation less than 57 days before your booked date. The rate of these charges depends on how far in advance of your intended travel date you cancel the holiday. Further information is available in the Booking Conditions brochure.

     

     

    Read more at http://www.virginholidayscruises.co.uk/cruise-guide/costs/what-happens-to-my-deposit-if-i-have-to-cancel-my-cruise#YU3XBuydXy3bHWOD.99

  3. If P&O want to go downmarket, then that's up to them, but I think many of their current users will look elsewhere.

     

    I would ; it's not the formal nights per se but what they represent.

     

    The point about it being popular amongst the older may have some validity, but the older group is a significant market in cruising ; it's the only holiday where I feel I'm below the average age. (this doesn't bother me, it just is).

     

    There obviously is a big market for the RCI style of cruising, but it's not so big that everyone can go there.

     

    If the current users want to go upmarket then they will have to drop the formal night as all the 6 star cruises no longer have formal nights or am I wrong

  4. When we make a booking in UK you are not able to change your mind without losing your deposit anytime after making the booking.

    If you book a guarantee cabin it can never be changed after it has been allocated even though others are available.

    I also think most of the time we pay more for our cruises,and I do not think we are allowed to use american TA to make a booking or have I got it all wrong?

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