DFWGUYZ Posted March 17, 2018 #1 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Who books under these restrictions? And do you feel like you're being strong-armed into purchasing HAL's insurance? Most know of better coverage at a substantial cost reduction buying insurance elsewhere. Seas the Day Special Priced Promotion Information: This is a special fare being offered for a limited time, with certain limitations that apply: Promotion codes RA/QA: This specially priced promotion has a 100% non-refundable deposit Promotion codes FL/QF/FC/QC/FJ/QJ receiving this notification have the following limitations: Payment must be made in full at the time of booking Fares and deposits are 100% non-refundable from the point of payment unless you purchase one of our Cancellation Protection Plans at time of booking Holland America Line’s Cancellation Protection Plan can help protect your vacation investment from loss. The Standard and Platinum Cancellation Protection Plans are optional purchases. Payment is due at time of purchase. The plan cost is non-refundable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimnKaren Posted March 17, 2018 #2 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I sent a letter to the office of the President of HAL indicating that I would never book something like this. They did not care --- obviously. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaniele Posted March 17, 2018 #3 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Who books under these restrictions? And do you feel like you're being strong-armed into purchasing HAL's insurance? Most know of better coverage at a substantial cost reduction buying insurance elsewhere. Seas the Day Special Priced Promotion Information: This is a special fare being offered for a limited time, with certain limitations that apply: Promotion codes RA/QA: This specially priced promotion has a 100% non-refundable deposit Promotion codes FL/QF/FC/QC/FJ/QJ receiving this notification have the following limitations: Payment must be made in full at the time of booking Fares and deposits are 100% non-refundable from the point of payment unless you purchase one of our Cancellation Protection Plans at time of booking Holland America Line’s Cancellation Protection Plan can help protect your vacation investment from loss. The Standard and Platinum Cancellation Protection Plans are optional purchases. Payment is due at time of purchase. The plan cost is non-refundable. I do not understand this promotion at all. The Alaska cruise I booked for next year had this promotion. The price had gone up a lot. So what is the point???? Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VennDiagram Posted March 17, 2018 #4 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Some cynical part of me wonders if HAL is trying to show stronger-than-actual #s for the end of a quarter, or fiscal year-end. Nonrefundable deposits or fares -- that's income that could show as current income, isn't it, without an offsetting liability for refunds that may be issued, since the deposits/fares are nonrefundable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFWGUYZ Posted March 17, 2018 Author #5 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Some cynical part of me wonders if HAL is trying to show stronger-than-actual #s for the end of a quarter, or fiscal year-end. Nonrefundable deposits or fares -- that's income that could show as current income, isn't it, without an offsetting liability for refunds that may be issued, since the deposits/fares are nonrefundable? Humm...you may be onto something. Financial risk assessment is certianly into play here with bookings on the backs of people who are unaware of the details. Dare I say the word ethics? Although in the end it is "buyer beware". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlmalone3 Posted March 18, 2018 #6 Share Posted March 18, 2018 :(:(We were wanting to book our cruise for next summer and pay it out, but then we saw this.....and decided to just wait until July/Aug or later in the fall. It was disappointing to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dag144 Posted March 18, 2018 #7 Share Posted March 18, 2018 When non-refundable fares are offered, if you delve deeply, you can usually find a refundable fare, but at a higher price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted March 18, 2018 #8 Share Posted March 18, 2018 We booked a cruise with it. The price was $600/pp less then with out the promotion. We book using our credit card which has $10,000 pp cancellation insurance (it’s not cancel for any reason). On that one booking it made sense, I checked a couple of other bookings and the price had gone up so we left those alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 3rdGenCunarder Posted March 18, 2018 #9 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Humm...you may be onto something. Financial risk assessment is certianly into play here with bookings on the backs of people who are unaware of the details. Dare I say the word ethics? Although in the end it is "buyer beware". Booking travel always has been "buyer beware," but it seems that lately there is more to beware of than there used to be. I've said this on other threads on this topic, so forgive me for repeating. The part of this I dislike is that HAL does have prices without this promo but you have to call and ask. I suspect a lot of people are booking the promo not knowing they have other options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgesGal Posted March 18, 2018 #10 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Who books under these restrictions? And do you feel like you're being strong-armed into purchasing HAL's insurance? Most know of better coverage at a substantial cost reduction Seas the Day Special Priced Promotion Information: This is a special fare being offered for a limited time, with certain limitations that apply: Promotion codes RA/QA: This specially priced promotion has a 100% non-refundable deposit Promotion codes FL/QF/FC/QC/FJ/QJ receiving this notification have the following limitations: Payment must be made in full at the time of booking Fares and deposits are 100% non-refundable from the point of payment unless you purchase one of our Cancellation Protection Plans at time of booking Holland America Line’s Cancellation Protection Plan can help protect your vacation investment from loss. The Standard and Platinum Cancellation Protection Plans are optional purchases. Payment is due at time of purchase. The plan cost is non-refundable. But Holland isn't forcing one to purchase THEIR insurance, although it looks like the threat is there, doesn't it? My advice to anyone booking through this promo is to purchase cancellation insurance from a reputable insurance company. Personally I like Allianz, and have had good luck with them when we had to cancel a cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveOKC Posted March 18, 2018 #11 Share Posted March 18, 2018 HAL did this last Fall after the Explore4 promotion expired. It lasted a couple of weeks until a new promotion came out. I expect this to happen again - being sort of a "place holder" deal between major promotions. Its a good way to confuse the public, making it harder to compare prices with and without promotions (unless you call your TA to ask for the base price without any deals). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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